The Temptation Of Adam Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | C# F# B E G# C# |
Capo: | no capo |
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To match the studio version:
No capo
Tuning: C# F# B E G# C# (1 and a half steps down)
[Verse 1]
C G B7 Em
"If this was the Cold War, we could keep each other warm,"
G D C G
I said on the first occasion that I met Marie
C G B7 Em
We were crawling through the hatch that was the missile silo door
G D C G
And I don't think that she really thought that much of me
Em G Em G
I never had to learn to love her like I learned to love the bomb
Em G D G/B C
She just came along and started to ignore me
Em G Em G
But as we waited for the "Big One," I started singing her my songs
Em G D G/B C
And I think she started feeling something for me
[Verse 2]
C G B7 Em
We passed the time with crosswords that she thought to bring inside
G D C G
"What five letters spell 'apocalypse?'" she asked me
C G B7 Em
I won her over singing, "W-W-I-I-I"
G D C G
Oh we smiled and we both knew that she'd misjudged me
Em G Em G
Oh, Marie, it was so easy to fall in love with you
Em G D G/B C
It felt almost like a home of sorts or something
Em G Em G
And you would keep the warhead missile silo good as new
Em G D G/B C
And I watched you with my thumb above the button
[Verse 3]
C G B7 Em
Then one night you found me in my Army-issue cot
G D C G
And you told me of your flash of inspiration
C G B7 Em
You said fusion was the broken heart that's lonely's only thought
G D C G
And all night long you drove me wild with your equations
Em G Em G
Oh, Marie, do you remember all the time we used to take
Em G D G/B C
We'd make our love and then ransack the rations?
Em G Em G
I think about you leaving now and the avalanche cascades
Em G D G/B C
And my eyes get washed away in chain reactions
[Break]
C G B7 Em
C G D C
C G B7 Em
C G D/F# D/F#
D/F# D/F#
[Verse 4]
C G B7 Em
Oh, Marie, if you would stay then we could stick pins in the map
C G D C
Of all the places where you thought that love would be found
C G B7 Em
But I would only need one pin to show where my love's at
G D C G
In a top-secret location 300 feet under the ground
Em G Em G
Oh, we could hold each other close and stay up every night
Em G D G/B C
Looking up into the dark like it's the night sky
Em G Em G
And pretend this giant missile is an old oak tree instead
Em G D G/B C
And carve our name in hearts into the warhead
[Verse 5]
C G B7 Em
Oh, Marie, there's something tells me things just won't work out above
C G D C
That our love would live a half-life on the surface
C G B7 Em
So at night while you are sleeping, I hold you closer just because
G D C G
As our time grows short, I get a little nervous
Em G Em G
Oh, I think about the "Big One," W-W-I-I-I
Em G D G/B C
Would we ever really care the world had ended?
Em G D C
You could hold me here forever like you're holding me tonight
Em G D
I think about that great big button and I'm tempted
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The Temptation Of Adam – Josh Ritter
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7 comments

Shouldn't the capo be on like the 9th fret if these chords should be played along the studio version?
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Em G D Am7
You could hold me here forever like you're holding me tonight
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6th fret capo worked best for me to get in the same key as Josh. Otherwise a fantastic arrangement, thank you!
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