The Temptation of Adam Chords & Lyrics by Josh Ritter
The Temptation of Adam
guitar chords lyrics
Capo on 1st
C G B7 Em
If this was the Cold War we could keep each other warm
G D C G
I said on the first occasion that I met Marie
C G B7 Em
We were crawling through the hatch that was the missile silo door
G D C G
And I don�t think that she really thought that much of me
Em G Em G
I never had to learn to love her like I learned to love the Bomb
Em G D G/B C
She just came along and started to ignore me
Em G Em G
But as we waited for the Big One I started singing her my songs
Em G D G/B C
And I think she started feeling something for me
C G B7 Em
We passed the time with crosswords that she thought to bring inside
G D C G
What five letters spell �apocalypse� she asked me
C G B7 Em
I won her over saying �W.W.I.I.I.�
G D C G
She smiled and we both knew that she�d misjudged me
Em G Em G
Oh Marie it was so easy to fall in love with you
Em G D G/B C
It felt almost like a home of sorts or something
Em G Em G
And you would keep the warhead missile silo good as new
Em G D G/B C
And I�d watch you with my thumb above the button
C G B7 Em
Then one night you found me in my army issue cot
G D C G
And you told me of your flash of inspiration
C G B7 Em
You said fusion was the broken heart that�s lonely�s only thought
G D C G
And all night long you drove me wild with your equations
Em G Em G
Oh Marie do you remember all the time we used to take
Em G D G/B C
We�d make our love and then ransack the rations
Em G Em G
I think about you leaving now and the avalanche cascades
Em G D G/B C
And my eyes get washed away in chain reactions
C G B7 Em
Oh Marie if you would stay then we could stick pins in the map
G D C G
Of all the places where you thought that love would be found
C G B7 Em
But I would only need one pin to show where my heart�s at
G D C G
In a top secret location three hundred feet under the ground
Em G Em G
We could hold each other close and stay up every night
Em G D G/B C
Looking up into the dark like it�s the night sky
Em G Em G
And pretend this giant missile is an old oak tree instead
Em G D G/B C
And carve our name in hearts into the warhead
C G B7 Em
Oh Marie there�s something tells me things just won�t work out above
G D C G
That our love would live a half-life on the surface
C G B7 Em
So at night while you are sleeping I hold you closer just because
G D C G
As our time grows short I get a little nervous
Em G Em G
I think about the Big One, W.W.I.I.I.
Em G D G/B C
Would we ever really care the world had ended
Em G Em G
You could hold me here forever like you�re holding me tonight
Em G D G/B C
I look at that great big red button and I�m tempted!
