Edwin McCain – Darwins Children (Guitar)

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D5 xx023x G5 3x003x G/B x2003x Asus4 x0223x D/F# 20023x Em7 02203x Cadd9 x3203x B x2444x A x0222x To me it sounds like Edwin avoids the high E string throughout the song. His picking or strumming appears to be selective with occasional palm muting to give the performance a more driven, percussive feel. [Intro] D5 G5 G/B Asus4 D5 G5 G/B Asus4 [Verse 1]
      D5            G5          G/B                   Asus4
Seven million years of progress handed down on silver wings

   D5           G5               G/B               Asus4
Of gossamer and protein still we haven't learned a thing

       D5               G5     G/B              Asus4
Are we caught up in our anger, locked up in our rage

       D5           G5       G/B              Asus4
In the opera of selection on this our earthly stage
[Chorus]
    G5                 D/F#      Em7
And Charlie's spinning laughing, laughing in his grave

G5              D/F#          Asus4
Laughing at the prophecy, the prophecy he gave

       G5                    D/F#           Em7
Can we spread our wings like angels, can we break out of the grind

       G5             D/F#     Asus4
Are we destined to be Darwin's children this time
D5 G5 G/B Asus4 [Verse 2]
    D5             G5         G/B           Asus4
The ribbons of our cigarettes vanish in the air

       D5                G5         G/B             Asus4
In the glow of our great teacher we sit and blankly stare

        D5             G5                G/B        Asus4
And the sky could open up and what would we have to say

          D5         G5           G/B         Asus4
Something cute about burning out, better than fading away
D5 G5 G/B Asus4 D5 G5 G/B Asus4 [Chorus]
    G5                 D/F#      Em7
And Charlie's spinning laughing, laughing in his grave

G5              D/F#          Asus4
Laughing at the prophecy, the prophecy he gave

       G5                    D/F#           Em7
Can we spread our wings like angels, can we break out of the grind

       G5             D/F#     Asus4
Are we destined to be Darwin's children this time
D5 G5 G/B Asus4 D5 G5 G/B Asus4 [Bridge]
       Cadd9          G/B        Asus4
On the wings of invention now we hurdle toward our fate

   Cadd9       G/B    D5
As sure as the sunset burns

    Cadd9       G/B         B
Collective resignation, evolutionary fate

G5    D/F#  Em7 Asus4 A D5
When  will  we  ever    learn
[Solo] D5 G5 G/B Asus4 D5 G5 G/B Asus4 D5 G5 G/B Asus4 D5 G5 G/B Asus4 [Chorus]
    G5                 D/F#      Em7
And Charlie's spinning laughing, laughing in his grave

G5              D/F#          Asus4
Laughing at the prophecy, the prophecy he gave

       G5                    D/F#           Em7
Can we spread our wings like angels, can we break out of the grind

       G5             D/F#     Asus4
Are we destined to be Darwin's children this

D5 G5 G/B Asus4
time...
D5 G5 G/B Asus4 D5 G5 G/B Asus4 D5 G5 G/B Asus4