Chords for The Origin of Love - Rufus Wainwright
Tempo:
99.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
Bm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[G]
[E]
[Gm] [D] When the earth was still flat and the clouds made of fire, the mountains stretched up to
the [G] sky sometimes higher.
Folks were rolling the earth like big rolling kinks.
[D] They had two sets of arms and two sets of legs.
[F#] They had two [D] faces peering [G] out of one giant head.
And they could watch all around them [A] and they talked while they read [G] and they never knew.
[A] Nothing [D] of love, [G] it was before.
[A]
The [D] origin of love.
The [G] origin
[D] of love.
[G] The origin of love.
[B] And there were three [Bm] senses and one that looked like two men [D] glued back to back.
The [G] children of the sun and [Bm] similar in shape and good were the children of the [D] earth.
They looked like two girls [G] rolled up in one.
And [A] the children of the moon were [B] like a board shoved on a spoon.
They were [C#m] parts of [B] somebody's [A] body but not
[D] of love.
[G]
The [D] origin of love.
[G]
Now the gods grew quite scared of our strength and [D] defiance and Thor said,
I'm gonna kill them all with my [G] hammer like I killed the giants.
And Zeus said, no, you better let me use my lightning like [D] scissors.
Like I cut the legs off whales and dinosaurs into lizards.
[F#] And he [D] grabbed up some bolts [G] and he let out a laugh,
said I'll split them right down the middle, [A] gonna rip them right in half.
[G] And then the storm [D] clouds gathered above into [G] great balls of fire.
[Dm] [B] And then fire shot down from the sky [G] and broke like shining blades of a knife.
[B] And it ripped right through the flesh of the children [G] of the sun and the moon and the earth.
And so [B] many gods cut the wound up into a hole,
and pulled it round through our belly [G] to remind us of the price we pay.
[B] And Osiris and the gods of the night got a little [G] guitar to blow our [Em] worries away.
And scattered up [Bm] the waves that were fluttering [G] in the rain and the sea of [Em] tidal waves.
The [Bm] watchers of the world, we [G] don't have to stop because [Em] we're gonna [G#] be [G] all around one [D] foot [G] looking through one eye.
[D]
[Em] [G]
[D] [A] [D]
[Em] [A]
[D] The last time I saw [Bm] you, we had just split in two.
You [G] were looking at me and I [A] was looking at you.
You [D] had a way so familiar that I could not recognize,
cause [G] you had blood on your face and [A] I had blood in my eyes, but [D] I could swear by your special.
[Bm] The pain down in your soul [G] was the same as the pain down [D] in my head.
That's the pain, cut the [Bm] strain, lying down [G] through the heart.
We [B] call it love.
So [D] we wrapped arms around each [Bm] other, trying to show ourselves [G] that together we were [D] making [A] love.
[D] It was a [Bm] cold dark evening such a long time ago [G] when my one heart had spanned [A] the globe.
[D] It was a sad story how [Bm] we became lonely too late and each [G] of you destroyed the [A] origin of love.
[D] That's the [G] origin of love.
[D] The [G] origin of love.
[D] The origin of love.
The [G] origin of love.
[D] [Bm]
[D]
[N]
[G]
[E]
[Gm] [D] When the earth was still flat and the clouds made of fire, the mountains stretched up to
the [G] sky sometimes higher.
Folks were rolling the earth like big rolling kinks.
[D] They had two sets of arms and two sets of legs.
[F#] They had two [D] faces peering [G] out of one giant head.
And they could watch all around them [A] and they talked while they read [G] and they never knew.
[A] Nothing [D] of love, [G] it was before.
[A]
The [D] origin of love.
The [G] origin
[D] of love.
[G] The origin of love.
[B] And there were three [Bm] senses and one that looked like two men [D] glued back to back.
The [G] children of the sun and [Bm] similar in shape and good were the children of the [D] earth.
They looked like two girls [G] rolled up in one.
And [A] the children of the moon were [B] like a board shoved on a spoon.
They were [C#m] parts of [B] somebody's [A] body but not
[D] of love.
[G]
The [D] origin of love.
[G]
Now the gods grew quite scared of our strength and [D] defiance and Thor said,
I'm gonna kill them all with my [G] hammer like I killed the giants.
And Zeus said, no, you better let me use my lightning like [D] scissors.
Like I cut the legs off whales and dinosaurs into lizards.
[F#] And he [D] grabbed up some bolts [G] and he let out a laugh,
said I'll split them right down the middle, [A] gonna rip them right in half.
[G] And then the storm [D] clouds gathered above into [G] great balls of fire.
[Dm] [B] And then fire shot down from the sky [G] and broke like shining blades of a knife.
[B] And it ripped right through the flesh of the children [G] of the sun and the moon and the earth.
And so [B] many gods cut the wound up into a hole,
and pulled it round through our belly [G] to remind us of the price we pay.
[B] And Osiris and the gods of the night got a little [G] guitar to blow our [Em] worries away.
And scattered up [Bm] the waves that were fluttering [G] in the rain and the sea of [Em] tidal waves.
The [Bm] watchers of the world, we [G] don't have to stop because [Em] we're gonna [G#] be [G] all around one [D] foot [G] looking through one eye.
[D]
[Em] [G]
[D] [A] [D]
[Em] [A]
[D] The last time I saw [Bm] you, we had just split in two.
You [G] were looking at me and I [A] was looking at you.
You [D] had a way so familiar that I could not recognize,
cause [G] you had blood on your face and [A] I had blood in my eyes, but [D] I could swear by your special.
[Bm] The pain down in your soul [G] was the same as the pain down [D] in my head.
That's the pain, cut the [Bm] strain, lying down [G] through the heart.
We [B] call it love.
So [D] we wrapped arms around each [Bm] other, trying to show ourselves [G] that together we were [D] making [A] love.
[D] It was a [Bm] cold dark evening such a long time ago [G] when my one heart had spanned [A] the globe.
[D] It was a sad story how [Bm] we became lonely too late and each [G] of you destroyed the [A] origin of love.
[D] That's the [G] origin of love.
[D] The [G] origin of love.
[D] The origin of love.
The [G] origin of love.
[D] [Bm]
[D]
[N]
Key:
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Bm
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A
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] When the earth was still flat and the clouds made of fire, the mountains stretched up to
the [G] sky sometimes higher. _ _
_ Folks were rolling the earth like big rolling kinks.
[D] They had two sets of arms and two sets of legs.
[F#] They had two [D] faces peering [G] out of one giant head.
And they could watch all around them [A] and they talked while they read [G] and they never knew.
[A] Nothing [D] of love, [G] it was before.
_ [A] _ _
The [D] origin of love.
The [G] origin _ _
_ [D] of love.
_ [G] The origin of love. _
[B] And there were three [Bm] senses and one that looked like two men [D] glued back to back.
The [G] children of the sun and [Bm] similar in shape and good were the children of the [D] earth.
They looked like two girls [G] rolled up in one. _
And [A] the children of the moon were [B] like a board shoved on a spoon.
They were [C#m] parts of [B] somebody's [A] body but not _
_ [D] _ of love.
_ [G] _ _
The [D] origin of love.
[G] _ _ _ _
_ Now the gods grew quite scared of our strength and [D] defiance and Thor said,
I'm gonna kill them all with my [G] hammer like I killed the giants.
And Zeus said, no, you better let me use my lightning like [D] scissors.
Like I cut the legs off whales and dinosaurs into lizards.
[F#] And he [D] grabbed up some bolts [G] and he let out a laugh,
said I'll split them right down the middle, [A] gonna rip them right in half.
[G] And then the storm [D] clouds gathered above into [G] great balls of fire. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [B] And then fire _ shot down from the sky [G] and broke like shining blades of a knife.
[B] And it ripped right through the flesh of the children [G] of the sun and the moon and the earth.
And so [B] many gods cut the wound up into a hole,
and pulled it round through our belly [G] to remind us of the price we _ pay.
[B] And Osiris and the gods of the night got a little [G] guitar to blow our [Em] worries away.
And scattered up [Bm] the waves that were fluttering [G] in the rain and the sea of [Em] tidal waves.
The [Bm] watchers of the world, we [G] don't have to stop because [Em] we're gonna [G#] be [G] all around one [D] foot _ [G] looking through one eye.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] The last time I saw [Bm] you, we had just split in two.
You [G] were looking at me and I [A] was looking at you.
You [D] had a way so familiar that I could not recognize,
cause [G] you had blood on your face and [A] I had blood in my eyes, but [D] I could swear by your special.
[Bm] The pain down in your soul [G] was the same as the pain down [D] in my head. _
That's the pain, _ cut the [Bm] strain, lying down [G] through the heart.
We [B] call it love.
So [D] we wrapped arms around each [Bm] other, trying to show ourselves [G] that together we were [D] making [A] love.
[D] It was a [Bm] cold dark evening such a long time ago [G] when my one heart had spanned [A] the globe.
[D] It was a sad story how [Bm] we became lonely too late and each [G] of you destroyed the [A] origin of love.
_ [D] _ That's the [G] origin of love.
[D] _ _ The [G] origin of love.
[D] The origin of love.
The [G] origin of love. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] When the earth was still flat and the clouds made of fire, the mountains stretched up to
the [G] sky sometimes higher. _ _
_ Folks were rolling the earth like big rolling kinks.
[D] They had two sets of arms and two sets of legs.
[F#] They had two [D] faces peering [G] out of one giant head.
And they could watch all around them [A] and they talked while they read [G] and they never knew.
[A] Nothing [D] of love, [G] it was before.
_ [A] _ _
The [D] origin of love.
The [G] origin _ _
_ [D] of love.
_ [G] The origin of love. _
[B] And there were three [Bm] senses and one that looked like two men [D] glued back to back.
The [G] children of the sun and [Bm] similar in shape and good were the children of the [D] earth.
They looked like two girls [G] rolled up in one. _
And [A] the children of the moon were [B] like a board shoved on a spoon.
They were [C#m] parts of [B] somebody's [A] body but not _
_ [D] _ of love.
_ [G] _ _
The [D] origin of love.
[G] _ _ _ _
_ Now the gods grew quite scared of our strength and [D] defiance and Thor said,
I'm gonna kill them all with my [G] hammer like I killed the giants.
And Zeus said, no, you better let me use my lightning like [D] scissors.
Like I cut the legs off whales and dinosaurs into lizards.
[F#] And he [D] grabbed up some bolts [G] and he let out a laugh,
said I'll split them right down the middle, [A] gonna rip them right in half.
[G] And then the storm [D] clouds gathered above into [G] great balls of fire. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [B] And then fire _ shot down from the sky [G] and broke like shining blades of a knife.
[B] And it ripped right through the flesh of the children [G] of the sun and the moon and the earth.
And so [B] many gods cut the wound up into a hole,
and pulled it round through our belly [G] to remind us of the price we _ pay.
[B] And Osiris and the gods of the night got a little [G] guitar to blow our [Em] worries away.
And scattered up [Bm] the waves that were fluttering [G] in the rain and the sea of [Em] tidal waves.
The [Bm] watchers of the world, we [G] don't have to stop because [Em] we're gonna [G#] be [G] all around one [D] foot _ [G] looking through one eye.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] The last time I saw [Bm] you, we had just split in two.
You [G] were looking at me and I [A] was looking at you.
You [D] had a way so familiar that I could not recognize,
cause [G] you had blood on your face and [A] I had blood in my eyes, but [D] I could swear by your special.
[Bm] The pain down in your soul [G] was the same as the pain down [D] in my head. _
That's the pain, _ cut the [Bm] strain, lying down [G] through the heart.
We [B] call it love.
So [D] we wrapped arms around each [Bm] other, trying to show ourselves [G] that together we were [D] making [A] love.
[D] It was a [Bm] cold dark evening such a long time ago [G] when my one heart had spanned [A] the globe.
[D] It was a sad story how [Bm] we became lonely too late and each [G] of you destroyed the [A] origin of love.
_ [D] _ That's the [G] origin of love.
[D] _ _ The [G] origin of love.
[D] The origin of love.
The [G] origin of love. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _