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Eighth Day

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[Intro]
Cm Dm Cm Am Bb F G
[Verse 1]
CmIn the beginning was a Dmworld
CmMan said: Let there be more Amlight
BbElectric scenes a maFze of beams
Gsus4Neon brights to light our boring Gnights
[Verse 2]
CmOn the second day he said: Let's have a Dmgas
CmHydrogen and co are of the Ampast
BbLet's make some germs, we'll poFison the worms
Gsus4Man will never be surGpassed
[Chorus]
And he said: BehCold what I have Fdone
I've made a Dbetter world for everyGone
Nobody Elaughs, nobody Amcries
World without Fend, forever and ever
Amen Gsus4(Amen) GAmen Gsus4(Amen) GAmen Gsus4(Aha-   G  Gsus4men)G  
[Verse 3]
On the Cmthird we get green and blue pill Dmpie
On the Cmfourth we send rockets to the Amsky
On the Bbfifth metal beasts and Fsubmarines
On the Gsus4sixth man prepares his final Gdream:
[Verse 4]
In our Cmimage, let's make robots for our Dmslaves
ImCmagine all the time that we can Amsave
CompBbuters, machines, the Fsilicon dream
Gsus4Seventh he retired from the Gscene
[Chorus]
And he said: BehCold what I have Fdone
I've made a Dbetter world for everyGone
Nobody Elaughs, nobody Amcries
World without Fend, forever and ever
Amen Gsus4(Amen) GAmen Gsus4(Amen) GAmen Gsus4(Aha-   G  Gsus4men)G  
[Verse 5, soft synth pad]
On the Cmeighth day machine just got upDmset
A Cmproblem man had not foreseen as Amyet
No Bbtime for flight, a Fblinding light
Then Gsus4nothing but a void, forever Gnight
[Chorus, band kicks in]
And he said: BehCold what I have Fdone
There's not a Dworld for anyGone
Nobody Elaughs, nobody Amcries
World's at an Fend, everyone has died
Forever Amen Gsus4(Amen) GAmen Gsus4(Amen) GAmen Gsus4(Aha-   G  Gsus4men)G  
[Chorus]
And he said: BehCold what I have Fdone
There's not a Dworld for anyGone
Nobody Elaughs, nobody Amcries
World's at an Fend, everyone has died
Forever Amen Gsus4(Amen) GAmen Gsus4(Amen) GAmen Gsus4(Aha-   G  Gsus4men)G  
Gsus4Ah    Gah  Gsus2ah    Gah  Cmennn

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Eighth Day

by Hazel O'Connor

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gsus4

Gsus2

[Intro]

Cm Dm Cm Am Bb F G

[Verse 1]

Cm Dm

In the beginning was a world

Cm Am

Man said: Let there be more light

Bb F

Electric scenes a maze of beams

Gsus4 G

Neon brights to light our boring nights

[Verse 2]

Cm Dm

On the second day he said: Let's have a gas

Cm Am

Hydrogen and co are of the past

Bb F

Let's make some germs, we'll poison the worms

Gsus4 G

Man will never be surpassed

[Chorus]

C F

And he said: Behold what I have done

D G

I've made a better world for everyone

E Am

Nobody laughs, nobody cries

World without end, forever and ever

Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G

Amen (Amen) Amen (Amen) Amen (Aha- men)

[Verse 3]

Cm Dm

On the third we get green and blue pill pie

Cm Am

On the fourth we send rockets to the sky

Bb F

On the fifth metal beasts and submarines

Gsus4 G

On the sixth man prepares his final dream:

[Verse 4]

Cm Dm

In our image, let's make robots for our slaves

Cm Am

Imagine all the time that we can save

Bb F

Computers, machines, the silicon dream

Gsus4 G

Seventh he retired from the scene

[Chorus]

C F

And he said: Behold what I have done

D G

I've made a better world for everyone

E Am

Nobody laughs, nobody cries

World without end, forever and ever

Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G

Amen (Amen) Amen (Amen) Amen (Aha- men)

[Verse 5, soft synth pad]

Cm Dm

On the eighth day machine just got upset

Cm Am

A problem man had not foreseen as yet

Bb F

No time for flight, a blinding light

Gsus4 G

Then nothing but a void, forever night

[Chorus, band kicks in]

C F

And he said: Behold what I have done

D G

There's not a world for anyone

E Am

Nobody laughs, nobody cries

World's at an end, everyone has died

Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G

Forever Amen (Amen) Amen (Amen) Amen (Aha- men)

[Chorus]

C F

And he said: Behold what I have done

D G

There's not a world for anyone

E Am

Nobody laughs, nobody cries

World's at an end, everyone has died

Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G

Forever Amen (Amen) Amen (Amen) Amen (Aha- men)

Gsus4 G Gsus2 G C

Ah ah ah ah mennn

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