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Uplift
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Em
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DA
Hands chip the flint, light the fire, skin the kill
flint, light thefire, skin thekill
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Em
G D A
DA
Feet move the tribe track the herd with a will
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Em
G D A
DAHuman-kindstruggles, on theedge of history
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Em
G D B7
DB7
Time to settle down, time to grow, time to breed
down, time to grow, time tobreed..
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B7B7B7(skip)...(skip)
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Em
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DA
Plow tills the soil, plants the seed, pray for rain
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Em
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DA
Scythe reaps the wheat, to the mill, to grind the grain
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Em
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DA
Towns.. and.. cities spread to empire over - night
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Em
G D B7
DB7
Hands keep building as we chant the ancient rite...
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B7B7B7(skip)...(skip)
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Em
G D A
DA
Coal heats the steam, push the piston, turns the wheel
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Em
G D A
DA
Cogs spin the wool, drives the horses made of steel
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Em
G D A
DA
Lightning harnessed does our will and lights the dark
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Em
G D B7
DB7
Keep rising higher, set our goal, hit the mark...
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B7B7B7(skip)...(skip)
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Em
G D A
DA
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Em
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DA
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EmEmEmEm
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EmDEmEm
Crawl.. out.. of... the mud.
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EmAEmEm
On... go... ing... but slow.
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GDEmEmpath... that is easy
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GDB7B7one... that...lets usgrow
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B7B7(skip)(skip)(skip)(skip)
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Em
G D A
DA
Light push the sails, read the data, cities glow
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Em
G D A
DA
Hands type the keys, click the mouse, out we go!
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Em
G D A
DA
Our voices carry round the world and into space
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Em
G D B7
DB7
Send us out to colonize another place¸
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B7B7B7(skip)(skip)
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E
G D A
DA
Hands, make the tools, light the fire, plant the grain
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E
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DA
Feet, track the herd, build a world, begin again
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(transition directly into 5000 years)