The Next Messiah Ukulele chords by Jenny Lewis

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Intro

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Living in the meadow,
the mighty mighty meadow.
With too many people,
sucking all the water.

    B
Yeah my daddy was a farmer.
       A
He was a race car driver.
   G
He is a four leaf clover.
    F#m
He is the next messiah.

(play intro)

Now he's living in the woods,
the dark and dank woods.
With a cocktail waitress,
who thinks she's an artist.

   B
Take her down to the river,
    A
split her right up the middle.
    G
Now there's gonna be trouble,
      F#m
for a pregnant lamb and a con man.

(intro)

I sit in the clink,
dye his hair in the sink.
And the tumor gonna make a
man out of him.
   B
Now my daddy was a chancer.
   A
He was a bad check bouncer.
       G
But if he had cancer,
     F#m
he's a survivor.

     B   A
He's the next messiah.
     G   F#m
He's the next messiah.
     B   A
He's the next messiah.
     G   F#m
He's the next messiah.


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Covering it up,
squeezing it out,
watching it bleed.
You're watching it all,
taking it back.
She's down on her knees.

A           G    F#m
    When did she come to detest you?

Giving it back,
backing you up,
nothing's for free.
You're giving it back,
for locking you up,
those terrible deeds.


A           G   F#m
   When will they come to arrest you?
   When did she come to detest you?

   When will they come to arrest you?
   When did she come to detest you?

E
I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back. (x4)
I want to tell you I love you. (x4)

A    G


E
I want to tell you I love you. (x5)
I'm gonna go out walking baby, better be here when I get back.(x2)


A     G

Oooohhhh

I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back. (x2)
I want to tell you I love you. (x2)


     B    A
He's the next messiah.
     G    F#m
He's the next messiah.
     B    A
He's the next messiah.
     G    F#m
He's the next messiah.