genesis Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[E][Am][E][Am][C][Em][Am][C][F]
[Am][C][Em][Am][C][F][Am][C][Em][Am][C][F]
[Am][C][Em]
[Dm][Am][Ddim][C][G][Bdim]
[F]This

[Verse 1]
is the beginning and [Dm]the end. [Ddim]The rise and the [C]fall.
Our gait will [Bdim]begin its saunter at the source,
[E]when the infant learns to crawl.

[Interlude 1]
[Bdim][Fdim]

[Verse 2]
[Fdim]Place yo[E]ur[Em] hand [Am]on mine.[Dm]
Un[Bdim]tie your min[G]d.
[C]Let your [Am]bloated [G]bra[Am]in[Dm]
bal[Bdim]loon and fl[G]oat aw[C]ay.
[G]Wet [C]the end [Am]of the t[Dm]hread.
[C]Thimble [Bdim]upon[Dm]
[Bdim]your ind[Am]ex.

[Verse 3]
[Am]
[Dm]Set the needle o[C]n its path,
[F]Bobbing up and [G]down and past.
[Am]Tears and seams all turn
[Bdim]to one
[C]With every stitch and [F]each
[C]spool spun.
[G][Ddim]

[Verse 4]
[E]Feed the line [Am]through its eye.
[Dm]Draw it from the [G]other side.
[C]Pull the strand to [Am]satisfy.[Dm]
The [G]need to [C]compose.
The genetic [E]map.
The [Am]scientific [Dm]gap.[Ddim]
The [C]detailed blue[Bdim]prints.
[E]Swept [Esus4]away under
[Em]carp[Am]ets.

[Verse 5]
[Dm]All we did was t[Em]hread [Am]the eye
[F]Of the [Dm]silver [G]splinter.
[Am]We simply pl[G]anted th[Bdim]e seed[G]
[C]And nursed it through [G]the winter.

[Verse 6]
[G]The rest [C]is [G]up to [Ddim]you and
what you'll [G]do.
[F]

[Verse 7]
[Dm]
To [C]learn and love and [Am]laugh
Until the [Dm]cycle circles [G]back
[C]I'll just separ[Am]ate,
weigh [Dm]anchor, [G]disengage
Di[C]vide and disap[Am]pear. And [F]see you [E]in the mir[A]ror.

[Interlude 2]
[F#m][Bm][Esus4][E][A]
[D][Bm][D]
[Esus4]I'm a slave to

[Verse 8]
the night.
[A]

[Verse 9]
O the Scient[F#]ist was the
author [D]and the architect.
The angels were [Bm]His ink [D]slingers,
[Esus4]His actors and actresses.
[A]His two purest talents were Ahrima and
Nidria, two [D]destined hearts,
Bound by the same [E]idea; the unre
lenting [A]constancy of love and hope
Can rescue [D]and restore you from any scope.
In her, Ahrima confided [F#m]his
curbing frustration.
[A]His gifts had been exhausted.
Oh, how they'd misused them.
She averted his passion and
eased his [D]blood.
And so he confessed it to her,
he had fallen in love.
A slave to your eyes.