Little Lord Obedience chords by Momus

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Momus: Little Lord Obedience

Verse 1:
A minorAm           C majorC         DmDm   A minorAm
Faceless when he docks, faceless when he's lost at sea
E minorEm        C majorC          DmDm
The ocean is green, admission is free
   A minorAm        DmDm
Only here, here at the source
     A minorAm       DmDm   A minorAm  DmDm A minorAm
There are fingernails and hair to spare
       D MajorD                G+G  D MajorD
But when the order comes to go and the sirens blow
         E minorEm
And the hair goes grey
       D MajorD
He obeys, he obeys

Refrain 1:
     F# minorF#m          B minorBm
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
       D MajorD
Little Lord Obedience
   G+G         E MajorE       A augmentedA
Lays down his sweet, entirely sexless head
D MajorD               F# minorF#m
Christ found the source of the Bible
  B minorBm              A augmentedA
And Livingstone the source of the Nile
    G+G       E minorEm
But the sailor and his amazon
     G+G       A augmentedA
Find the source of the child
A#A#         C majorC
In the dock of the baby
   A minorAm          A#A#
The resort where strangers liaise
  C majorC       A augmentedA           A minorAm
The port in every girl where the sailor obeys

Verse 2:
A minorAm          C majorC        DmDm   A minorAm
Naked when he docks, naked when he's lost at sea
E minorEm         C majorC              DmDm
There he loses his stripes, there he loses his body
   A minorAm        DmDm
Only here, here at the source
  A minorAm     DmDm    A minorAm  DmDm A minorAm
The fashionable dress is flesh
       D MajorD                G+G  D MajorD
But when the order comes to go and the sirens blow
       E minorEm
And the flesh decays
       D MajorD
He obeys, he obeys

Refrain 2:
     F# minorF#m          B minorBm
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
       D MajorD
Little Lord Obedience
   G+G         E MajorE       A augmentedA
Lays down his sweet, entirely sexless head
D MajorD               F# minorF#m
Christ found the source of the Bible
  B minorBm              A augmentedA
And Livingstone the source of the Nile
    G+G       E minorEm
But the sailor and his amazon
     G+G       A augmentedA
Find the source of the child
A#A#         C majorC
In the dock of the baby
   A minorAm          A#A#
The resort where strangers liaise
  C majorC       A augmentedA           A minorAm
The port in every girl where the sailor obeys

Verse 3:
A minorAm          C majorC        DmDm   A minorAm
No one when he docks, no one when he's lost at sea
  E minorEm         C majorC                 DmDm
The waves dissolve his frown, they solve his puzzled face away
   A minorAm        DmDm
Only here, here at the source
    A minorAm      DmDm       A minorAm  DmDm A minorAm
No one comes without leaving someone else
       D MajorD                 G+G  D MajorD
But when the order sounds to go and the sirens blow
          E minorEm
And they lower the gangway
      D MajorD
We obey, we obey

Refrain 3:
     F# minorF#m          B minorBm
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
       D MajorD
Little Lord Obedience
   G+G         E MajorE       A augmentedA
Lays down his sweet, entirely sexless head
D MajorD               F# minorF#m
Christ found the source of the Bible
  B minorBm              A augmentedA
And Livingstone the source of the Nile
    G+G       E minorEm
But the sailor and his amazon
     G+G       A augmentedA
Find the source of the child
A#A#         C majorC
In the dock of the baby
   A minorAm          A#A#
The resort where strangers liaise
  C majorC       A augmentedA           A minorAm
The port in every girl where the sailor obeys

Refrain 4:
     F# minorF#m          B minorBm
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
       D MajorD
Little Lord Obedience
   G+G         E MajorE       A augmentedA
Lays down his sweet, entirely sexless head
D MajorD               F# minorF#m
Christ found the source of the Bible
  B minorBm              A augmentedA
And Livingstone the source of the Nile
    G+G       E minorEm
But the sailor and his amazon
     G+G       A augmentedA
Find the source ...