Intro B2 A2 C2 D2

B2 When the A2 ebbing C2 tide re-D2 treats
A-B2 long the A2 rocky C2 shore-D2 line
It B2 leaves a A2 trail of C2 tidal D2 pools
In a B2 short-lived A2 gala-C2 xy D2

Each C#2 micro-B2 cosmic E2 pla-F#2 net
A C#2 complete so-B2 cie-E2 ty F#2

Inter B2 C#2 – B2 A2 – B2 C#2/G#

B2 A simple kind A2 mirror to re-C2 flect upon our D2 own
All the B2 busy little A2 creatures chasing C2 out their desti-D2 nies
C#2 Living in their B2 pools, they soon for-A2 get about the sea

Instr E C D – G/B C D x 4

E Wheels within C wheels D in a spiral array G/B C D
A E pattern so C grand and D complex G/B C D
E Time after C time we D lose sight of the way G/B C D
Our E causes can’t C see their D effects G/B C D

Instr E C D – G/B C D x 4 – F#5 – B5

A F#5 quantum leap forward in time and space
The B5 universe learned to expand
The C#5 mess and the magic
Triumphant and tragic, a F#5 mechanized world out of hand

Instr B5 A5 C5 D5 x 2 – C#5 B5 A5 C#5 x 2 – F#5 – B5

Com-F#5 puterized clinic for superior cynics
Who B5 dance to a synthetic band
C#5 In their own image, their world is fashioned
No F#5 wonder they don’t understand

Instr B5 A5 G5 F#5 x 4 C#5 B5 A5 G#5 x 2
             E C D – G/B C D x 4

E Wheels within C wheels D In a spiral array G/B C D
A E pattern so C grand and D complex G/B C D
E Time after C time we D lose sight of the way G/B C D
Our E causes can’t C see their D effects G/B C D

Instr E C D – G/B C D x 4 – B A E E4 – A E

D Science, like A nature
G Must Bm also be A tamed A4 A
D With G a A view G to-D wards its A preser-Bm vation G E

D Given the A same
G Bm State of in-A tegrity A4 A
D It G will A sure-G ly D serve A us Bm well G E

Inter B A E x 2

D Art as ex-A pression
G Not as Bm market cam-A paigns A4 A
D Will G still A cap-G ture D our i-A magi-Bm nations G E

D Given the A same
G Bm State of in-A tegrity A4 A
D It G will A sure-G ly D help A us a-Bm long G E

Solo B A E x 4 -A E

The D most endangered A species
G The Bm honest A man A4 A
D Wi-G ill A still G sur-D vive an-A nihi-Bm lation G E

D Forming a A world
G Bm State of in-A tegrity A4 A
D Sen-G si-A ti-G ive, D o-A pen and Bm strong G

Instr E C D – G/B C D x 6
             B2 A2 C2 D2 x 2 C#2 B2 E2 F#2

B2 Wave after A2 wave will C2 flow with the D2 tide
And B2 bury the A2 world as it C2 does D2
C#2 Tide after B2 tide will E2 flow and re-F#2 cede
Leaving C#2 life to go B2 on as it E2 was F#2

Outro B5 C#5 – B5 A5 x 2 – A5 B5 C#5