Eve and the Apple

Eve and the Apple

Eve and the Apple


From a 1972 single and a bonus-track on "Attila"




Intro Em

Em
In the garden of Eden
The black snake talked to Eve.
He said, `Taste a big apple,
It won't give you any grief.'
            B
She said, `No, it ain't mine.'
        A                          B
`But a taste must be sweeter than wine.'
          Em      D          C       B   Em   D C B
Well she took the apple and we lost paradise.
          Em      D          C       B   Em
Well she took the apple and we lost paradise.


   Em           Fm

    Fm
Mm, every boy and girl
Ask their mom or dad
About a place here on earth
Where little Eve once said,
  C
`No, it ain't mine.'
        B                          C
`But a taste must be sweeter than wine.'
          Fm      D#        C#       C   Fm   D# C# C
Well she took the apple and we lost paradise.
          Fm      D#        C#       C   Fm
Well she took the apple and we lost paradise.
         Fm       D#           C#       C
And the sun went down in that world of light.
         Fm       D#           C#       C
And the sun went down in that world of light.
         Fm       D#           C#       C
And the sun went down in that world of light!

F#m
In the garden of Eden
The black snake talked to Eve.
He said, `Taste a big apple,
It won't give you any grief.'
           C#
She said, `No, it ain't mine.'
        H                          C#
`But a taste must be sweeter than wine.'
          F#m     E          D       C# F#m   E D C#
Well she took the apple and we lost paradise.
          F#m     E          D       C# F#m
Well she took the apple and we lost paradise.

  F#m



 

By Robbie van Leeuwen

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