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Original Of The Species

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Original Of The Species 
[Verse]
ABaby slow Edown
F#mThe end is not as C#mfun as the start
APlease stay a Echild somewhere in your F#mheartC#m  
[Pre-Chorus]
GI'll give you everyDthing you Awant
GExcept the Dthing that you wAant
AmYou are the Cfirst one of your Akind
[Chorus]
And you Afeel like F#mno-one before
You C#msteal right Eunder my door
AAnd I kneel 'cos I F#mwant you some more
I want the C#mlot of what you got 
And I want Enothing that you're not
AEverywhere you F#mgo you shout it
C#mYou don't have to be Eshy about it
[Verse]
ASome things you shouldn't get too Egood at
F#mLike smiling, crying and ceC#mlebrity
ASome people got Eway too much confidence F#mbaby
C#mBaby
[Pre-Chorus]
GI'll give you everyDthing you Awant
GExcept the Dthing that you wAant
AmYou are the Cfirst one of your Akind
[Chorus]
And you Afeel like F#mno-one before
You C#msteal right Eunder my door
AAnd I kneel 'cos I F#mwant you some more
I want the C#mlot of what you got 
And I want Enothing that you're not
AEverywhere you F#mgo you shout it
C#mYou don't have to be Eshy about it, Ano
Oh no, oh no no, oh
[Pre-Chorus]
GDo-do do-do, Ddo-do do-do
ADo-do do-do, do-do do-do
GDo-do do-do, Ddo-do do-do
ADo-do do-do, do-do
Sugar come Gon, Dshow your Asoul
You've been keeping your Glove Dunder Acontrol
[Chorus]
AEverywhere you F#mgo you shout it
C#mYou don't have to be Eshy about it..(2x) oh my my
And you Afeel like F#mno-one before
You C#msteal right Eunder my door
And I Akneel 'cos I C#mwant you some more 
I Dwant you some more, I Bmwant you some more
Oh Ano,  oh C#mno,  oh Dno,  oh C#mnoA  

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Original Of The Species

by U2

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F#m

C#m

Original Of The Species

[Verse]

A E

Baby slow down

F#m C#m

The end is not as fun as the start

A E F#m C#m

Please stay a child somewhere in your heart

[Pre-Chorus]

G D A

I'll give you everything you want

G D A

Except the thing that you want

Am C A

You are the first one of your kind

[Chorus]

A F#m

And you feel like no-one before

C#m E

You steal right under my door

A F#m

And I kneel 'cos I want you some more

C#m

I want the lot of what you got

And I want nothing that you're not

A F#m

Everywhere you go you shout it

C#m E

You don't have to be shy about it

[Verse]

A E

Some things you shouldn't get too good at

F#m C#m

Like smiling, crying and celebrity

A E F#m

Some people got way too much confidence baby

C#m

Baby

[Pre-Chorus]

G D A

I'll give you everything you want

G D A

Except the thing that you want

Am C A

You are the first one of your kind

[Chorus]

A F#m

And you feel like no-one before

C#m E

You steal right under my door

A F#m

And I kneel 'cos I want you some more

C#m

I want the lot of what you got

And I want nothing that you're not

A F#m

Everywhere you go you shout it

C#m E A

You don't have to be shy about it, no

Oh no, oh no no, oh

[Pre-Chorus]

G D

Do-do do-do, do-do do-do

G D

Do-do do-do, do-do do-do

Do-do do-do, do-do

G D A

Sugar come on, show your soul

G D A

You've been keeping your love under control

[Chorus]

A F#m

Everywhere you go you shout it

C#m E

You don't have to be shy about it..(2x) oh my my

A F#m

And you feel like no-one before

C#m E

You steal right under my door

A C#m

And I kneel 'cos I want you some more

D Bm

I want you some more, I want you some more

A C#m D C#m A

Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no

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