Chord The Temptation Of Adam by Josh Ritter

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 dont 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 shed 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 id 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 thats lonelys 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 wed 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 hearts 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 its 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 theres something tells me things just wont 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 youre holding me tonight Em G D G/B C i look at that great big red button and im tempted!