Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Key: D MajorD
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
D MajorD D/B 
Asus4Asus4 
G/DG/D
D MajorD
When the earth was still flat
Bm7Bm7
And the clouds made of fire
Asus4Asus4
And mountains stretched up to the sky
G/DG/D
Sometimes higher
G+G
Folks roamed the earth like big rolling kegs
D MajorD
They had two sets of arms, they had two sets of legs
D/F#D/F# G+G
The had two faces peering out of one giant head
E minorEm
So they could watch all around them
A7A7
As they talked while they read
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
And they never knew nothing of love
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
It was before... whoa... the origin of love
D MajorD G+G
The origin of love
B minorBm
And there were three sexes then, one that looked
D MajorD G+G
Like two men glued up back to back, called the children of the sun.
B minorBm
And similar in shape and girth were the children of the earth.
D MajorD G+G
They looked like... two girls rolled up in one.
A augmentedA
And the children of the moon
B minorBm
Were like a fork shoved on a spoon.
C# minorC#m B minorBm A augmentedA
They were part sun, part earth, part daughter, part son.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
Mmmmm... The origin of love
D MajorD
Now the gods grew quite scared
Bm7Bm7
Of our strength and defiance
Asus4Asus4
And Thor said, "I'm gonna kill them all with my hammer,
G/DG/D
Like I killed the giants."
G+G
And Zeus said, "No, you better let me
Use my lightning like scissors,
D MajorD
Like I cut the legs off the whales, dinosaurs and the lizards."
D/F#D/F#
Then he grabbed up some bolts
G+G
And he let out a laugh,
E minorEm
Said, "I'll split them right down the middle.
A7A7
Gonna cut 'em right up in half."
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
And then storm clouds gathered above
G+G
Into great balls of fire
B minorBm G+G
And then fire shot down from the sky in bolts
Like shining blades of a knife.
B minorBm
And it ripped right through the flesh
G+G
Of the children of the sun and the moon and the earth.
B minorBm
And some Indian god sewed the wound up into a hole
G+G
Pulled it round to our belly to remind us of the price we pay.
B minorBm
And Osiris and the gods of the Nile
G+G
Gathered up a big storm
E minorEm
To blow a hurricane,
B minorBm
To scatter us away,
G+G
In a flood of wind and rain,
E minorEm
And a sea of tidal waves,
B minorBm
To wash us all away,
G+G
And if we don't behave
E minorEm
They'll cut us down again
AbAb G+G
And we'll be hopping round on one foot
D MajorD G+G
And looking through one eye.
Interlude:
D MajorD 
Dsus2Dsus2 
Dsus4Dsus4 E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus4Dsus4 E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
D MajorD
Last time I saw you
Bm7Bm7
We had just split in two.
G+G
You were looking at me.
A augmentedA
I was looking at you.
D MajorD
You had a way so familiar,
Bm7Bm7
But I could not recognize,
G+G
'Cause you had blood on your face;
A augmentedA
I had blood in my eyes.
D MajorD
But I swear by your expression
Bm7Bm7
That the pain down in your soul
G+G A augmentedA
Was the same as the one down in mine.
D MajorD
That's the pain,
Bm7Bm7 G+G
Cuts a straight line down through the heart;
A augmentedA
We call it love.
D MajorD
We wrapped our arms around each other,
Bm7Bm7
Trying to shove ourselves back together.
G+G
We were making love,
A augmentedA
Making love.
D MajorD Bm7Bm7
It was a cold dark evening, such a long time ago,
G+G A augmentedA
When by the mighty hand of Jove,
D MajorD Bm7Bm7
It was a sad story how we became lonely two-legged creatures,
G+G A augmentedA
That story, the origin of love.
D MajorD G+G
That's the origin of love. (Aw yeah!)
D MajorD G+G
The origin of love
D MajorD G+G
The origin of love
D MajorD G+G
The origin of love
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