Standard (EADGBE)

(the chords in brackets are just some juicy alternatives)

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* These are the time signatures for the verses: *

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* 3/4 2/4 *

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* The most logical way of counting this would be to count 1-2-3 *

* four times, but then skip the last beat the 4th time. *

* It could be notated like this, just to make it clear what I mean: *

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 * | 1 + 2 + 3 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + | 1 + 2 + | *

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  Angels on the sideline

  Puzzled and amused

  Why did Father give these humans free will?

  Now they're all confused

  Don't these talking monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around?

  Plenty in this holy garden, silly monkeys

  Where there's one you're bound to divide it

  Right in two

*The following three verses just follow that same chord progression*

Angels on the sideline

Baffled and confused

Father blessed them all with reason

And this is what they choose?

Monkey killing monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground

Silly monkeys give them thumbs, they forge a blade

And where there's one they're bound to divide it

Right in two

Right in two

Monkey killing monkey killing monkey

Over pieces of the ground

Silly monkeys

Give them thumbs, they make a club and beat their brother down

  How they survive so misguided is a mystery

  Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven

  Conscious of his fleeting time here

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* For the chorus herethe timing is a bit more tricky: *

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* 3/4 4/4 4/4 *

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* I would count it like this: *

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 * | 1 + 2 + 3 + | 1 + 2 + | 1 + 2 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | *

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  Cut it all over right in two

  Cut it all over right in two

  Cut it all over right in two

  Cut it all over right in two

3/4 2/4

Fight over clouds

Over earth

Over sky

And fight over lie

Over blood

Over anything

Fight over love

Over sun

Over nothing

Fight till they die

Over what?

For their ending

Angels on the sideline again

Benched along with patience and reason

Angels on the sideline again

Wondering when this tug of war will end

Cut it all over right in two

Cut it all over right in two

Cut it all over right in two

Right in two

Right in two