the origin of love

Intro: 
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          D 
When the earth was still flat 
         D/B 
And the clouds made of fire 
       Aadd9 
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       
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 

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Author/Artist: Hedwig and the Angry Inch 
Title: Midnight Radio 
Album: Hedwig and the Angry Inch OMST 
Transcribed by: improviduto (Trevor) 
Email: [email protected] 
 
 
**I only tab for Guitar Tab Universe!** 
 
 
Tuning: Standard 
 
Notes: Great show! Great film! Great music! 
 
 
 
[Verse] 
 
Am       F         C 
Rain    Falls     Hard 
G7    Am 
Burns dry 
F       C 
   Or a song 
F                   C 
   That hits you so hard 
F              C 
   Filling you up 
F               C 
   And suddenly you're gone 
 
 
[Verse] 
 
Am          F        C 
Breathe     Feel     Love 
G7       Am 
Give     Free 
F              C 
  Know in your soul 
F                           C 
  Like your blood knows the way 
F                         C 
  From your heart to your brain 
F                   C (hold) 
  Knows that you're whole 
 
 
[Chorus] 
 
           F 
And you're shining  
         Am 
Like the brightest star 
       Dm 
A transmission 
       G            F    C 
On the midnight radio 
 
            F 
And you're spinning 
       Am 
Like a 45 
     Dm 
Ballerina 
        G                  F      C 
Dancing to your rock and roll 
 
 
[Bridge] 
 
          Am 
Here's to Patti 
    F 
And Tina 
    C 
And Yoko 
    G7 
Aretha 
    Am 
And Nona 
    F 
And Nico 
    C 
And me 
F                              C 
  And all the strange rock and rollers 
F                            C 
  You know you're doing all right 
F                    C 
  So hold on to each other 
F                     C (hold) 
  You gotta hold tonight 
 
 
[Chorus] 
 
            F 
and you're shining 
         Am 
Like the brightest star 
        Dm 
A transmission 
         G         F    C 
On the midnight radio. 
 
            F 
And you're spinning 
          Am 
Your new 45's 
           Dm            G 
All the misfits and the losers 
           E                   Am 
Yeah, you know you're rock and roller 
         Dm F                C 
Spinning to    your rock and roll 
 
 
[Outro] 
 
Fm     C 
 
             Fm 
Lift up your hands 
             C 
Lift up your hands 

     Chords to know 
  G7         C     Cm       G       A 
e -1- |   ----|     ----|    -3-|    ----| 
B  --- |   -1-|     ----|    ----|    -2-| 
G  --- |   ----|    ----|    ----|    -2-| 
D  --- |   -2-|     ----|    ----|    -2-| 
A -2- |   -3-|     -3-|    -2-|    ----| 
E -3- |   ----|     ----|    -3-|    ----| 
 
  
 
    I Think that is it if anyone has any Questions they can e-mail me at [email protected] 
 
 
 
 
Intro: 
 
E -----7--------|------7--------|-----------3-| 
B --5-----5---5|--5-----5---5|--5-----5--5| 
G 7---------7---|6---------6--|5---------5--| 
D 0--------------|0------------|0-------------| 
A ----------------|--------------|---------------| 
E ----------------|--------------|--------------| 
 
 
e ---------------|------7--------|------7-------| 
B 8-7-5-5---5|--5-----5---5|--5-----5---5| 
G 5-------7--|7---7-----7--|6---6-----6--| 
D 0----------|0------------|0------------| 
A -----------|-------------|-------------| 
E -----------|-------------|-------------| 
 
 
e ------3--------|------3---5---6| 
B --5-----5---5|--4-----4---4--| 
G 5---5-----5--|5---5-----------| 
D 0-------------|0----------------| 
A ---------------|------------------| 
E ---------------|------------------| 
 
 
 
The 1st two lines of each verse are played just like the intro, with the last bar replaced as follows: 
 
E --2-3-5 
A --3---- 
G --2---- 
D 0------ 
A ------- 
E ------- 
 
e ------7----------|--------7--------|------3 
B ---5----5---5--|-----5-----5---5|--5---- 
G 7---7----7-----|--6---6-----6---|5---5- 
D 0---------------|--0---------------|0------ 
A ---------------|--------------------|--------- 
E ---------------|--------------------|--------- 
 
e -------- |------------- 
B -5---5|8-7-5-5---5 
G ---5-- |5--------7-- 
D ------  |0------------ 
A ------  |-------------- 
E ------  |-------------- 
 
 
 
You know the sun is in your eyes. 
 
 
E ------7------|------7-------|-------3-- 
B --5-----5---5|--5-----5---5-|---5-----5 
G 7---7-----7--|6---6-----6---|-5---5---- 
D 0------------|0-------------|-0-------- 
A -------------|--------------|---------- 
E -------------|--------------|---------- 
 
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       And Hurricanes & rains & black & cloudy skies 
 
G7                        C 
You’re running up and down that hill 
                           Cm 
You turn it on and off at will. There’s nothing here to thrill 
    [G         G/B  G/D  G] <-Walk up: That's 1st, 3rd, 5th, & octave  
Or bring you down 
G7                   C 
And if you’ve got no other choice  
                 Cm 
You know you can follow my voice through the dark turns and noise  
      G 
Of this wicked little town  
 
Lady luck has led you here,  
And they’re so twisted up they’ll twist you up, I fear 
The pious, hateful and devout   
You’re turning tricks till you’re turned out   
The wind so cold it burns, you’re burning out, blowing round   
And if you’ve got no other choice, you know you can follow my voice  
Through the dark turns and noise of this Wicked Little Town 
A                                        C 
Ahh ahh ahh ahh..    Ahh ahh ahh ahh       
 
(repeat intro) 
 
The fates are vicious, and they’re cruel    
You learn too late you’ve used two wishes like a fool  
And then you’re someone you are not   
And Junction City ain’t the spot   
Remember Mrs. Lot and when she turned around   
And if you’ve got no other choice, you know you can follow my voice   
Through the dark turns and noise of this Wicked Little Town 
 
(repeat intro)