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FF Life is like an ocean voyage and our bodies are the ships Dm/C And without a moral compass we would all be cast adrift FF So to keep us on our bearings, the Lord gave us a gift C majorC And like most gifts you get, it was a book
Bb majorBb I only read one book, but it's a good book, don't you know FF I act the way I act because the Good Book tells me so D MajorD If I wanna known how to be good, it's to the Good Book that I go FF 'Cos the Good Book is a book and it is good and it's a book I know the Good Book's good because the Good Book says it's good I know the Good Book knows it's good because a really good book would You wouldn't cook without a cookbook and I think it's understood You can't be good without a Good Book 'cos it's good and it's a book And it is good for cookin' A augmentedA I tried to read some other books, but I soon gave up on that C majorC The paragraphs ain't numbered and they complicate the facts D MajorD I can't read Harry Potter 'cos they're worshipping false gods and that C majorC And Dumbledore's a poofter and that's bad, 'cos it's not good
Morality is written there in simple white and black I feel sorry for you heathens, got to think about all that Good is good and evil's bad and goats are good and pigs are crap 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 I had a cat, she gave birth to a litter The kittens were adorable and they made my family laugh But as they grew they started misbehavin' So I drowned the little fuckers in the bath When the creatures in your care start being menaces C majorC The answers can be found right there in Genesis! D MajorD Chapter 6, Verse 5-7! G+G Swing your partner by the hand C majorC Have a baby if you can D MajorD But if the voices your head Say to sacrifice your kid G+G To satiate your loving God's C majorC Fetish for dead baby blood D MajorD It's simple faith, the Book demands So raise that knife up in your hand! Bb majorBb Before the Good Book made us good, there was no good way to know FF If a thing was good or not that good or kind of touch and go So God decided he'd give writing allegoric prose a go And so he wrote a book and it was generally well-received C majorC The Telegraph said, "This God is reminiscent of the Norse." C majorC The Times said, "Kind of turgid, but I liked the bit with horses." DmDm The Mail said, "Lots of massacres, a violent tour de force. C majorC If you only read one book this year, then this one is a book D MajorD And it is good, and it's a book!" Swing your daughter by the hand But if she gets raped by a man And refuses then to marry him Stone her to death! BB If you just close your eyes and block your ears D MajorD To the accumulated knowledge of the last two thousand years E minorEm Then morally, guess what? You're off the hook D MajorD And thank Christ you only have to read one book 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 Or stop a pregnancy when it's Just a tiny blastocyst E minorEm There's no reason why we should take a look C majorC At any other book G/BG/B But the Good Book A augmentedA 'Cause it's good And it's a book D MajorD And it's a book And it's quite good! FF Good is good and evil's bad E MajorE And kids get killed when God gets mad D MajorD And you'd better take a good look G+G
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