Adam Was A Man chords by Violent Femmes

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
 E MajorE
Adam was a man
 A augmentedA       E MajorE
Just like you or me
BB         A augmentedA       E MajorE
He did not do what he's supposed to
    A augmentedA     E MajorE
And he cries internally


Chorus:
    C# minorC#m      E MajorE
There's horror in Paradise
    BB     E MajorE
In the garden of delight
   C# minorC#m     E MajorE
Where sorrow can paralyze
   BB       E MajorE
The will to want the right

Verse 2:
 E MajorE
Eve was a woman
 A augmentedA        E MajorE
Just like you or me
 BB         A augmentedA       E MajorE
She did not do what she's supposed to
    A augmentedA     E MajorE
And she cries eternally


Chorus:
     C# minorC#m      E MajorE
There's trouble in Paradise
    BB      E MajorE
In the pathways of delight
      C# minorC#m        E MajorE
Where the rubble blocks the road of life
      BB           E MajorE
There's no light to light in the night


Verse 3:
E MajorE
What about that snake?
 E MajorE
Oh, snake was an animal
 A augmentedA        E MajorE
Almost like you or me
 BB           A augmentedA      E MajorE
He said to do what we're not supposed to
 A augmentedA        E MajorE
And he lies so reasonably

Chorus:
       C# minorC#m      E MajorE
Because there's madness in Paradise
  BB      E MajorE
The asylum of delight
   C# minorC#m       E MajorE
And gladness breaks no morning light
    BB       E MajorE
By my broken will and might


Verse 4:
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Oh, God was God
 A augmentedA       E MajorE
Not like you or me
 BB           A augmentedA     E MajorE
He always does and he does just because
  A augmentedA           E MajorE
So we hope he stays so friendly


Chorus:
     C# minorC#m     E MajorE
He's the tailor of Paradise
    BB        E MajorE
In the sweatshops of delight
 C# minorC#m        E MajorE
Clothing a pair of eyes
     BB          E MajorE
And the beauty of wrong and right


Outro:
 E MajorE
Adam was a man
A augmentedA        E MajorE
Just like you or me