Verse
D 
Once I was a dyin breed 
D 
Chewin on an ancient leaf 
D 
Before we took the notion 
                    A 
To keep up with the times 
 
    G               A 
And leave 'em all behind 
  G            A 
Chisel to the paper 
 G             A 
Tattoos on the ether 
                 D 
Fadin' in the light 
 
Verse
D 
All the while I gorge my gut 
D 
Come the time that I would rut 
D 
Runnin high and low 
                       A 
To find my prehistoric queen 
 
   G                 A 
To keep me warm 'til spring 
 G                    A 
When I go out with my friends 
 G                    A 
To graze the land and wonder 
                          D 
When I'd see your face again 
 
Chorus
Bm                    G 
till the day I met my doom 
  A               D 
I took one in the boiler room 
Bm                 G 
To put food on the table 
A                   D 
Of a dying breed of man 
 
Verse
D 
Once I was a broken heart 
D 
Once I tore your heart apart 
D 
Once my heart put out 
                     A 
Before I ever got to breathe 
 
G                       A 
And my soul returned to seed 
G                A 
To come to Earth again 
G               A 
Clucking out a living 
                     D 
As a favorite laying hen 
 
Chorus
Bm                 G 
One day I met my doom 
A                  D 
A fox got in the chicken coop 
Bm                 G 
Doing all he knew to do 
A                  D 
To feed a hungry den 
 
Chorus
Bm                  G 
On and on, down the line 
A                  D 
I've swam canals and bore the hide 
Bm                 G 
Plenty of births along this ride 
A                  D 
Of being born again 
 
Verse
D 
Once I was and you were too 
D 
And we were both the word of truth 
D 
We built this world together 
                        A 
With a loud and mighty bang 
 
 G                      A 
Lord, it sounded like a train 
 G                     A 
It echoed o'er the land 
 G                     A 
We came up with the game we play 
                D 
Of being born again