Little Lord Obedience chords by Momus

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Momus: Little Lord Obedience

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

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

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

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

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

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

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