Adam Was A Man chords by Violent Femmes

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Adam was a man
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Just like you or me
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He did not do what he's supposed to
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And he cries internally

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Verse 2

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There's horror in Paradise

In the garden of delight

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Where sorrow can para lyze

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The will to want the right

Verse 3

Eve was a woman

Just like you or me

She did not do what she's supposed to

And she cries eternally

Verse 4
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There's trouble in Paradise
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In the pathways of delight
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Where the rubble blocks
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the road of life
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There's no light to light in the
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night

Interlude 1

Verse 5
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What about that snake?
Oh, snake was an animal
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Almost like you or me
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He said to do what we're not
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supposed to
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And he lies so reasonably

Verse 6
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Because there's madness
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in Paradise
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The asylum of delight
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And gladness breaks no morning light
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By my broken will and might

Verse 7
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Oh, God was God
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Not like you or me
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He always does and he does just because
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So we hope he stays so friendly
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Verse 8
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He's the tailor of Paradise
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In the sweatshops of delight
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Clothing a pair  of eyes
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And the beauty of wrong and
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right