Genesis (In The Beginning) chords by
Don Mclean

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Key: A minor•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
D D 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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In the beginning there was noth
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C C 
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G G 
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ingness and God but waved his hand
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And from the endless void there
C C 
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D D 
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sprang the beauty of the land
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B B 2
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And high above the canyon walls
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Bb Bb 
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the diamond stars were new
A A 
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Am Am 
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And  breezes blew from nothingness
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E E 
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and herbs and grasses grew
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And silent creatures roamed the Earth
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E E 
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and multiplied their [Do7]kind
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Am Am 
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And man was but a molecule that
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Am Am 
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God had left behind.

Verse 2
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[Chorus:] We have grown
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we  have grown,
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G G 
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we have captured the throne
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Of the kingdom God made
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G G 
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for our winning.
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We have grown we have grown,
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G G 
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but our children alone
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E E 
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Am Am 
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Have so little time left for beginning.

Verse 3
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Em Em 
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And  mountains sprang and chaos
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D D 
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rang the overture of life
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B B 2
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And rivers coursed the twisted
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D D 
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blade of natures sharpest knife
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B B 2
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And cut beneath the rolling dales
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a gateway to the sea
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Am Am 
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While tidal waves and mighty gales
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E E 
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were heard in symphony
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C C 
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And sunshine fell upon the waves
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and   warmed the virgin land
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Em Em 
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Am Am 
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E E 
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Am Am 
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And from the mud a   drop of blood was left upon the sand.

Interlude 1

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Verse 4
G G 
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(Chorus)
Em Em 
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And eagles flew from craggy peak
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D D 
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s   above the garden wall.
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B B 2
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The drop of blood became a man,
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the tree of life grew tall.
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B B 2
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And perfect in his loneliness,
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a rib pulled from his chest
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Am Am 
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Formed a sweet companion
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E E 
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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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Am Am 
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E E 
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And  perfect was their paradise unto the serpent at their
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feet.

Interlude 2

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Verse 5
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(Chorus)
Em Em 
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Tree of knowledge, tree of death,
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D D 
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upon the ground they trod.
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B B 2
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The serpent said your eye's will
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see and ye will be a god.
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B B 2
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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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E E 
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and rule the Earth and sky.
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C C 
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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.