Eve And The Apple
(from 1970 single A-side)
Written by Robbie van Leeuwen

Intro (x4)
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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.'
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She said, `No, it ain't mine.'
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`But a taste must be sweeter than wine.'
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Well she took the apple and we lost paradise.
          Em      D          C       H   Em
Well she took the apple and we lost paradise.
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    Fm
Mm, ev'ry boy and girl
Ask their mom or dad
About a place here on earth
Where little Eve once said,
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`No, it ain't mine.'
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`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.
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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.
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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.
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