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Adam Lives In Theory

Lauryn Hill
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
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 2. ----
 3. ---
 the rest you can listen by ear which verse goes where
 Lyrics:
 "Adam Lives In Theory"
 Adam lives in theory
 Trying to turn stone into bread
 Masquerading like he got it figured out
 Cut off from the sunshine, only smart in his own head
 Leaving his descendants to hope and doubt
 Left to his devices, those worth the sacrifices
 Praying to the alter of himself
 Making pilgrimages, thinking he's religious
 Like he's got all the light, and no one else
 He takes the unsuspected
 Cause he knows they're not connected
 And he shows them how to be just as he is
 Virtually real, and commercially appealed
 To the lust of all the people where he lives
 Eve was so naive, blinded by the pride and greed
 Wanting to be intellectual
 Drifting from the way she got turned down one day
 And now she thinks that she's bisexual
 Caught up in emotion
 Burning up in her devotion
 To the king of exploitation in the field
 She handed him her virtue
 Cause he told her "I won't hurt you"
 So she lay with him to see how good it feels
 Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
 Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
 Now after the sensation, and the empty fornication
 She brought affection home into her bed, quickly multiplying
 Now the 3 of them are dying by the poison she perceived to be good head
 Now Eve and her husband are perverted in their judgment
 Cause everything appears to be the same
 They entertain suggestion,
 Next time just use protection
 Desiring to cover up their shame
 But much to their demise, poor decision closed their eyes
 To the very antidote to their dilemma
 Burning in their lust,
 Both of them adulterous
 Destroying the original agenda
 Praying to the sky, in order to maintain a lie
 They exhausted every possible conclusion,
 They can't even entertain the solution,
 In a brain filled with vain information and pollution
 Hiding from the truth,
 He provided an excuse to explain away his desperate situation
 When confronted, blamed his wife
 Giving birth to carnal life
 Refusing to acknowledge what he done
 Now if we can agree with who created us to be
 Who says we're guilty everyone before his eyes
 Making no exceptions, since the day of our conception
 Predisposed to hating truth, and loving lies
 Then can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
 Then can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
 Stop walking in pride, let the thief be crucified
 Un-learn everything you know, and let him teach you
 Line upon line, precept upon precept, say goodbye,
 To this decaying social system
 He wants to know, how far we're willing to go
 If we love him like we say we do,
 He will try us
 Just don't regress,
 Or slip into hopelessness
 Once he's satisfied his love,
 He won't deny us,
 And then he'll tell us,
 What, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
 And then he'll tell us,
 What, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now

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Readable chord sheet for Adam Lives In Theory by Lauryn Hill

1. [F]-[Bb]-[Am]-[Gm]
2. [Dm]-[Gm]-[Dm]-[Am]-[Gm]
3. [Dm]-[Gm]-[Am]-[Gm]

the rest you can listen by ear which verse goes where

Lyrics:
"Adam Lives In Theory"

Adam lives in theory
Trying to turn stone into bread
Masquerading like he got it figured out
Cut off from the sunshine, only smart in his own head
Leaving his descendants to hope and doubt
Left to his devices, those worth the sacrifices
Praying to the alter of himself
Making pilgrimages, thinking he's religious
Like he's got all the light, and no one else

He takes the unsuspected
Cause he knows they're not connected
And he shows them how to be just as he is
Virtually real, and commercially appealed
To the lust of all the people where he lives

Eve was so naive, blinded by the pride and greed
Wanting to be intellectual
Drifting from the way she got turned down one day
And now she thinks that she's bisexual

Caught up in emotion
Burning up in her devotion
To the king of exploitation in the field
She handed him her virtue
Cause he told her "I won't hurt you"
So she lay with him to see how good it feels

Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now

Now after the sensation, and the empty fornication
She brought affection home into her bed, quickly multiplying
Now the 3 of them are dying by the poison she perceived to be good head
Now Eve and her husband are perverted in their judgment
Cause everything appears to be the same
They entertain suggestion,
Next time just use protection

Desiring to cover up their shame
But much to their demise, poor decision closed their eyes
To the very antidote to their dilemma
Burning in their lust,
Both of them adulterous
Destroying the original agenda
Praying to the sky, in order to maintain a lie
They exhausted every possible conclusion,
They can't even entertain the solution,
In a brain filled with vain information and pollution

Hiding from the truth,
He provided an excuse to explain away his desperate situation
When confronted, blamed his wife
Giving birth to carnal life
Refusing to acknowledge what he done

Now if we can agree with who created us to be
Who says we're guilty everyone before his eyes
Making no exceptions, since the day of our conception
Predisposed to hating truth, and loving lies

Then can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
Then can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now

Stop walking in pride, let the thief be crucified
Un-learn everything you know, and let him teach you
Line upon line, precept upon precept, say goodbye,
To this decaying social system
He wants to know, how far we're willing to go
If we love him like we say we do,
He will try us

Just don't regress,
Or slip into hopelessness
Once he's satisfied his love,
He won't deny us,

And then he'll tell us,
What, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now

And then he'll tell us,
What, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now

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