The Good Book chords by Tim Minchin

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

INTRO:
Bb majorBb                  FF
Life is like an ocean voyage and our bodies are the ships
    C majorC              A augmentedA      DmDm  Dm7Dm7
And without a moral compass we would all be cast adrift
   Bb majorBb              FF
So to keep us on our bearings, the Lord gave us a gift
  C majorC                 C7C7
And like most gifts you get, it was a book

VERSE 1:
E MajorE|--------|
BB|--------|
G+G|--------|
D MajorD|----0-2-|
A augmentedA|--3-----|
E MajorE|--------|

 FF               Bb majorBb
I only read one book, but it's a good book, don't you know
 C majorC                    Bb majorBb    FF
I act the way I act because the Good Book tells me so
           F7F7        Bb majorBb        BbmBbm
If I wanna known how to be good, it's to the Good Book that I go
     C majorC               Bb majorBb       FF
'Cos the Good Book is a book and it is good and it's a book

VERSE 2:
E MajorE|--------|
BB|--------|
G+G|--------|
D MajorD|----0-2-|
A augmentedA|--3-----|
E MajorE|--------|

 FF                   Bb majorBb
I know the Good Book's good because the Good Book says it's good
 C majorC                               FF
I know the Good Book knows it's good because a really good book would
              F7F7       Bb majorBb       BbmBbm
You wouldn't cook without a cookbook and I think it's understood
       C majorC               Bb majorBb                 FF         Fmaj7Fmaj7
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:
 DmDm                  A augmentedA          Ab9Ab9 A augmentedA A7A7
I tried to read some other books, but I soon gave up on that
  Bb majorBb                 FF       C majorC
The paragraphs ain't numbered and they complicate the facts
 A augmentedA                  DmDm   Dm/C    Dm/Bb  Dm/A
I can't read Harry Potter 'cos they're worshipping false gods and that
  G+G   Am7Am7   Bbdim7Bbdim7 G/BG/B    C majorC     Dm7Dm7   Ebdim7Ebdim7 Am7/E
And Dumbledore's a poofter and that's bad, 'cos it's not good

E MajorE|---------|
BB|-5-6-7-8-|
G+G|-5-7-8-9-|
D MajorD|---------|
A augmentedA|---------|
E MajorE|---------|

VERSE 3:
 FF             Bb majorBb
Morality is written there in simple white and black
    C majorC                    Bb majorBb  FF
I feel sorry for you heathens, got to think about all that
         F7F7       Bb majorBb         BbmBbm
Good is good and evil's bad and goats are good and pigs are cr*p
    C majorC               Bb majorBb                  FF          Fmaj7Fmaj7
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:
 DmDm               A augmentedA   Ab9Ab9 A augmentedA A7A7
I had a cat, she gave birth to a litter
  Bb majorBb               FF       C majorC
The kittens were adorable and they made my family laugh
  A augmentedA               DmDm Dm/C Dm/Bb Dm/A
But as they grew they started misbehavin'
   G+G      Am7Am7  Bbdim7Bbdim7 G/BG/B  C majorC  Dm7Dm7 Ebdim7Ebdim7 Am7/E
So I drowned the little f**kers in the bath
     A augmentedA                 DmDm Dm/C Dm/Bb Dm/A
When the creatures in your care start being menaces
  G+G    Am7Am7  Bbdim7Bbdim7   G/BG/B   C majorC  Dm7Dm7 Ebdim7Ebdim7 Am7/E  D MajorD    E minor 7Em7 Fdim7Fdim7 Bm7/Gb
The answers can be found right there in Ge- ne- sis!  Chapter 6, Verse 5-7! Yeehaw!

INTERLUDE 1:
G+G
Swing your partner by the hand
C majorC
Have a baby if you can
  D MajorD
But if the voices your head
D7D7     G+G
Say to sacrifice your kid
  G+G      G7G7
To satiate your loving God's
C majorC        C minorCm
Fetish for dead baby blood
   D MajorD
It's simple fate, the Book demands - so raise that knife up in your hand!

VERSE 4:
N.C.                     Bb majorBb
Before the Good Book made us good, there was no good way to know
   C majorC                     Bb majorBb    FF
If a thing was good or not that good or kind of touch and go
        F7F7        Bb majorBb    BbmBbm
So God decided he'd give writing allegoric prose a go
  C majorC               Bb majorBb       FF    Fmaj7Fmaj7
And so he wrote a book and it was generally well-received

REVIEWS:
  Bb majorBb                FF       C majorC
The Telegraph said, "This God is reminiscent of the Norse."
  Bb majorBb                 FF         C majorC
The Times said, "Kind of turgid, but I liked the bit with horses."
  A augmentedA                DmDm   Dm/C  Dm/Bb Dm/A
The Mail said, "Lots of massacres, a violent tour de force.
    G+G  Am7Am7   Bbdim7Bbdim7  G/BG/B     C majorC    Dm7Dm7 Ebdim7Ebdim7 Am7/E D MajorD    E minor 7Em7   Fdim7Fdim7 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+G
Swing your daughter by the hand
  C majorC
But if she gets raped by a man
   D MajorD            D7D7
And refuses then to marry him
N.C.
Stone her to death!

PRE-OUTRO:
E minorEm                      BB
 If you just close your eyes and block your ears
    C majorC              G+G         D MajorD
To the accumulated knowledge of the last two thousand years
   BB                  E minorEm D MajorD C majorC G6G6
Then morally, guess what? You're off the hook
     A augmentedA     Bm7Bm7 Cdim7Cdim7  Gbm7/Cb D MajorD E minor 7Em7 Fdim7Fdim7 Bm7/Gb
And thank Christ you only have to read one book

OUTRO 1:
DmDm
Just because the book's contents
   A augmentedA
Were written generations hence
  DmDm
By hairy desert-dwelling gents
A augmentedA
Squatting in their dusty tents
E minorEm
Just because what Heaven said
  BB
Was said before they'd leavened bread
E minorEm
Just 'cos Jesus couldn't read
BB
Doesn't mean that we should need
    C majorC
When manipulating human genes
  G+G
To alleviate pain and fight disease
   C majorC
When deciding whether it's wrong or right
  G+G
To help the dyin' let go of life
  D MajorD             D7D7
Or stop a pregnancy when it's just a tiny blastocyst
    BB       B7B7        E minorEm
There's no reason why we should take a look
  D MajorD     C majorC
At any other book
     Bm7Bm7         A augmentedA    Bm7Bm7  Cdim7Cdim7  Gbm7/Cb D MajorD    E minor 7Em7    Fdim7Fdim7 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+G Am7Am7 Bbdim7Bbdim7 G/BG/B C majorC Dm7Dm7 Ebdim7Ebdim7 Am7/E
D MajorD E minor 7Em7 Fdim7Fdim7 Bm7/Gb
G11G11 G+G

G+G        G7G7
Good is good and evil's bad
  C majorC          Eb MajorEb
And kids get killed when God gets mad
     D MajorD
And you'd better take a good look
    C7C7    G+G
At the Good Book

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