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[Zwrotka 1]       
Tale as old as hGoney
A moment everybgisody knows
Yeah, I'm sure there was hFeartbreak
Inside the walls of JFericho
I couldn't belGieve it
How you could just stop wgisanting me
You burnt down Easter FIsland
B#m G/c
As if it wasn't sacred, as if it wasn't sacred to me


[Refren]      
G I've seen it in the poems, in the sands
F I've pleaded with the powers and their plans
G I tried to re-write it but I cFan't
It's the history, the h[G/Cm]istory of man
G She stays up, he's sleeping like a lamb
F She begs him, hе says he doesn't understand
G Shе loves him more than anyone ever has
F B#m
In the history, the history of man
It's the history of mGan (Yeah)


[Zwrotka 2]       
You didn't even fGalter
Didn't look back gisonce, did you?
So Samson blamed DelFilah
But given half the chFance I, I would have made him weaker too


[Pre-Chorus]          
B#m G
Sirens sound and trumpets blaring
B#m
You walked out, oh
WFithout sweating


[Refren]      
G I've seen it in the poems, in the sands
F I've pleaded with the powers and their plans
G I tried to re-write it but I cFan't
It's the history, the h[G/Cm]istory of man (History)
G She stays up, he's sleeping like a lamb
F She begs him, hе says he doesn't understand
G Shе loves him more than anyone ever has
F In the history, the history of man (History)


[Bridge]      
B#m
He stole our youth and promised heaven
The mGen start wars yet Troy hates Helen
B#m
Women's hearts are lethal weapons
DGid you hold mine and feel threatened?
B#m
Hear my lyrics, taste my venom
YFou are still my great obsession


[Refren]      
G I've seen it in the poems, in the sands
F I've pleaded with the powers and their plans
G I tried to re-write it but I cFan't
It's the history, the h[G/Cm]istory of man (History)
G I stay up, you're sleeping like a lamb
F I beg you and you don't understand
G I hold on, I try to hold your hand
F I save you a seat and then you say you wanna stand
gis So you'll lose me, the best you'll ever have
F It's the history, the history of man