The Amphioxus Song Chords & Lyrics - Misc Unsigned Bands - Philip H Pope
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[VERSE]
[C]A fish-like thing appeared among the annelids one day. [G]
[C]It hadn't any parapods [B7]nor setae to dis[Em]play.
[C]It hadn't any eyes nor jaws, [B7]nor ventral nervous [Em]cord,
But [E7]it had a lot of [D]gill slits and it [D7]had a noto[G]chord.
[CHORUS]
It's a [C]long way from Amphioxus. It's a [F]long way to [C]us.
It's a long way from Amphioxus to the [D]meanest [D7]human [G]cuss.
[C]Well, it's goodbye to fins and gill [C7]slits, and it's [F]welcome lungs and [E7]hair!
It's a [C]long, long way from Amphi[F]ox[C]us, but [D]we all [G]came from [C]there.
[VERSE]
[C]It wasn't much to look at and it scarce knew how to s[G]wim,
[C]And Nereis was very sure it [B7]hadn't come from [Em]him.
[C]The mollusks wouldn't own it [B7]and the arthropods got [Em]sore,
So the [E7]poor thing had to [D7]burrow in the [D7]sand along the [G]shore.
[C]He burrowed in the sand before a crab could nip his tail, [G]
[C]And he said "Gill slits and [B7]myotomes are all to no a[Em]vail.
[C]I've grown some metapleural folds and [B7]sport an oral [Em]hood,
But [E7]all these fine new [D]characters don't [D7]do me any [G]good."
[CHORUS]
It's a [C]long way from Amphioxus. It's a [F]long way to [C]us.
It's a long way from Amphioxus to the [D]meanest [D7]human [G]cuss.
[C]Well, it's goodbye to fins and gill [C7]slits, and it's [F]welcome lungs and [E7]hair!
It's a [C]long, long way from Amphi[F]ox[C]us, but [D]we all [G]came from [C]there.
[VERSE]
[C]It sulked awhile down in the sand without a b[G]it of pep,
[C]Then he stiffened up his notochord and [B7]said, "I'll beat 'em [Em]yet!
[C]Let 'em laugh and show their ignorance. [B7]I don't mind their j[Em]eers.
[E7]Just wait until they [D]see me in a[D7] hundred million[G] years.
My notochord shall tur[C]n into a chain of verte[G]brae
[C]And as fins my metapleural folds [B7]will agitate the [Em]sea.
[C]My tiny dorsal nervous cord [B7]will be a mighty [Em]brain
And the [E7]vertebrates shall [D]dominate the [D7]animal dom[G]ain."
[CHORUS]
It's a [C]long way from Amphioxus. It's a [F]long way to [C]us.
It's a long way from Amphioxus to the [D]meanest [D7]human [G]cuss.
[C]Well, it's goodbye to fins and gill [C7]slits, and it's [F]welcome lungs and [E7]hair!
It's a [C]long, long way from Amphi[F]ox[C]us, but [D]we all [G]came from [C]there.
[C]A fish-like thing appeared among the annelids one day. [G]
[C]It hadn't any parapods [B7]nor setae to dis[Em]play.
[C]It hadn't any eyes nor jaws, [B7]nor ventral nervous [Em]cord,
But [E7]it had a lot of [D]gill slits and it [D7]had a noto[G]chord.
[CHORUS]
It's a [C]long way from Amphioxus. It's a [F]long way to [C]us.
It's a long way from Amphioxus to the [D]meanest [D7]human [G]cuss.
[C]Well, it's goodbye to fins and gill [C7]slits, and it's [F]welcome lungs and [E7]hair!
It's a [C]long, long way from Amphi[F]ox[C]us, but [D]we all [G]came from [C]there.
[VERSE]
[C]It wasn't much to look at and it scarce knew how to s[G]wim,
[C]And Nereis was very sure it [B7]hadn't come from [Em]him.
[C]The mollusks wouldn't own it [B7]and the arthropods got [Em]sore,
So the [E7]poor thing had to [D7]burrow in the [D7]sand along the [G]shore.
[C]He burrowed in the sand before a crab could nip his tail, [G]
[C]And he said "Gill slits and [B7]myotomes are all to no a[Em]vail.
[C]I've grown some metapleural folds and [B7]sport an oral [Em]hood,
But [E7]all these fine new [D]characters don't [D7]do me any [G]good."
[CHORUS]
It's a [C]long way from Amphioxus. It's a [F]long way to [C]us.
It's a long way from Amphioxus to the [D]meanest [D7]human [G]cuss.
[C]Well, it's goodbye to fins and gill [C7]slits, and it's [F]welcome lungs and [E7]hair!
It's a [C]long, long way from Amphi[F]ox[C]us, but [D]we all [G]came from [C]there.
[VERSE]
[C]It sulked awhile down in the sand without a b[G]it of pep,
[C]Then he stiffened up his notochord and [B7]said, "I'll beat 'em [Em]yet!
[C]Let 'em laugh and show their ignorance. [B7]I don't mind their j[Em]eers.
[E7]Just wait until they [D]see me in a[D7] hundred million[G] years.
My notochord shall tur[C]n into a chain of verte[G]brae
[C]And as fins my metapleural folds [B7]will agitate the [Em]sea.
[C]My tiny dorsal nervous cord [B7]will be a mighty [Em]brain
And the [E7]vertebrates shall [D]dominate the [D7]animal dom[G]ain."
[CHORUS]
It's a [C]long way from Amphioxus. It's a [F]long way to [C]us.
It's a long way from Amphioxus to the [D]meanest [D7]human [G]cuss.
[C]Well, it's goodbye to fins and gill [C7]slits, and it's [F]welcome lungs and [E7]hair!
It's a [C]long, long way from Amphi[F]ox[C]us, but [D]we all [G]came from [C]there.
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