{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2355363,"song":"Philip H Pope - The Amphioxus Song","artist":"Misc Unsigned Bands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11487380-philip-h-pope-the-amphioxus-song-chords-by-misc-unsigned-bands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2355363?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Also known as \"It's a Long Way from Amphioxus.\"\r\nPenned in 1921.\r\nSung and played to the tune of “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.”\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA fish-like thing appeared among the annelids one day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt hadn't any parapods nor setae to display.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt hadn't any eyes nor jaws, nor ventral nervous cord,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it had a lot of gill slits and it had a notochord.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a long way from Amphioxus. It's a long way to us.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a long way from Amphioxus to the meanest human cuss.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWell, it's goodbye to fins and gill slits, and it's welcome lungs and hair![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a long, long way from Amphioxus, but we all came from there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt wasn't much to look at and it scarce knew how to swim,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd Nereis was very sure it hadn't come from him.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe mollusks wouldn't own it and the arthropods got sore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo the poor thing had to burrow in the sand along the shore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe burrowed in the sand before a crab could nip his tail,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]B7[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he said \"Gill slits and myotomes are all to no avail.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI've grown some metapleural folds and sport an oral hood,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut all these fine new characters don't do me any good.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a long way from Amphioxus. It's a long way to us.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a long way from Amphioxus to the meanest human cuss.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWell, it's goodbye to fins and gill slits, and it's welcome lungs and hair![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a long, long way from Amphioxus, but we all came from there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt sulked awhile down in the sand without a bit of pep,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]B7[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen he stiffened up his notochord and said, \"I'll beat 'em yet![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLet 'em laugh and show their ignorance. I don't mind their jeers.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust wait until they see me in a hundred million years.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy notochord shall turn into a chain of vertebrae[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd as fins my metapleural folds will agitate the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy tiny dorsal nervous cord will be a mighty brain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the vertebrates shall dominate the animal domain.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a long way from Amphioxus. It's a long way to us.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a long way from Amphioxus to the meanest human cuss.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWell, it's goodbye to fins and gill slits, and it's welcome lungs and hair![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a long, long way from Amphioxus, but we all came from there.[/tab]","plain_text":"Also known as \"It's a Long Way from Amphioxus.\"\nPenned in 1921.\nSung and played to the tune of “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.”\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","G","A","B7","Em","E7","D","D7","F","C7"],"chord_diagrams":{"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}