Man Gave Names To All The Animals chords by
Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt

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