Genesis (In The Beginning) chords by Don McLean

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Em 
In the beginning there was noth
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ingness and God but waved his hand
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And from the endless void there
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sprang the beauty of the land
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And high above the canyon walls
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the diamond stars were new
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And  breezes blew from nothingness
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and herbs and grasses grew
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And silent creatures roamed the Earth
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and multiplied their [Do7]kind
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And man was but a molecule that
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God had left behind.

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Verse 2

[Chorus:] We have grown

we have grown,

we have captured the throne

Of the kingdom God made

for our winning.

We have grown we have grown,

but our children alone

Have so little time left for beginning.

Verse 3
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Em 
And  mountains sprang and chaos
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rang the overture of life
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B 
And rivers coursed the twisted
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blade of natures sharpest knife
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And cut beneath the rolling dales
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Bb 
a gateway to the sea
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While tidal waves and mighty gales
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were heard in symphony
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And sunshine fell upon the waves
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and   warmed the virgin land
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And from the mud a   drop of blood was left upon the sand.

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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(Chorus)
Em 
And eagles flew from craggy peak
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s   above the garden wall.
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The drop of blood became a man,
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D 
the tree of life grew tall.
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And perfect in his loneliness,
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a rib pulled from his chest
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Formed a sweet companion
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of pulchritude and breast.
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And from the tree of knowledge
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God said they could not eat.
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And  perfect was their paradise unto the serpent at their
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feet.

Interlude 2

Verse 5
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(Chorus)
Em 
Tree of knowledge, tree of death,
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upon the ground they trod.
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B 
The serpent said your eye's will
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see and ye will be a god.
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Defy the word and  eat the fruit
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and ye will never die
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And  you will chart your destiny
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and rule the Earth and sky.
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And man was banished east of Eden.
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See what we have lost.
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For though the father sets the price,
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the children pay the cost.