The Beginning Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
The be[Em]ginning was the [G]word
[Bm]And the word[C] was heaven sent.[Am]
[G]Silver tongue licked [Em]magic wine,
Im[C]pressed and rarely [Am]dressed.
He was [Em]kind, he was [Bm]dreamy,
He had a savior com[D]plex.

[Verse 2]
[D]
I won[G]der if the desert
[C]Was exact[D]ly like he sai[G]d.
I wonder if [C]the desert
Was ex[D]actly like he [G]said.

[Verse 3]
Was he rollin, playin [C]lead guitar
[D]In Satan [G]and the Satanettes.
Was driftin, was he reck[C]less,
Was [D]he jumpin from tent [G]to tent?
Or maybe nothing [C]happened
It was [D]all a vision [G]quest.
Schizophrenic, de[C]hydrated,

[Verse 4]
Fi[D]nally passed [G]the test.

[Verse 5]
Maybe [Em]everything that happens
Is [C]all inside our head[G]s.
Maybe [Em]everything that [Bm]happened
Is who[C]ever writes [G]it best.

[Verse 6]
[G]
The begin[Em]ning was [Bm]love,
Ex[C]citing and dir[Am]ect.
[G]Birds and ribs and [Em]butterflies,
[C]Never self- con[Am]scious.
She [Em]was a sweet, blonde- haired, All-

[Verse 7]
[Bm]
American girl,
Rich with [Em]sadness [Bm]and succ[D]ess.

[Verse 8]
I wonder [G]if the [C]ending
was ex[D]actly like [G]she said.
I wonder if the end[C]ing was
Ex[D]actly like [G]I said.

[Verse 9]
Was [G]I driftin? Was I dis[C]tant?
Drunken sa[D]vior [G]complex.
Atrophy, [C]apology
I [D]think I made a mess.
[G]Or maybe

[Verse 10]
nothing happened
[C]It was [D]all [G]a narrative.
[Gm]Schizophrenic, [C]li quidated,
Fi[D]nally failed the test.
Maybe [G]everything

[Verse 11]
[Em]that happens
[Bsus4]Is all inside o[C]ur he[G]ads.
Maybe [Em]everything that [Bm]happens
Is who[C]ever writes [G]it best.

[Verse 12]
[Em]There is nothing waiting
[G]In [C]the sky above our heads.
[G]Hea[Em]ven is a question
Would [C]you split a cigarette?