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-- ------------ | ------------ ------------ | ------------ D5 When the earth was still flat D5 And the clouds made of fire A5 And mountains stretched up to the sky G5 Sometimes higher G5 Folks roamed the earth like big rolling kegs D5 They had two sets of arms, they had two sets of legs F#5 They had two faces peering out of one giant head E5 So they could watch all around them A5 As they talked while they read G5 A5 D5 And they never knew nothing of love G5 A5 D5 G5 It was before the origin of love D5 G5 The origin of love B5 And there were three sexes then, one of them looked like two men glued up back to back G5 Called the children of the sun D5 And similar in shape and girth were the children of the earth D5 G5 They looked like two girls rolled up in one A5 And the children of the moon B5 Were like a fork stuck on a spoon C#5 They were part sun part earth A5 Part daughter part son D5 G5 D5 G5 The origin of love D5 Now the gods grew quite scared D5 Of our strength and defiance G5 G5 And Thor said, "I'm gonna kill 'em all with my hammer G5 G5 Like I killed the giants." G5 And Zeus said, "No, you'd better let me D5 Use my lightning like scissors D5 D5 Like I cut the legs off the whales, dinosaurs and the lizards F#5 Then he grabbed up some bolts G5 And he let out a laugh E5 Said, "I'll split them right dowm the middle A5 Gonna cut 'em right up in half." G5 A5 D5 And the storm clouds gathered above G5 Into great balls of fire B5 And then fire shot down from the sky in bolts G5 Like shining blades of a knife B5 And it ripped right through the flesh G5 Of the children of the sun and the moon and the earth B5 And some indian god sewed the wound up to a hole G5 Pulled it around to our belly to remind us the price we paid B5 And Osiris and the gods of the nile G5 Gathered up a big storm E5 To blow a hurricane B5 To scatter us away G5 In a flood of wind and rain E5 And a sea of tidal waves B5 To wash us all away G5 And if we don't behave E5 They'll cut us down again Ab5 G5 And we'll be hopping 'round on one foot D5 G5 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)----------- | ------------------ D5 Last time I saw you B5 We'd just split in two G5 You were looking at me A5 I was looking at you D5 And you had a way so familiar B5 I could not recognize G5 Cuz you had blood on your face A5 I had blood in my eyes D5 But I swear by your expression B5 That the pain down in your soul G5 A5 Was the same as the one down in mine D5 That's the pain B5 G5 That cuts a straight line down through the heart A5 We call it love D5 We wrapped our arms 'round each other B5 Tried to shove ourselves back together G5 A5 We were making love making love D5 B5 It was a cold dark evening such a long time ago G5 A5 When by the mighty hand of Jove D5 B5 It was a sad story how we became lonely two-legged creatures G5 A5 The story of the origin of love D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G../ That's the origin of love