Chords for Don Mclean - Genesis (In the Beginning)

[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
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_ _ _ In [G] the beginning there [Bm] was [Em] nothingness _ [Am] and God but waved his [D] hand
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And from the [B] endless void there [C] sprang the beauty [D] of the land
_ [G] And high above [B] the canyon [Em] walls [C] the diamond stars [Bb] were new
_ [A] And breezes [Am] blew from nothingness [Dm] and herbs and [E] grasses [Em] grew
[Am] And silent [C] creatures roamed the earth [Dm] and multiplied [Fm] their _ kind
[C] And man was [Am] but a molecule _ [E] that God had [Am] left behind
We have grown, we have grown, _ we [Dm] have captured [G] the throne
_ _ [C] Of the kingdom [Am] God made [Dm] for our winning
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] We have grown, [Am] we have grown, [Dm] but our children [G] alone
_ [C] Have so little [E] time left for [Am] a beginning
_ _ And _ _ [G] _
mountains [Em] sprang and chaos [Am] rang the _ overture of [D] life
_ [G] And rivers [B] coursed the twisted [C] blade of nature's [D] sharpest knife
[G] And cut beneath the [B] rolling dales [C] a gateway to the [Bb] _ sea
_ [A] While tidal [Am] waves and mighty gales [Dm] were heard in [E] symphony
_ [Am] And sunshine fell [C] upon the waves [Dm] and warmed the [Fm] virgin land
_ [C] And from the [Am] mud a drop of blood [E] was left upon [Am] the sand
We have grown, we have grown, _ [Dm] we have captured [G] the throne
_ [C] Of the kingdom [Am] God made [Dm] for our winning
_ [G] _ _ We [C] have grown, we [Am] have grown, [Dm] but our children [G] _ alone
_ [C] Have so little [E] time left [Am] for a beginning
_ _ _ _ _ [G] And eagles flew [Em] from craggy [Am] peaks above the [D] garden _ wall
[G] The drop of [B] blood became a [C] man and the tree of [D] life grew tall
[G] And perfect [B] in his loneliness _ [C] a rib pulled [Bb] from his chest
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Formed a [Am] sweet companion _ [Dm] of _ [E] pulpitude and breast
_ [Am] And from the tree [C] of knowledge [Dm] God said they could not [Fm] eat
_ [C] And perfect [Am] was their paradise [E] unto the serpent at [Am] their feet
We have grown, we have grown, [Dm] we have captured [G] the throne
_ [C] Of the kingdom [Am] God made [Dm] for our winning
_ _ [G] We _ [C] have grown, [Am] we have grown, [Dm] but our [G] children alone
_ [C] Have so little [E] time left [Am] for a beginning
_ _ Tree _ _ [G] _
of [Em] knowledge, tree of death, [Am] _
upon the [D] ground they trod
[G] The serpent said [B] your eyes will see [C] and he will be [D] a god _
[G] _ Defy the word [B] and eat the fruit [C] and he will never [Bb] die _ _
[A] And he will chart [Am] your destiny [Dm] _ and rule [E] the earth and sky
[Am] And man was [C] banished east of Eden, [Dm] _ see what we [Fm] have lost _
[C] For though the [Am] father sets the price, [E] the children [Am] pay the cost
We have grown, we have grown, [Dm] we have captured [G] the throne
_ [C] Of the kingdom [Am] God made [Dm] for our winning
_ [G] _ _
We [C] have grown, [Am] we have grown, _ [Dm] but our children [G] _ alone
_ [C] Have so little [E] time left _ [Am] for a beginning _ _ _ _
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