When They Found The Atomic Power Chords
When They Found The Atomic Power by Hawkshaw Hawkins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C F
In Alamogordo New Mexico just a few years ago
G7 C
While the nations of this world were at war
F
America's greatest men were working hard then
G7 C
On the things that had never been before
G7
When the Lord held out His mighty hand
C
So that others in this world might understand
F
That wars could never be and this world it must be free
G7 C
When they found the mighty mighty Atomic Power
F
They were at Los Alamos Oak Ridge and old Paso
G7 C
Working in a downpour of rain
F
In that zero hour seeking out some heavenly power
G7 C
While the Star Spangled Banner was being played
G7
When the Lord held out His mighty hand
C
So that others in this world might understand
F
That wars could never be and this world it must be free
G7 C
When they found the mighty mighty Atomic Power
F
Then a flash a rumbling roar out across the desert floor
G7 C
They had found the atomic power from above
F
Then God with His mighty hand showed the world it could not stand
G7 C
When they found the mighty mighty Atomic Power