Bacteria

from "Powers of Ten"

Molto espressivo
     = 120 by David Haines

      
25th February 2008

Sop

         
What am I in truth ?

Alto

         
What am I in truth ?

T/B
 What am I in truth ?

  
 
 
   
 
                    
            
            
   
   con ped

Sop                           
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                           
What am I in re - a-li - ty? Whenon-ly onein ten of my cells

Alto

    
 
What am I

  
in re - a-li - ty?
  
   

Whenon-ly onein
 
     
ten

 of my cells

    

T/B
 
What am I in re - a-li - ty? Whenon-ly onein ten of my cells

                           

                            
             
Sop           
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Alto
 Is ge - ne-tic' - ly hu - mani

           
- - ty? Ninein ten of
         
my cells

    
Is ge - ne-tic' - ly hu - mani

      
- - ty?

Ninein
  
ten of
  
my cells

  

T/B
  
Is ge - ne-tic' - ly hu - mani
- - ty? Ninein ten of my cells

     
               
            
            

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             
Sop  
Bac - te-ri a through and through One tenth of my weight

                  
Alto

Bac - te-ri a through

 
and through One tenth of my weight

T/B
                       
Bac - te-ri a through and through One tenth of my weight

                     
                        
          
Sop
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           
It's true of me and true of you- too

         
     
E-v'ry cen- ti - me - tre

Alto
    
      
It's true of me and true of you- too E-v'ry cen- ti - me - tre

T/B

       
    
It's true of me and true of you too E-v'ry cen- ti - me - tre

                  

 
      

     
                
Sop     
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squared of my skin hosts a hun-dred thou - sand bac - ter - ia li-ving in

Alto                     
     
squared of my skin hosts a hun-dred thou - sand

             
bac - ter- ia li-ving in

T/B
 squared of my

skin hosts a hun-dred thou - sand bac - ter- ia li-ving in
  
           
           
   
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Sop   
                    
lu - xu - ry as theysnack a - way on the hundred
- bil-lion skin flakes I

Alto

 
lu -
  
xu - ry
 
as they snack a - way

  
      
on the hundred
-
    bil-lion skin flakes I

T/B
 
lu - xu - ry as they snack a - way on the hundred
- bil-lion skin flakes I

                  

              

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          
Sop     
     
shed each day Tril-lions more are liv - ing tucked in - side

Alto
          
shed each day
   
Tril-lions
   
more are
 
liv - ing tucked in - side

T/B
     
shed each day Tril-lions more are liv - ing

tucked in - side

               

            
  
  
Sop                   
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                    
If they left me I would die, could not sur - vive Syn - the - sise su - gars

Alto

   If

they left me
  
I would die,
  
could not sur - vive
    
Syn - the- sise su - gars

T/B
 If

they left me
    
I would die, could not sur - vive Syn - the - sise su - gars

                

             
     
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              
Sop  
   
that I need Go to war on a-lien mi -crobes threaten
- - ing me

Alto
               
 

that I
 need
               
Go to war on a-lien mi -crobes threaten
- - ing me


T/B
 that I need Go to war on a-lien mi -crobes threaten
- - ing me
    
                
  
              
    
  
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                 
Alto

 
In
  nu-cle - ar waste In

                
un-der - ground oil

                     
In nu-cle - ar waste In un-der - ground oil

T/B
 In nu-cle - ar waste In un-der - ground oil

                          

      

                
   
   
Sop                      
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                      
In a-cid so strong it burns In wa-ter so hot it boils

Alto

   
In
   
a-cid so strong
 
 
it burns

 
In

 
wa-ter so hot

    it boils
    
T/B
 In a-cid so strong it burns In wa-ter so hot it boils

   
    
 
   
  
        
                    
    
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         
Sop  
         
Miles un-der the ground Miles highin the air
      
Alto
  
  
Miles
   
un-der the ground
 
  
 
Miles


highin

 
the air
    
T/B
 Miles un-der the ground Miles highin the air

                    

                   
     
   
Sop                       
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                        
Miles deepin the deep - est o - cean Bac - te-ri - a are al - ways there

Alto

Miles deepin the deep - est o - cean Bac - te-ri - a are al- ways there

         
     
         
T/B
 Miles deepin the deep - est o - cean Bac - te-ri - a are al - ways there

                      

              
      
    
               
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Sop 
    
Old - est form of life on this old globe they got
      
go-ing more than

Alto         
           
Old - est form of life on this old globe

they
 
got

go-ing more than

  
T/B
    
Old - est form of life on this old globe they got go-ing more than
     

                 
          
        
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             
Sop 
      
four bil-lion years a - go, on Earth's last day they will still be here When the

Alto
              
 
four
              

bil-lion years a - go, on Earth's last day they will still be here When the

T/B
    
four bil-lion years a - go, on Earth's last day they will still be here When the

                 


  
          
 
Sop
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               
sun en - gulfs the Earth in sev-er - ral bil - lion years

Alto                
sun en - gulfs the Earth in sev-er
- - ral bil - lion years

T/B  
               
sun en - gulfs the Earth in sev-er - ral bil - lion years



     
        
 

  
    
                    
  
      
    
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Sop 
      we're no - vi - ces here

Alto
   
we're

no - vi - ces here

                

T/B
 we're no - vi - ces here
 
       
        
  

           
    
   
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        
Sop
      
  New- co-mers at life's

       
 
long game
       
Bac - ter - i - a are

Alto

New- co-mers at life's

 
long

game Bac - ter - i - a are

                      
T/B

      
New- co-mers at life's long game Bac - ter - i - a are
         
  
        
     
 
  
  
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 
Sop            
 
here

    

to stay
 
Un - til Earth's last day

Alto

here to stay Un
 -
     
til Earth's last day,

                 
T/B
 here to stay Un - til Earth's last day, last

                

                     

 
Sop   74
   
 
     

Earth's last day

Alto

last day, last

    
day last day Bac -

         
T/B
 day Earth's last day last
 
        
           
           
        
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       
Bac - ter - i - a are here til Earth's last,

  
Alto
  
            
ter - i - a are here, Bac - ter - i - a are here til

         
T/B
      
day last day Bac - te - ri - a til

    
      
          
        
    
         

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
Sop      
last day....

  
Alto  
    
Earth's last day....

        
T/B
 Earth's last

day....
 
     
  
   
    

           


NOTE; The piano accompaniment to this song was originally written as a piano solo in 1975 or 1976.

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