Chords for Tim Minchin | "The Good Book" | w/ Lyrics

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_ _ _ _ _ _ This next song requires a boot
_ If _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ you're one of those people that finds the sort of um bashing of religion and stuff tiresome or offensive
_ Just give me five more [Bb] minutes _ _ _ _
Life _ _ _ _ is like an ocean voyage and [F] our bodies are the ships _
[C] and
Without a moral compass we [A] would all be [Dm] cast adrift
[Bb] So to keep us on our bearings [F] the Lord gave us a gift [C] and
Like most gifts you get it was a book _
Only _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ [F] _ read one book, but [Bb] it's a good book.
Don't you know?
[C] The way I act because the [Gm] good book tells me [C] so [F] if I want to know how to be [Bb] good
It's to the [Bbm] good book that I go cuz [C] the good book is a book [Bb] and it is good and it's a book
_ [C] Good _ [D] _ [E] _ [F] _ books good [G] because [F] [Bb] the good book says it's good
I know [C] the good book knows it's good because a really good book would you [F] would without a cookbook?
[Bb] And I think it's [Bbm] understood you can't [C] be good without a good book because [Bb] it's good and it's a book and it [F] is good
for cooking _ I
_ [Dm] Tried to read some other [A] books, but I soon gave [Gm] up on that [Bb] the paragraphs ain't numbered and [F] they complicate the [C] facts
[A] I can't read Harry Potter [Dm] cuz they're [Bb] worshiping false gods [G] and that [Am] and [Eb] Dumbledore's a [G] pofter [C] and [G] that's [Cm] bad cuz it's [C] not good
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[C] _ [F] Morality is written [Bb] there in simple white and black.
[C] I feel sorry for you heathens [Gm] got to think [F] about all that
Good is good and evil's [Bb] bad and goats are [Bbm] good and pigs are [C] crap
You'll find which one is which [Bb] in the good book cuz it's good and [F] it's a book and it's a book
Yeah, [Dm] I had a cat she gave birth [A] to a litter
_ _ [Gm] [Bb] The kittens were adorable [F] and they made my [C] family laugh, [A] but as they grew they started [Dm] misbehaving
[G] So [Am] I drowned the little [G]
fuckers [C] in the [Dm] [Eb] back
[A] When the creatures in your care [Dm] start being menaces [Bb] _ [G] [C] the [Bbm] answers to [G] be found [C] out there in [Dm] [Cm] Genesis
[D] [Em] Chapter 6 [F] verse 5 to [D] 7
[G] Swing your partner by the hand [C] have a baby if you can [D] but if the voices in your head say to [G] sacrifice your kid
Satiate your loving [C] God's fetish [Cm] for that baby blood [D] and simple faith the book demands.
[B] So raise [G] that knife up in your [Cm] hands
[F] Before [G] the good book made [Bb] us good
There was no good way to know if [C] a thing was good or not that good [Gm] or kind of touch [F] and go
So God decided he'd give [Bb] right in [Bbm] allegoric prose ago.
[C] So he wrote a book and it [Bb] was generally well [F] received
_ The _ _
[Bb] _ telegraph said this [F] God is reminiscent [C] of the [Bb] Norse
The time said kind of turgid, [F] but I like the [C] bit with horses
[A] The mail said [Db] lots of [Dm] massacres of violent [Bb] to a divorce
[G] If you're [Am] only [Gm] read one book this [C] year, then [Dm] this [Cm] one is a [C] book [D] and it is [Em] good.
[Fm] That's a [D] book
[G] Yeah, I'll swing your daughter by the hand
[C] But if she gets raped by a [D] man and refuses then to marry him stone her to death
_ [Eb] _ If _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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you just close your eyes and [B] block your _ _ ears
[C] To the accumulated knowledge of [G] the last 2 [D],000 years [B] then morally [Eb] guess what [Em] you're off the [G] hook
_ [A] And thank [Bm] Christ [Cm] you only [A] have to read [D] one
[Em] _ [Fm] _ [Dm]
Just because the books [A] contents were written
[Dm]
Generations hence by hairy desert dwelling [A] dance squatting in their dusty [Em] tents
Just because what heaven [Eb] said was said before that leavened [Em] bread just as Jesus could done [Gbm] read doesn't mean we should
[Dm] _ [C] [G] Manipulate in human genes to alleviate pain or father's [C] ease when decided whether it's wrong or right [G] to help the dying let go of life
[D] Or to stop a pregnancy when it's just a tiny blast assist
[B] There's no reason why we [G] should take a look [D] at [C] any other book
[Bm] But the good book cause [A] it's [Bm] good and [Cm] it's a book
[A] And [D] it's a book [E] and [Fm] it's quite good Woo!
[G] _ [A] _
[Gb] _ [C] Oh, [E] fuck, fuck _ _
[Gbm] _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ [E] _ [A] Yeah, _
[G] _ _ _ _ good is good and evil's [C] bad and kids get [Eb] killed when God gets [D] mad
You better take a good look [Gm] at the good book
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