Intro: D D/B Aadd9 G G/D ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ -----3------ | -----3------ | -----3------ | -----3------ | -----3------ ---2---2--2- | --2----2--2- | -------2--2- | ---0---0--0- | --0----0--0- --0-0---0--- | ---0----0--- | --2-----2--- | ----0---0--- | -0-0----0--- ------------ | -2---------- | -0-0-------- | ------------ | ------------ ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | -3---------- | ------------ Gadd6 G --------0--- | ------------ ------3---3- | -------3---- --0--------- | -0---0----0- -0--0------- | ---0-----0-- ------------ | ------------ ------------ | ------------ D When the earth was still flat D/B And the clouds made of fire A9 And mountains stretched up to the sky G Sometimes higher G Folks roamed the earth like big rolling kegs D They had two sets of arms, they had two sets of legs F#m They had two faces peering out of one giant head Em So they could watch all around them A As they talked while they read G A D And they never knew nothing of love G A D G It was before the origin of love D G The origin of love Bm And there were three sexes then, one of them looked like two men glued up back to back G Called the children of the sun D And similar in shape and girth were the children of the earth D G They looked like two girls rolled up in one A And the children of the moon Bm Were like a fork stuck on a spoon C#m They were part sun part earth A Part daughter part son D G D G The origin of love D Now the gods grew quite scared D/B Of our strength and defiance G G And Thor said, "I'm gonna kill 'em all with my hammer G G Like I killed the giants." G And Zeus said, "No, you'd better let me D Use my lightning like scissors D D Like I cut the legs off the whales, dinosaurs and the lizards F#m Then he grabbed up some bolts G And he let out a laugh Em Said, "I'll split them right dowm the middle A Gonna cut 'em right up in half." G A D And the storm clouds gathered above G Into great balls of fire Bm And then fire shot down from the sky in bolts G Like shining blades of a knife Bm And it ripped right through the flesh G Of the children of the sun and the moon and the earth Bm And some indian god sewed the wound up to a hole G Pulled it around to our belly to remind us the price we paid Bm And Osiris and the gods of the nile G Gathered up a big storm Em To blow a hurricane Bm To scatter us away G In a flood of wind and rain Em And a sea of tidal waves Bm To wash us all away G And if we don't behave Em They'll cut us down again Ab G And we'll be hopping 'round on one foot D G and looking through one eye D Em -2---2----0--2----- | 0--2--3--2----2h3p2--0- | ----3--2--0---- -3---3----3--3----- | 3--3--3--3------3------ | ----0--0------- -2---2----2--2----- | 2--2--2--2------2------ | ----0---------- -0---0----0--0----0 | ----------------------- | --------------- ------------------- | ----------------------- | --------------- ------------------- | ----------------------- | --0-----------3 G ---0--2--3--3- | -3(/)5(\)3----0--- ---0--------0- | ------------------ ---0--------0- | ------------------ -------------- | ------------------ -------------- | ------------------ (3)----------- | ------------------ D Last time I saw you Bm We'd just split in two G You were looking at me A I was looking at you D And you had a way so familiar Bm I could not recognize G Cuz you had blood on your face A I had blood in my eyes D But I swear by your expression Bm That the pain down in your soul G A Was the same as the one down in mine D That's the pain Bm G That cuts a straight line down through the heart A We call it love D We wrapped our arms 'round each other Bm Tried to shove ourselves back together G A We were making love making love D Bm It was a cold dark evening such a long time ago G A When by the mighty hand of Jove D Bm It was a sad story how we became lonely two-legged creatures G A The story of the origin of love D G D G D G../ That's the origin of love