A Biologists Mothers Day Song - Cadamole Chords
Chords: D, A, G, Bm
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Genre: pop, folk, acoustic
[Verse 1]
D A
To make one me you just add
G G D
Half of mom and half of dad
A G G
That is what I once believed
D A
But now I know that I was wrong
G G D
You gave so much to me mom
A G G
Besides one half a set of genes
N.C.
You gave me
[Verse 2]
D A
Nutrients, transcription factors
G G D
Nearly everything that matters
A G G
Plus my prenatal environment (transplacental inheritance)
D A
Mrna, mitochondria,
G G
That back in the day once belonged to ya (they’re cytoplasmic)
D A G G
I just want to thank you for supplying them
[Chorus]
A Bm G D
Just like two strands of DNA are spirally entwined
A Bm G D
Your nature and your nurture inspiringly combined
G A D A Bm
Scientists remind me and I find that it is true
G A G D
Slightly more than half of everything I am is thanks to you
G A G D
Slightly more than half of everything I am is thanks to you
[Verse 3]
D A
Mitochondria power the cell
G G
and they have DNA as well
D A G G
Transcription factors modulate transcription
D A
And since they're in the cytoplasm
G G
The eggs the only one who has em
D A G G
sperm I guess they don’t have the ambition
[Chorus]
A Bm G D
My sex determination gene means that I’m a guy (I’m a guy)
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