Runrig – The Apple Came Down (Guitar Acoustic)

Capo 1 Video Lesson
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Versions (3)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
G            Bm            G      Em
Life support genius at the end of time

    C        G      D     Em
The greatest living brain alive

  G                              D       Em
A breath of chance matter from a falling star

    C        G        D       G
The power is sour and reaches far
[Chorus 1]
    C          G
The apple came down

   D      Em
It had to fall

      C        G
Where men grew wise

D          Em
Minds grew small

G          D
Newton and Adam

Em       C
Lost and found

    G          D
The apple must fall

G
To the ground
[Link] Em G D Em G Em D Em [Verse 2]
G                Bm                G       Em
There's not long left, it's a race against time

C           G               D        Em
The saint's close, he could lose his mind

     G                        D      Em
Like he lost his body here on planet Earth

     C            G      D      G
When he holds the key to the universe
[Chorus 2]
    C          G
The apple came down

   D      Em
It had to fall

      C        G
Where men grew wise

D          Em
Minds grew small

G          D
Newton and Adam

Em       C
Lost and found

    G          D
The apple must fall

G
To the ground
[Instrumental] Em G D Em G Em D Em C C C D [Verse 3]
G        Bm       G        Em
A mighty spark to keep him there

C          G      D       Em
Trigger to power, wire to pain

  G                             D          Em
Direct inject pleasure when the going gets rough

      C          G           D    G
Don't believe in God and all that stuff
[Chorus 1]
    C          G
The apple came down

   D      Em
It had to fall

      C        G
Where men grew wise

D          Em
Minds grew small

G          D
Newton and Adam

Em       C
Lost and found

    G          D
The apple must fall

G
To the ground
[Chorus 2]
    C          G
The apple came down

   D      Em
It had to fall

      C        G
Where men grew wise

D          Em
Minds grew small

G          D
Newton and Adam

Em       C
Lost and found

    G          D
The apple must fall

G
To the ground
[Instrumental] Em G D Em G Em D Em Em G D Em G Em D Em [Outro]
    G          D     Em
The apple came down

    G         D    Em
The atom must fall

    G          D     Em
The apple came down

    G         D    Em
The atom must fall        (fade)
Mark W