Adam Was A Man chords by Violent Femmes

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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


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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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