The Elements Song
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(Verse 1)
D D D D
There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium
A7 A7 A7 A7
And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium
D D D D
And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium
A A E7 A
And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium
A7 A7 A7 Dm
Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium
C7 C7 C7 F
And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium
A7 A7 A7 Dm
And gold and protactinium and indium and gallium
Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 A7
And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium
(Bridge/Chorus1)
D D D D
There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium
A7 A7 A7 A7
And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium
D A7 D A7
And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium
D D G D A7 D
And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium
(Verse 2)
There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium
And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium
And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium
Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium
And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium
Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium
And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium
And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium
(Bridge/Chorus 2)
There's sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium
And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium
And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc, and rhodium
And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin, and sodium
(Outro)
D A7
These are the only ones of which
D A7
The news has come to Ha'vard
D G
And there may be many others
D A7 D
But they haven't been discavard
How to play The Elements Song
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.