History Of Man chords by Maisie Peters

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: FF

♫ Intro:

 E MajorE :


♫ Verse 1:
        E MajorE
Tale as old as honey
        C# minorC#m
A augmentedA moment everybody knows
             BB
Yeah, I'm sure there was heartbreak
           BB
Inside the walls of Jericho
       E MajorE
I couldn't believe it
             C# minorC#m
How you could just stop wanting me
           BB
You burnt down Easter Island
         F# minorF#m           E/G#
As if it wasn't sacred, as if it wasn't sacred to me

♫ Chorus:
A augmentedA
 I've seen it in the poems, in the sands
BB
 I've pleaded with the powers and their plans
E MajorE               BB
 I tried to re-write it but I can't
            E/G#
It's the history, the history of man
A augmentedA
 She stays up, he's sleeping like a lamb
BB
 She begs him, hе says he doesn't understand
E MajorE
 Shе loves him more than anyone ever has
BB                F# minorF#m
 In the history, the history of man
           E MajorE
It's the history of man (Yeah)


♫ Verse 2:
         E MajorE
You didn't even falter
         C# minorC#m
Didn't look back once, did you?
          BB
So Samson blamed Delilah
           BB
But given half the chance I, I would have made him weaker too

♫ Pre-Chorus:
 F# minorF#m        A augmentedA
Sirens sound and trumpets blaring
 F# minorF#m
You walked out, oh
 BB
Without sweating


♫ Chorus:
A augmentedA
 I've seen it in the poems, in the sands
BB
 I've pleaded with the powers and their plans
E MajorE               BB
 I tried to re-write it but I can't
            E/G#
It's the history, the history of man (History)
A augmentedA
 She stays up, he's sleeping like a lamb
BB
 She begs him, hе says he doesn't understand
E MajorE
 Shе loves him more than anyone ever has
BB
 In the history, the history of man (History)


♫ Bridge:
   F# minorF#m
He stole our youth and promised heaven
   A augmentedA
The men start wars yet Troy hates Helen
 F# minorF#m
Women's hearts are lethal weapons
 A augmentedA
Did you hold mine and feel threatened?
 F# minorF#m
Hear my lyrics, taste my venom
 BB
You are still my great obsession


♫ Chorus:
A augmentedA
 I've seen it in the poems, in the sands
BB
 I've pleaded with the powers and their plans
E MajorE               BB
 I tried to re-write it but I can't
            E/G#
It's the history, the history of man (History)
A augmentedA
 I stay up, you're sleeping like a lamb
BB
 I beg you and you don't understand
E MajorE
 I hold on, I try to hold your hand
BB
 I save you a seat and then you say you wanna stand
C# minorC#m
 So you'll lose me, the best you'll ever have
BB
 It's the history, the history of man