Intro: C, D, Fmaj7, C,G Fmaj7= 033210
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The continent of Atlantis was an island
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which lay before the great flood
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in the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean
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so great an area of land, that from her western
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shores, those beautiful sailors journeyed
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to the South and the North Americas with ease
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in their ships with painted sails
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To the east, Africa was her neighbor across a short strait of sea miles
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The great Egyptian age is but a remnant of the Atlantian culture
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The Antedeluvian kings colonized the world
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All the gods who play in the mythological legends and all legends
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from all lands were from fair Atlantis
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Knowing her fate, Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the earth
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On board were the twelve: the poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist,
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the magician, and the other so-called gods of our legends
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Though gods they were and, as the elders of our time choose to remain blind
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let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new
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Hail, Atlantis!
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Way down, below the ocean, is where I want to be, she may be
repeat this last line for several minutes
By kvalois
