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Origin Of Love

Hedwig
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Chords in this song

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 When the earth  was still flat
 And the clouds  made of fire
 And mountains  stretched up to the sky
 Sometimes higher
 Folks roamed the earth like big rolling kegs
 They had two  sets of arms, they had two sets of legs
 They had two  faces peering out of one giant head
 So they could  watch all around them
As  they talked while they read
 And they never  knew nothing  of love
 It was before  the origin of love
 The origin of love
 And there were three  sexes then, one of them looked like two men glued up back to back
 Called the children of the sun
 And similar  in shape and girth were the children of the earth
 They looked like two  girls rolled up in one
 And the children  of the moon
 Were like a fork  stuck on a spoon
 They were part  sun part earth
 Part daughter part son
 The origin  of love
 Now the gods  grew quite scared
 Of our strength  and defiance
 And Thor said,  "I'm gonna kill 'em all with  my hammer
 Like I  killed the giants."
 And  Zeus said, "No, you'd better let me
 Use my lightning  like scissors
 Like I cut the legs  off the whales, dinosaurs and the lizards
 Then he grabbed  up some bolts
 And he let  out a laugh
 Said, "I'll split them right  dowm the middle
 Gonna cut 'em right  up in half."
 And the storm  clouds  gathered above
 Into great balls of fire
 And then fire  shot down from the sky in bolts
 Like shining blades of a knife
 And it ripped  right through the flesh
 Of the children of the sun and the moon and the earth
 And some indian  god sewed the wound up to a hole
 Pulled it around to our belly to remind  us the price we paid
 And Osiris  and the gods of the nile
 Gathered up a big storm
 To blow a hurricane
 To scatter us away
 In a flood of wind and rain
 And a sea of tidal waves
 To wash us all away
 And if we don't behave
 They'll cut us down again
 And we'll be hopping  'round on one foot
and  looking through one eye
Last  time I saw you
 We'd just  split in two
 You were looking  at me
 I was looking  at you
 And you had a way  so familiar
 I could  not recognize
 Cuz you had blood  on your face
 I had blood  in my eyes
 But I swear  by your expression
 That the pain  down in your soul
 Was the same  as the one down in mine
 That's the pain
 That cuts a straight  line down through the heart
 We call it love
 We wrapped our arms  'round each other
 Tried to shove ourselves  back together
 We were making love  making love
 It was a cold  dark evening such a long  time ago
 When by the mighty  hand of Jove
 It was a sad  story how we became lonely  two-legged creatures
 The story  of the origin of love
 That's the origin of love

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Readable chord sheet for Origin Of Love by Hedwig

[D]             [D/B]          [Aadd9]        [G]            [G/D]
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When the e[D]arth was still flat
And the c[D/B]louds made of fire
And mou[Aadd9]ntains stretched up to the sky
[G] Sometimes higher
[G] Folks roamed the earth like big rolling kegs
They had t[D]wo sets of arms, they had two sets of legs
They had t[F#m]wo faces peering out of one giant head
So they could[Em] watch all around them
[A]As they talked while they read
And they ne[G]ver knew no[A]thing of l[D]ove
It was before[G]    [A] the origin of lo[D]ve    [G]
The origin of lo[D]ve   [G]

And there were thr[Bm]ee sexes then, one of them looked like two men glued up back to back
Called the children of the s[G]un
And si[D]milar in shape and girth were the children of the earth
They looked like t[D]wo girls rolled up in o[G]ne
And the ch[A]ildren of the moon
Were like a f[Bm]ork stuck on a spoon
They were pa[C#m]rt sun part earth
Part daughter part son[A]

The o[D]rigin of lov[G]e      [D]           [G]

Now the g[D]ods grew quite scared
Of our s[D/B]trength and defiance
And Thor sai[G]d, "I'm gonna kill 'em all [G]with my hammer
Like [G]I killed the [G]giants."
A[G]nd Zeus said, "No, you'd better let me
Use my l[D]ightning like scissors
Like I cut the l[D]egs off the whales, dinosaurs and the l[D]izards
Then he g[F#m]rabbed up some bolts
And he l[G]et out a laugh
Said, "I'll split them r[Em]ight dowm the middle
Gonna cut 'em r[A]ight up in half."
And the s[G]torm clouds[A] gathered abo[D]ve
Into great balls of fi[G]re

And then fi[Bm]re shot down from the sky in bolts
Like shining blades of a kn[G]ife
And it rip[Bm]ped right through the flesh
Of the children of the sun and the moon and the [G]earth
And some indian[Bm] god sewed the wound up to a hole
Pulled it around to our belly to rem[G]ind us the price we paid
And Os[Bm]iris and the gods of the nile
Gathered up a big s[G]torm
To blow a hurri[Em]cane
To scatter us a[Bm]way
In a flood of wind and [G]rain
And a sea of tidal w[Em]aves
To wash us all a[Bm]way
And if we don't be[G]have
They'll cut us down a[Em]gain
And we'll be h[Ab]opping 'round on one foo[G]t
[D]and looking through one eye[G]

[D]Last time I saw you
We'd j[Bm]ust split in two
You were l[G]ooking at me
I was l[A]ooking at you
And you had a w[D]ay so familiar
I c[Bm]ould not recognize
Cuz you had b[G]lood on your face
I had b[A]lood in my eyes
But I s[D]wear by your expression
That the p[Bm]ain down in your soul
Was the s[G]ame as the one down in m[A]ine
That's the p[D]ain
That cuts a s[Bm]traight line down through the h[G]eart
We call it l[A]ove
We wrapped our a[D]rms 'round each other
Tried to shove o[Bm]urselves back together
We were making l[G]ove   making lo[A]ve
It was a c[D]old dark evening such a l[Bm]ong time ago
When by the m[G]ighty hand of J[A]ove
It was a s[D]ad story how we became l[Bm]onely two-legged creatures
The s[G]tory of the origin of lo[A]ve
That's the origin of l[D]ove   [G]        [D]             [G]                  [D]                       [G]

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