Misc Unsigned Bands - Philip h pope - the amphioxus song

^CA fish-like thing appeared among the annelids one day. ^{G C}It hadn't any parapods ^B7nor setae to dis^Emplay. ^CIt hadn't any eyes nor jaws, ^B7nor ventral nervous ^Emcord, But ^E7it had a lot of ^Dgill slits and it ^D7had a noto^Gchord.

It's a ^Clong way from Amphioxus. It's a ^Flong way to ^Cus. It's a long way from Amphioxus to the ^Dmeanest ^D7human ^Gcuss. ^CWell, it's goodbye to fins and gill ^C7slits, and it's ^Fwelcome lungs and ^E7hair! It's a ^Clong, long way from Amphi^Fox^Cus, but ^Dwe all ^Gcame from ^Cthere.

^CIt wasn't much to look at and it scarce knew how to s^Gwim, ^CAnd Nereis was very sure it ^B7hadn't come from ^Emhim. ^CThe mollusks wouldn't own it ^B7and the arthropods got ^Emsore, So the ^E7poor thing had to ^D7burrow in the ^D7sand along the ^Gshore. ^CHe burrowed in the sand before a crab could nip his tail, ^{G C}And he said "Gill slits and ^B7myotomes are all to no a^Emvail. ^CI've grown some metapleural folds and ^B7sport an oral ^Emhood, But ^E7all these fine new ^Dcharacters don't ^D7do me any ^Ggood."

It's a ^Clong way from Amphioxus. It's a ^Flong way to ^Cus. It's a long way from Amphioxus to the ^Dmeanest ^D7human ^Gcuss. ^CWell, it's goodbye to fins and gill ^C7slits, and it's ^Fwelcome lungs and ^E7hair! It's a ^Clong, long way from Amphi^Fox^Cus, but ^Dwe all ^Gcame from ^Cthere.

^CIt sulked awhile down in the sand without a b^Git of pep, ^CThen he stiffened up his notochord and ^B7said, "I'll beat 'em ^Emyet! ^CLet 'em laugh and show their ignorance. ^B7I don't mind their j^Emeers. ^E7Just wait until they ^Dsee me in a^D7 hundred million^G years. My notochord shall tur^Cn into a chain of verte^Gbrae ^CAnd as fins my metapleural folds ^B7will agitate the ^Emsea. ^CMy tiny dorsal nervous cord ^B7will be a mighty ^Embrain And the ^E7vertebrates shall ^Ddominate the ^D7animal dom^Gain."

It's a ^Clong way from Amphioxus. It's a ^Flong way to ^Cus. It's a long way from Amphioxus to the ^Dmeanest ^D7human ^Gcuss. ^CWell, it's goodbye to fins and gill ^C7slits, and it's ^Fwelcome lungs and ^E7hair! It's a ^Clong, long way from Amphi^Fox^Cus, but ^Dwe all ^Gcame from ^Cthere.