Evolution Chords & Lyrics - Misc Your Songs - Joel Stewart

Verse: G, Bm, Am, D
Chorus: Em, A7, D (4 count for Em & A7, 8 count for D - except for 4th stanza of chorus when all are 4 count)
Evolution?!?

[VERSE 1]
[G]How o[Bm]ften do [Am]I wish I could[D] be
That [G]monkey[Bm] high [Am]up up in the [D]tree
B[G]ut then I am [Bm]thrust b[Am]ack in to this [D]world
This [G]cruel [Bm]un-und[Am]erstanding w[D]orld
Where the[G] human [Bm]race [Am]oh he c[D]hases
[G]Each other [Bm]away f[Am]rom his [D]acres

[VERSE 2]
Why is it we don’t see
Our own blatant foolishness
The things we do to fill our time
Oh the silly insignificance
How easily that we conform?
We settle right in to the daily norm

[CHORUS]
[Em]Use the matter, don’t be a bobbing [A7]head

Flex the grey mush 'tween the ears
[D]Take the step that sets us apart
[Em]Utilize and then we can begin to r[A7]ealize

Grant it some thought and
[D]Take it not no no no
[Em]Stand up doesn’t just drift along
[A7]Think about the goings on
[D]And use the 24 that come every morn
[Em]uuuh la la la, [A7]uuuh la la la, [D]uh uh ah ah uh uh ah

[VERSE 3]
Scream and holler jump and run
I watch them then the mirror shows
Fools all well I guess its true
Monkey do and we will too
All the wars we are waging
Are leading us to caging

[VERSE 4]
The spirit we sought to free
Its what’s driving us back up the tree.
Down, out, forward and up you say?
Well I question the supposition of your position
On four we would crawl
Now on two we just stall.

[CHORUS]
[Em]Use the matter, don’t be a bobbing [A7]head

Flex the grey mush 'tween the ears
[D]Take the step that sets us apart
[Em]Utilize and then we can begin to r[A7]ealize

Grant it some thought and
[D]Take it not no no no
[Em]Stand up doesn’t just drift along
[A7]Think about the goings on
[D]And use the 24 that come every morn
[Em]uuuh la la la, [A7]uuuh la la la, [D]uh uh ah ah uh uh ah

[VERSE 4]
What is this impediment in our way
That stumbling block is our ignorance
Power of thought, blessing or curse
Well from our actions we look the worse
We carelessly take human life
Yet we care not cause it’s not I

[VERSE 5]
I wonder is it all that obscure
We’re looking like the State of Nature
If we keep this up I dare say its true
There will be no more of me and you
What happened to the rule made of gold?
We’ve turned it into the bought and sold

[CHORUS]
[Em]Use the matter, don’t be a bobbing [A7]head

Flex the grey mush 'tween the ears
[D]Take the step that sets us apart
[Em]Utilize and then we can begin to r[A7]ealize

Grant it some thought and
[D]Take it not no no no
[Em]Stand up doesn’t just drift along
[A7]Think about the goings on
[D]And use the 24 that come every morn
[Em]uuuh la la la, [A7]uuuh la la la, [D]uh uh ah ah uh uh ah

[VERSE 6]
We who have the opposable thumb
Look at all the things we’ve done
We’ve built towers that stand so tall
And we’ve cloned a cell so small
Somehow, somewhere along the march
We gave up on the soul search

[VERSE 7]
Who’s further up in the chain
Surely those with the contemplative brain
We who understand the use of manners
And we who can discern right from wrong
Yet we still exhibit primeval traits
And our antics are a shame