{"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":2882381,"song":"Natural Selection","artist":"Horrible Histories","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11649491-natural-selection-chords-by-horrible-histories/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2882381?type=chord","rating":4.85187,"votes":5,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMm yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMm yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nPeople thought all animals[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nArrived here unrelated[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nThe world began, and then came man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll perfectly created[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut then someone looked up a tree.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd said \"That monkey looks just like me!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo it really was a mystery[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat I'd learned in natural history![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I joined HMS Beagle[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWatched the eagle and the seagull[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe studied rock and plants[/tab]\r\n\r\nFlowers, trees and bees and ants\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSlept on hammocks without pillows[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEating rats and armadillos[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTill I realised on reflection[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A#[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's natural selection![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n             Yeah![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNatural selection means[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEach animal evolved[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nTo blend with its surroundings[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCh-ch-changes were involved[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo birds with different foods to seek[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSeem to have developed different beaks[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd over time they'd modified[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo just the fittest of them all survived![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn the Isles of Galapagos[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI noted the giant tortoise[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHad interesting shells[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I rode on them as well\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIguanas land and swimming[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMeant my new theory was winning[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt all led in the direction[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A#[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf natural selection[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy findings met with outrage[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nFrom the ch-ch-ch-ch-Church of England[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd from me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nThe idea that we came from ch-ch-chimps[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nQuestioned my own Christianity[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut it was hard to disagree!\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEvery species new mutation[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHad a perfect explanation[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt seems the world's inception[/tab]\r\n\r\nMust predate common perception\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd if lack of adaptation[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMeans a fatal limitation[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo each creature's imperfection[/tab]\r\n\r\nOver time gets a correction\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMeaning animal collections[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGrow unique means of protection[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd to fail nature's inspection[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMeans immediate rejection[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhich all leads to the detection\r\n[tab]   [ch]A#[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf natural selection![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNatural selection![/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nD#  E\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nFlowers, trees and bees and ants\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd I rode on them as well\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut it was hard to disagree!\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nMust predate common perception\n\n\n\n\nOver time gets a correction\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhich all leads to the detection","chords":["D#","E","F","C","Am","Em","D#m","Dm","G","A#","G#"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}