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