[INTRO]
[C]
[VERSE 1]
[C]Back at the beginning there was absolutely nothing
only [E7]infinite potential, and the Hindus call it Brahman
And the [Csus]moment of expansion, though we cannot really fathom it,
happened [Cmaj9]14 billion years ago
[C]The universe was born in a sudden burp of energy
[E7]atoms started forming, they're the yeast and grain of matter
and next [Csus]hydrogen was cooling, spawning seismic supernovas
The sky lit up like [G]Hollywood
[C]Now we had a solar system, a home we now call Earth
The [E7]petri dish for algae where a primal cell division
that [Csus]began hermaphroditic made an elegant transition to
[D]sex and sex (more sex) and sex
[CHORUS 1]
This is the [C]history / of [E7]you and me
This is the [Csus]history / of [Cmaj9]wonder
The [C]history / of what we [E7]crave
This is the [Csus]history / of [G]wonder
[VERSE 2]
[C]Vertebrates, invertebrates, and jellyfish, anemomes
and [E7]things that crawled out of the sea. Paleontology.
[Csus]Dinosaurs, yeah they were scary. Asteroid collision theory.
Then the world got [Cmaj9]colder
[C]Chimpanzees were changing and becoming homo sapiens
Still [E7]somewhat controversial, what a magical mutation
[Csus]Ritual and hunting tools and living space and painting
Poetry in [G]motion
[C]Societies and foragers and tribal rank and social strata
[E7]Complex forms of heirarchy; matriarchal, patriarchal
[Csus]Evolution, revolution, politics: that adds a sparkle
[D]Watch the world go 'round
[BRIDGE]
[G]And as for love, well some will say
[E]It lights the road. It leads the way.
[F]It calls us out of what we know
The space to breathe. The will to grow.
[D]The dreams of men that came before
[G]And everyone who wanted more
The [E]plant that grows towards the light
The [C]hero that did what was right
The [D]dreams that haven't happened yet
It's [Csus]what we give and [G]what we get
[VERSE 3]
[C]Prehistoric deities and Shamanism, pantheism
[E7]Platoism, Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism
[Csus]Judaism, Islam, and the secret Christian mysticism
Everybody's [Cmaj9]praying
[C]Pythagorean theorem, and music of the spheres
[E7]Marquis Laplace said the world we see is not what it appears
And to [Csus]Carl Jung, the psychic streams mixed with alchemy and dreams
[G]Sychronicity.
[C]Stimulants and sedatives and opioids and entheogens
[E7]Caffeination, insufflation, medicines, hallucinogens
[Csus]Altering the organism; hated, loved, and feared.
And what about [D]beer?
[CHORUS 2]
This is the [C]history / of [E7]you and me
This is the [Csus]history / of [Cmaj9]wonder
This is the [C]history / that [E7]endless sea
This is the [Csus]mystery / of what could [G]be
Our [C]accidental, transcendental,
[E7]monumental, [Cmaj9]experimental
[Csus]integrating, mixed and blending,
[Cmaj9]no repeating, never-ending
[C]always yearning, always learning
[E7]archetypal hero's journey
The [Csus]history of [Cmaj9]wonder
[End on C]
[C]
[VERSE 1]
[C]Back at the beginning there was absolutely nothing
only [E7]infinite potential, and the Hindus call it Brahman
And the [Csus]moment of expansion, though we cannot really fathom it,
happened [Cmaj9]14 billion years ago
[C]The universe was born in a sudden burp of energy
[E7]atoms started forming, they're the yeast and grain of matter
and next [Csus]hydrogen was cooling, spawning seismic supernovas
The sky lit up like [G]Hollywood
[C]Now we had a solar system, a home we now call Earth
The [E7]petri dish for algae where a primal cell division
that [Csus]began hermaphroditic made an elegant transition to
[D]sex and sex (more sex) and sex
[CHORUS 1]
This is the [C]history / of [E7]you and me
This is the [Csus]history / of [Cmaj9]wonder
The [C]history / of what we [E7]crave
This is the [Csus]history / of [G]wonder
[VERSE 2]
[C]Vertebrates, invertebrates, and jellyfish, anemomes
and [E7]things that crawled out of the sea. Paleontology.
[Csus]Dinosaurs, yeah they were scary. Asteroid collision theory.
Then the world got [Cmaj9]colder
[C]Chimpanzees were changing and becoming homo sapiens
Still [E7]somewhat controversial, what a magical mutation
[Csus]Ritual and hunting tools and living space and painting
Poetry in [G]motion
[C]Societies and foragers and tribal rank and social strata
[E7]Complex forms of heirarchy; matriarchal, patriarchal
[Csus]Evolution, revolution, politics: that adds a sparkle
[D]Watch the world go 'round
[BRIDGE]
[G]And as for love, well some will say
[E]It lights the road. It leads the way.
[F]It calls us out of what we know
The space to breathe. The will to grow.
[D]The dreams of men that came before
[G]And everyone who wanted more
The [E]plant that grows towards the light
The [C]hero that did what was right
The [D]dreams that haven't happened yet
It's [Csus]what we give and [G]what we get
[VERSE 3]
[C]Prehistoric deities and Shamanism, pantheism
[E7]Platoism, Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism
[Csus]Judaism, Islam, and the secret Christian mysticism
Everybody's [Cmaj9]praying
[C]Pythagorean theorem, and music of the spheres
[E7]Marquis Laplace said the world we see is not what it appears
And to [Csus]Carl Jung, the psychic streams mixed with alchemy and dreams
[G]Sychronicity.
[C]Stimulants and sedatives and opioids and entheogens
[E7]Caffeination, insufflation, medicines, hallucinogens
[Csus]Altering the organism; hated, loved, and feared.
And what about [D]beer?
[CHORUS 2]
This is the [C]history / of [E7]you and me
This is the [Csus]history / of [Cmaj9]wonder
This is the [C]history / that [E7]endless sea
This is the [Csus]mystery / of what could [G]be
Our [C]accidental, transcendental,
[E7]monumental, [Cmaj9]experimental
[Csus]integrating, mixed and blending,
[Cmaj9]no repeating, never-ending
[C]always yearning, always learning
[E7]archetypal hero's journey
The [Csus]history of [Cmaj9]wonder
[End on C]
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