Man Gave Names To All The Animals chords by Townes Van Zandt
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Intro 1
(A minor) (E major) (A minor)
(E major) (A minor)
Verse 1
Man (A minor) gave
names to all the animals*
In the beginning, (E major) in the beginning (A minor)
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, (E major) long time ago.
(A minor)
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Verse 2
He saw an animal that liked to growl (E major)
Big furry paws and he liked to howl (A minor)
Great big furry back and
furry hair (D minor) (E major)
"Ah, think I'll call it a bear".
(A minor)
Verse 3
Man gave names to all
the animals
In the begin (E major) ning, in the beginning
(A minor) Man gave names to all the animals
In the begin (E major) ning, long time (A minor) ago.
Verse 4
He saw an animal up (A minor) on a hill (E major)
Chewing up so much grass
until she was filled (A minor)
He saw milk coming out but he didn't
know how (D minor) (E major)
Verse 5
"Ah, think I'll call it a cow".
(A minor) Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, (E major) long time ago.
Verse 6
He saw an animal that liked to snort
Horns on his head and
they weren't too short
It (A minor) looked like there wasn't nothing
that he couldn't pull
"Ah, I'll think I'll call it a bull".
Verse 7
Man gave (A minor) names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the begin (E major) ning, long time ago. (A minor)
He saw an animal leaving
a muddy trail (D minor) (E major)
Real dirty face and a curly (A minor) trail
He wasn't too small and
he wasn't too big (D minor) (E major)
"Ah, think I'll call it a pig".
(A minor)
Verse 8
(A minor) Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, (E major) in the beginning (A minor)
Man gave names to all the animals
In the begin (E major) ning, long time (A minor) ago.
Verse 9
(A minor)
Next animal that he (E major) did meet
Had wool on his (A minor) back and
hooves on his feet
Eating grass (D minor) (E major) on a mountainside
so steep
"Ah, think I'll call it a sheep".
(A minor)
Verse 10
Man gave names to all the animals
In the be (E major) ginning, in the beginning
(A minor) Man gave names to all (E major) the an (A minor) imals
In the beginning, (E major) long time ago.
Interlude 1
(A minor) (D minor) (E major)
(A minor)
(D minor) (E major)
(A minor) (E major)
(A minor) (D minor) (E major) (D minor)
(A minor)
Verse 11
He saw an animal (A minor) as smooth
as glass (E major)
Slithering his way through
the grass (A minor)
Saw him dissappear by
a tree near (A minor) a lake ...
(D minor)
Man Gave Names To All The Animals
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