Chords for Michael Stipe -- New Test Leper (Live at Webster Hall, 12/30/2014)

_ _ Honor Party.
_ _ [E] _
[D] _ _ _ _ I _ [Am]
also wanted to write a song [B] my whole career as a [N] lyricist, and then I'll shut up and we'll
fucking sing the song, _ which started with Jesus, because of Patty and because of Lou.
They both had Jesus songs, and I thought, coming [F] from a Christian [C] household, I thought,
this is the [B] pinnacle of songwriting.
If you can write a song that opens with [A] Jesus, then, you know, you can't go wrong.
_ _ [N] With Patty and Lou as the, like, you know.
I [C#] didn't quite elevate to that [A] level, but [N] I'm _ scratching the [A] surface.
I've just started.
[G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ I [N] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
talk so much.
_ _ _ Thank _
_ _ _ _ [N] you all for being so open for [A] me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I _ [A] can't say that [G] I love [A] Jesus.
_ That [D] _ _
_ [A] would be a hollow [G] claim. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] He did [A] make some [G] _ _
observations, [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
and [A] I'm quoting them [G] today. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Judge [A] not lest [G] _
ye be [A] judged.
_ _ [D] _ _
What [A] a beautiful _ [G] claim. _
As _ _ _ _ [D] soon as the [A] _ audience _ [G] _ _
_ [A] disagrees, _ _ _ [D] _ _
have [A] his lambs all [G] gone astray?
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bm] _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] You call me [G] a lover, [A] hey. _
[Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] You call me [G] a lover, _ _ [A] hey.
[Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] You call _ me [G] a lover, _ _ [A] hey.
[Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ Mmmmm.
_ _ [D] You _ [A] are lost [G] in _ _ [A] disillusion.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
What [A] an awful thing [G] to say. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] I know [A] this show [G] _ _
doesn't [A] flatter.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
It [A] means nothing to [G] me. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] I thought [A] _ I might [G] _
help them [A] _ _ _ [D] understand. _
But [A] what a lovely thing to [G] say. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] I _ [A] am not an [G] animal.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
Subtitle _ [A] under the [G] screen. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] You call me [G] a lover, _ [A] hey. _
[Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] You call me [G] a lover, _ [A] hey. _
[Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] You call me [G] a lover, _ _ [A] _
[Bm] hey.
_ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] No, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
no, no, no.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
No, _ _ _ no, [D]
no, _ _ no. _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ Fall _ [D] on your _ _ knees.
_ _ [Bm] Oh, hear _ _ the [D] angels' _ _ _ voices.
_ [Bm] No _ one's _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] born. _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] No one. _
_ _ [D] No, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
no.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
I [A] am a tribal.
_ [G] Tell my [A] story.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ Take a break.
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] I sat [A] _ silent.
_ [G] Five commercials.
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
I [A] had nothing left [G] to say. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] The talk show [A] host was [G] _
index card [A] _ bad.
_ [D] _ _
All [A] _ organized and [G] blank.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] The _ other [A] casts were [G] scared and hard [A]-eyed.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] What a sad [G] parade. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] What a [A] sad parade.
[Bm] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ You [A] call me [G] a lover, _ [A] hey.
_ [Bm] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] You call me [G] a lover, hey.
[A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ New Testament.
_ _ [N] _
_ _ New Testament.
_ I would have to be a grandmaster.
I'd have to study the Lord next. _ _ _
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