Standard Tuning
- 4/4 Time
Melody:
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C D
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e|-------------0-3-|-3-2-----------0-|
B|-1---------1-----|-----3-------3---|
G|---0---0---------|-------2---------|
D|-----2-----------|-0-------0-------|
A|-3-------3-------|-----------0-----|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
F C G
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e|-1---------1-1-3-|-1-0---1-0---------|
B|---1---1---------|-----1-----3-------|
G|-----2-----------|-------------0---0-|
D|-3-------3-------|---------------0---|
A|-----------------|-3-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------3-------|
Intro: C D F [ C G ]
Verse 1:
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C
The continent of Atlantis was an island
D
Which lay before the great flood
F
In the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean.
[C G]
So great an area of land, that from her western
Verse 2:
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C
Shores, those beautiful sailors journeyed
D
to the south and the North Americas with ease,
F [ C G]
in their ships with painted sails.
Verse 3:
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C
To the east Africa was a neighbor across
D
a short strait of sea miles.
F
The great Egyptian age is but a
[C G]
remnant of the Atlantian culture.
Verse 4:
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C
The antedeluvian Kings colonised the world;
D
All the Gods who play a part in the
F
mythological dramas in all legends
[C G]
from all lands were from fair Atlantis.
Verse 5:
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C
Knowing her fate, Altantis sent out ships
D
to all corners of the earth.
On board were the twelve:
F
the poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist,
[C
the magician, and the other
G ]
so called Gods of our legends.
Verse 6:
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C
Tho' Gods they were and as the elders
D
of our time choose to remain blind,
let us rejoice and let us
F [ C
sing and dance and ring in the new.
G ]
Hail Atlantis!
Chorus: (4 times)
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C D
Way down below the ocean
F [ C
where I wanna be
G ]
she may be
Solo: C D F [ C G ]
Chorus (4 times)
Sung with Chorus (fade out):
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My antediluvian baby, oh yeah, yeah,
yeah-yeah-yeah,
I want to see you some day.
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah, yeah,
yeah-yeah-yeah,
My antediluvian baby.
My antediluvian baby, I love you, girl;
Girl, I want to see you some day.
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah,
I want to see you some day, oh,
My antediluvian baby.
My antediluvian baby, I want to see you;
My antediluvian baby—gotta tell me where she gone
I want to see you some day,
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, oh yeah;
Oh glub glub, down down, yeah...