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E7: x22010 or x20010 Csus: x33010 Cmaj9: 320010 [Intro] C [Verse 1]
CBack at the beginning there was absolutely nothing only E7infinite potential, and the Hindus call it Brahman And the Csusmoment of expansion, though we cannot really fathom it, happened Cmaj914 billion years ago
CThe universe was born in a sudden burp of energy E7atoms started forming, they're the yeast and grain of matter and next Csushydrogen was cooling, spawning seismic supernovas The sky lit up like GHollywood
CNow we had a solar system, a home we now call Earth The E7petri dish for algae where a primal cell division that Csusbegan hermaphroditic made an elegant transition to Dsex and sex (more sex) and sex
[Chorus 1]
This is the Chistory / of E7you and me This is the Csushistory / of Cmaj9wonder The Chistory / of what we E7crave This is the Csushistory / of Gwonder
[Verse 2]
CVertebrates, invertebrates, and jellyfish, anemomes and E7things that crawled out of the sea. Paleontology. CsusDinosaurs, yeah they were scary. Asteroid collision theory. Then the world got Cmaj9colder
CChimpanzees were changing and becoming homo sapiens Still E7somewhat controversial, what a magical mutation CsusRitual and hunting tools and living space and painting Poetry in Gmotion
CSocieties and foragers and tribal rank and social strata E7Complex forms of heirarchy; matriarchal, patriarchal CsusEvolution, revolution, politics: that adds a sparkle DWatch the world go 'round
[Bridge]
GAnd as for love, well some will say EIt lights the road. It leads the way. FIt calls us out of what we know
The space to breathe. The will to grow.
DThe dreams of men that came before GAnd everyone who wanted more
The Eplant that grows towards the light The Chero that did what was right The Ddreams that haven't happened yet It's Csuswhat we give and Gwhat we get
[Verse 3]
CPrehistoric deities and Shamanism, pantheism E7Platoism, Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism CsusJudaism, Islam, and the secret Christian mysticism Everybody's Cmaj9praying
CPythagorean theorem, and music of the spheres E7Marquis Laplace said the world we see is not what it appears And to CsusCarl Jung, the psychic streams mixed with alchemy and dreams GSychronicity.
CStimulants and sedatives and opioids and entheogens E7Caffeination, insufflation, medicines, hallucinogens CsusAltering the organism; hated, loved, and feared. And what about Dbeer?
[Chorus 2]
This is the Chistory / of E7you and me This is the Csushistory / of Cmaj9wonder This is the Chistory / that E7endless sea This is the Csusmystery / of what could Gbe
Our Caccidental, transcendental, E7monumental, Cmaj9experimental Csusintegrating, mixed and blending, Cmaj9no repeating, never-ending Calways yearning, always learning E7archetypal hero's journey The Csushistory of Cmaj9wonder
[End on C]