The Temptation of Adam

[C]If this was the cold war [G]we could keep each other warm
[B7]I said on the first [Em]occasion that I met Marie
[G]We were crawling through the hatch [D]that was the missile silo door
[C]And I don't think that she [G]really thought that much of me
[C]I never had to learn to love [G]her like I learned to love the bomb
[B7]She just came along [Em]and started to ignore me
[G]But as we waited for the big [D]one and I started singing her my songs
[C]And I think she [G]started feeling something for me
[Em]We passed the time with crosswords [G]that she thought to bring inside
[Em]What five letters spell [G]apocalypse, she asked me
[Em]I won her [G]over saying WWIII
[D]Oh, we smiled and we [G/B]both knew that she misjudged me
[C]Oh Marie, it was so easy [Em]to fall in love with you
[G]It felt almost like a [Em]home of sorts or something
[G]And you would keep the [Em]warhead missile silo good as new
[G]And I watched you with [D]my thumb above the button
[G/B]Then one night you found [C]me in my army issue cot
[C]And you told me [G]of your flash of inspiration
[B7]You said, "Fusion was the [Em]broken heart that's lonely's only thought"
[G]And all night long you [D]drove me wild with your equations
[C]Oh Marie, do you remember all [G]the time we used to take
[C]Making love and [G]then ramsack the rations
[B7]I think about you leaving [Em]now in the avalanche cascades
[G]And my eyes get [D]washed away in chain reactions
[C]Oh Marie, if you would stay and [G]we could stick pins in the map
[Em]Of all the places where you [G]thought that love would be found
[Em]And I would only need one pin [G]to show where my love is at
[Em]In a top secret location [G]three hundred feet under the ground
[D]Oh, we could hold each [G/B]other close, stay up every night
[C]Looking up into the dark [Em]like it's the night sky
[G]Pretend this giant missile is [Em]a old oak tree instead
[G]Carve our name in [Em]hearts into the warhead
[G]Oh Marie, there's something tells me [D]things just won't work out above
[G/B]That our love would live [C]a half life on the surface
[C]So at night while you are [G]sleeping, I hold you closer just because
[B7]As our time grows short [Em]I get a little nervous
[G]So I think about [D]the big one, WWIII
[C]Would we ever really [G]care, the world had ended?
[C]You could hold me here [G]forever like you're holding me tonight
[B7]I think about that big [Em]red button and I'm tempted

The song is played in its original key of G without a capo.

This song is built on the key of G. Here are the 7 diatonic chords (Chord Family) that harmonize according to music theory: