Roll of the Dice
The meeting of three famous couples underlines the ontological question of whether we have free will or we are destined to do actions which we were predestined to do. One branch of physics seems to be increasingly opting for the latter, sadly.
LYRICS & CHORDS
(G) Cleopatra had been (D) ousted
From (Em) Egypt's ancient (D) throne
She (C) needed powerful (G) allies
To get (D) back what was her own
She was (G) rolled in a (D) rug
Sent to (Am) Caesar as a (D) gift
Her (C) beauty charmed old (G) Julius
And the (D) deal was sealed with a (G) kiss
Is it a (C) roll of the dice?
Is it (G) all down to chance?
Or (Em) is our fate de(Bm)cided
Fixed (Em) moves in the (Bm) Cosmic (D) Dance?
If the (C) latter, then our will
Is (G) never really free
(D) Locked in a block universe
Slaves (C) to our (D) dest(G)iny
(G) When young Dante, only (D) nine
Went (Em) to a May Day (D) feast
He met (C) Beatrice aged (G) eight
For whom his (D) love would never cease
As he (G) trembled at the (D) sight
Like some (Am) God had gripped his (D) heart
That (C) mix of pain and de(G)light
Left a (D) lifelong hall(G)mark
CHORUS
(G) John Lennon went to a (D) gallery
To (Em) see conceptual (D) art
Not (C) knowing that the (G) artist
Would com(D)pletely win his heart
He (G) climbed up a step (D) ladder
And (Am) you all know the (D) rest
He (C) fell in love with (G) Yoko
When the (D) word he read was (G) YES
CHORUS