• Song:

    The Temptation Of Adam

  • Artist:

    Josh Ritter

  • Album:

    Live At The 9:30 Club (...

Capo on 1st

C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)               B7 (x21202@1)            EmIf (022000@1)this was the Cold War we could keep each other warm
       G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)      GI (320003@1)said on the first occasion that I met Marie
        C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)            B7 (x21202@1)           EmWe (022000@1)were crawling through the hatch that was the missile silo door
       G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                 C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)
And I don't think that she really thought that much of me
        Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)I never had to learn to love her like I learned to love the Bomb
         Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)  G/B (143121@7)C (x32010@1)    
She just came along and started to ignore me
          Em (022000@1)                  G (320003@1)        Em (022000@1)           GBut (320003@1)as we waited for the Big One I started singing her my songs
      Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1) G/B (143121@7)C (x32010@1)And I think she started feeling something for me

C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)        B7 (x21202@1)              EmWe (022000@1)passed the time with crosswords that she thought to bring inside
       G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)      GWhat (320003@1)five letters spell "apocalypse" she asked me
  C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)    B7 (x21202@1)  EmI (022000@1)won her over saying "W.W.I.I.I."
       G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)      GShe (320003@1)smiled and we both knew that she'd misjudged me
       Em (022000@1)        G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)Oh Marie it was so easy to fall in love with you
         Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)  G/B (143121@7)C (x32010@1)  
It felt almost like a home of sorts or something 
       Em (022000@1)            G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)        G (320003@1)And you would keep the warhead missile silo good as new
      Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1) G/B (143121@7)C (x32010@1)And I'd watch you with my thumb above the button

C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)        B7 (x21202@1)              EmThen (022000@1)one night you found me in my army issue cot
       G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)      GAnd (320003@1)you told me of your flash of inspiration 
         C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)                 B7 (x21202@1)          EmYou (022000@1)said fusion was the broken heart that's lonely's only thought
       G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)      GAnd (320003@1)all night long you drove me wild with your equations
       Em (022000@1)        G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)Oh Marie do you remember all the time we used to take
         Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)  G/B (143121@7)C (x32010@1)
We'd make our love and then ransack the rations
       Em (022000@1)        G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)I think about you leaving now and the avalanche cascades 
         Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)  G/B (143121@7)C (x32010@1)
And my eyes get washed away in chain reactions

C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)                B7 (x21202@1)              EmOh (022000@1)Marie if you would stay then we could stick pins in the map
           G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)           GOf (320003@1)all the places where you thought that love would be found 
    C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)             B7 (x21202@1)                EmBut (022000@1)I would only need one pin to show where my heart's at 
     G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)            GIn (320003@1)a top secret location three hundred feet under the ground
            Em (022000@1)            G (320003@1)         Em (022000@1)          G (320003@1)We could hold each other close and stay up every night 
        Em (022000@1)        G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)  G/B (143121@7)CLooking (x32010@1)up into the dark like it's the night sky
Em (022000@1)               G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)And pretend this giant missile is an old oak tree instead
    Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)  G/B (143121@7)CAnd (x32010@1)carve our name in hearts into the warhead

C (x32010@1)                          G (320003@1)            B7 (x21202@1)             EmOh (022000@1)Marie there's something tells me things just won't work out above
         G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)      GThat (320003@1)our love would live a half-life on the surface
      C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)                 B7 (x21202@1)        EmSo (022000@1)at night while you are sleeping I hold you closer just because
       G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)      GAs (320003@1)our time grows short I get a little nervous 
     Em (022000@1)            G (320003@1)      Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)I think about the Big One, W.W.I.I.I.
         Em (022000@1)        G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)  G/B (143121@7)CWould (x32010@1)we ever really care the world had ended
           Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)                  G (320003@1)You could hold me here forever like you're holding me tonight
        Em (022000@1)               G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)  G/B (143121@7)CI (x32010@1)look at that great big red button and I'm tempted!
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