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Our whole universe was in a hot dense state, 
            C                D         G         D        Em 
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait... 
    C              D 
The Earth began to cool, 
    G          D        Em 
The autotrophs began to drool, 
       C              D 
Neanderthals developed tools, 
           G          D        Em 
We built a wall (we built the pyramids), 
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Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries, 
     C           D            G 
That all started with the big bang! 

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"Since the dawn of man" is really not that long, 
         C          D              G            D        Em 
As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song. 
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A fraction of a second and the elements were made. 
    C               D 
The bipeds stood up straight, 
    G              D        Em 
The dinosaurs all met their fate, 
              C                  D 
They tried to leap but they were late 
             G          D           Em 
And they all died (they froze their asses off) 
    C          D 
The oceans and pangea 
        G              D  Em 
See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya 
       C             D        G 
Set in motion by the same big bang! 
       C                D      A 
It all started with the big BANG! 

D       G             Em             A 
It's expanding ever outward but one day 
D        G                  Em            A 
It will cause the stars to go the other way, 
A          D                        Em               A 
Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it wont be hurt 
A            D                Em                  A          C 
Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang! 

Solo: 
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Australopithecus would really have been sick of us 
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Debating out while here they're catching deer (we're catching viruses) 
C           D          G        D     Em 
Religion or astronomy, Encarta, Deuteronomy 
   C           D        G 
It all started with the big bang! 
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Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology 
   C           D        G 
It all started with the big bang! 
   C           D        G 
It all started with the big BANG!