The Temptation Of Adam Chords

by Josh Ritter
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: C# F# B E G# C#
Capo: no capo
Author edernest [pro] 94.
5 contributors total, last edit on Aug 12, 2024

Chords

C
G
B7
Em
D
G/B
D/F#

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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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7 comments
Mooe
Shouldn't the capo be on like the 9th fret if these chords should be played along the studio version?
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atamashasky
Em G D Am7 You could hold me here forever like you're holding me tonight
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sanbor18
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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