Scala Naturae

      G                        
I was born and then orphaned by 
 C          G
parents of sin
        G                          
And the preachers and pastors were 
C         D
listening in
      Em                      G
I was baptized with water the day it
 happened
        C           D           G
Now I’m leaving my chains all behind

        G                          
So they called up the neighbors to 
C             G
tell them the news
  G                         C     
A young baby child that the world 
     D
can abuse
  Em                           
I cried, and I cried, when they 
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called it a ruse
        C          D            G
Now I’m leaving my chains all behind


[Verse 2]
      G                            
I had realized the night 'fore the 
C            G
day I turned seven
     G                         C  
That even if acting nice could get
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 you to heaven
    Em                         
The Earth that you live in will 
 G
treat you like hell
       C          D            G
So I’m leaving my chains all behind

       G                  C       
Now, I remember sadly the youth of
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 my day
    G                          
The minute they found out young 
 C         D
Jacob was gay
     Em                            
They stoned him with words and they
 G
 stuck him with trees
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          C           D          
Now we're leaving our chains all 
G
behind


[Interlude]
G   C   G   G   C   D   Em   

G   C   D   G

[Verse 3]
       G                     C    
Then I got to the age when I 
           G
thought I was a man
      G                            
And I wondered when we’d learn the 
D            C
grand master plan
    Em                          G
But what if the plan is just to live
 till you die?
               C          D       
Well, then I’m leaving my chains 
     G
all behind
         G                        
Then you brought me a woman right 
C       G
into my life
       G                           
And we found out that love is full 
   C             D
of heartache and strife
        Em                         
But the jagged edges wear down the 
G
more that they grind
           C          D          
So now I'm leaving my chains all 
G
behind

[Bridge]
     Em                      C    
“But I don’t believe all the 
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things that I did
     Em                       
When me and mine lived all the 
 C          D
places we live”
C        G        C              
It’s ok, baby, to change what you 
 G
think
C             G             C   
Change can be good, no, it don’t
          D
 make you weak
C              D         Em      
Someday you’ll grow to a beautiful 
  G
tree:
      C            D          G
How I want to sing under your leaves


[Verse 4]
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Now I’m in my twenties, and I'm 
 C          G
finding my way
    G                          C  
You pay for your work, and you 
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work for your pay
     Em                      
If I live, or I die, at least 
         G
there’s love either way
          C          D        
Yeah, I’m leaving my chains all 
    G
behind
   G                              
So bring all your lepers and your 
C            G
blind men to see
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There’s a love in our bodies, and 
  C             D
it won’t let you be
       Em                     G
If you open your hands, it’ll set us
 all free
        C          D            G
Now I’m leaving my chains all behind


[Other]
      Em                           
If he comes through the clouds, it 
      G
could set us all free
          C           D          
Now we're leaving our chains all 
Em
behind
           C           D          
Yeah we're leaving our chains all 
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behind