WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Tim Minchin - The Good Book Chords | Ver. 1
[INTRO]
Bb F
Life is like an ocean voyage and our bodies are the ships
C A Dm Dm7
And without a moral compass we would all be cast adrift
Bb F
So to keep us on our bearings, the Lord gave us a gift
C C7
And like most gifts you get, it was a book
[VERSE 1]
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F Bb
I only read one book, but it's a good book, don't you know
C Bb F
I act the way I act because the Good Book tells me so
F7 Bb Bbm
If I wanna known how to be good, it's to the Good Book that I go
C Bb F
'Cos the Good Book is a book and it is good and it's a book
[VERSE 2]
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F Bb
I know the Good Book's good because the Good Book says it's good
C F
I know the Good Book knows it's good because a really good book would
F7 Bb Bbm
You wouldn't cook without a cookbook and I think it's understood
C Bb F Fmaj7
You can't be good without a Good Book 'cos it's good and it's a book and it is good for cookin'
[BRIDGE 1]
Dm A Ab9 A A7
I tried to read some other books, but I soon gave up on that
Bb F C
The paragraphs ain't numbered and they complicate the facts
A Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb Dm/A
I can't read Harry Potter 'cos they're worshipping false gods and that
G Am7 Bbdim7 G/B C Dm7 Ebdim7 Am7/E
And Dumbledore's a poofter and that's bad, 'cos it's not good
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[VERSE 3]
F Bb
Morality is written there in simple white and black
C Bb F
I feel sorry for you heathens, got to think about all that
F7 Bb Bbm
Good is good and evil's bad and goats are good and pigs are cr*p
C Bb F Fmaj7
You'll find which one is which in the Good Book, 'cos it's good and it's a book, and it's a book
[BRIDGE 2]
Dm A Ab9 A A7
I had a cat, she gave birth to a litter
Bb F C
The kittens were adorable and they made my family laugh
A Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb Dm/A
But as they grew they started misbehavin'
G Am7 Bbdim7 G/B C Dm7 Ebdim7 Am7/E
So I drowned the little f**kers in the bath
A Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb Dm/A
When the creatures in your care start being menaces
G Am7 Bbdim7 G/B C Dm7 Ebdim7 Am7/E D Em7 Fdim7 Bm7/Gb
The answers can be found right there in Ge- ne- sis! Chapter 6, Verse 5-7! Yeehaw!
[INTERLUDE 1]
G
Swing your partner by the hand
C
Have a baby if you can
D
But if the voices your head
D7 G
Say to sacrifice your kid
G G7
To satiate your loving God's
C Cm
Fetish for dead baby blood
D
It's simple fate, the Book demands - so raise that knife up in your hand!
[VERSE 4]
N.C. Bb
Before the Good Book made us good, there was no good way to know
C Bb F
If a thing was good or not that good or kind of touch and go
F7 Bb Bbm
So God decided he'd give writing allegoric prose a go
C Bb F Fmaj7
And so he wrote a book and it was generally well-received
[REVIEWS]
Bb F C
The Telegraph said, "This God is reminiscent of the Norse."
Bb F C
The Times said, "Kind of turgid, but I liked the bit with horses."
A Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb Dm/A
The Mail said, "Lots of massacres, a violent tour de force.
G Am7 Bbdim7 G/B C Dm7 Ebdim7 Am7/E D Em7 Fdim7 Bm7/Gb
If you only read one book this year, then this one is a book and it is good, and it's a book!" Yeehaw!
[INTERLUDE 2]
G
Swing your daughter by the hand
C
But if she gets raped by a man
D D7
And refuses then to marry him
N.C.
Stone her to death!
[PRE-OUTRO]
Em B
If you just close your eyes and block your ears
C G D
To the accumulated knowledge of the last two thousand years
B Em D C G6
Then morally, guess what? You're off the hook
A Bm7 Cdim7 Gbm7/Cb D Em7 Fdim7 Bm7/Gb
And thank Christ you only have to read one book
[OUTRO 1]
Dm
Just because the book's contents
A
Were written generations hence
Dm
By hairy desert-dwelling gents
A
Squatting in their dusty tents
Em
Just because what Heaven said
B
Was said before they'd leavened bread
Em
Just 'cos Jesus couldn't read
B
Doesn't mean that we should need
C
When manipulating human genes
G
To alleviate pain and fight disease
C
When deciding whether it's wrong or right
G
To help the dyin' let go of life
D D7
Or stop a pregnancy when it's just a tiny blastocyst
B B7 Em
There's no reason why we should take a look
D C
At any other book
Bm7 A Bm7 Cdim7 Gbm7/Cb D Em7 Fdim7 Bm7/Gb
But the Good Book 'cause it's good and it's a book and it's a book and it's quite good!
[OUTRO 2]
G Am7 Bbdim7 G/B C Dm7 Ebdim7 Am7/E
D Em7 Fdim7 Bm7/Gb
G11 G
G G7
Good is good and evil's bad
C Eb
And kids get killed when God gets mad
D
And you'd better take a good look
C7 G
At the Good Book
