If The Book Doesn't Sell chords by Ritt Momney

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

SONG: (If) The Book Doesn’t Sell
ARTIST: Ritt Momney


Intro:
G+G         G+G        B minorBm
   More so than me, She knows my name
       FF           C majorC
And more so than me, Understands this pain
       G+G          B minorBm
I'm either too lost, Or not lost enough
      FF             C majorC
I think I'm too smart, For this type of love
       G+G            B minorBm
I wasn't sent off, But straight to the ground
       FF           C majorC n.c.
And I know God best, Is one with no crown

Verse 1:
          G+G
Don't know why the past affects me in this way
           B minorBm
Don't know where I'll go if I leave here today
       FF
But I know my limits and you're not the type
        C majorC
To be fooling around in this way
                 G+G
No reason you're here but there's reasons to stay
              B minorBm
Not as easy to know as it's easy to say
              FF
'Cause to my family and my friends I can't think of one thing
   C majorC
That I gain


Bridge:
       G+G
But more for me
     B minorBm
And more for me
  FF
More
    C majorC
For me

Verse 2:
G+G
Age 14 at midnight I hear voices from the kitchen
 B minorBm
I let my feet follow the sound as I let my ears listen
 FF
I walk upstairs and at the kitchen table I can see
      C majorC
That God is sitting with the Devil, sharing drinks and old stories
        G+G
The floorboard creaks a red embarrassment floods all throughout God's face
        B minorBm
He swears that it's not what it looks like, then he swears he can explain
     FF
The Devil speaks, "Your God and I put all our differences to rest
      C majorC
Now man's actions are his own, but man will blame us nonetheless"
     G+G
The Devil stands, he grabs his keys and straightens out a rusted crown
      B minorBm
He tells me, "Hell is frozen over, Heaven burned down to the ground
       FF
And you have only got one life, so do with it what you would like
     C majorC
We solemnly apologize but we won't be there when you die"


Chorus:
      G+G
And I stand cold and alone, in a body that won't move
F# minorF#m
Watching the eyes of these gods that I once knew
FF
One pair looks down in a half-hearted lie while the
C majorC
Other looks straight into mine with a whole truth
G+G
Lacking the fear I've been told that God deserves
F# minorF#m
I say, "What good is a prayer that goes unheard"
FF
He says, "What hope could they find in a book
    C majorC
If the book doesn't sell and the pages stay unturned"


Instrumental:
G+G  B minorBm


Verse 3:
  FF
And with a wink, the Devil turns and exits the back door
      C majorC
And God is standing there in silence with his eyes glued to the floor
      G+G
But then he speaks "I am no savior but I give them what they need
       B minorBm
And there has never been a dreamer who prefers reality
      FF
The war for truth is raging on but it's not one you have to fight
     C majorC
And if it is the truth you want, then it is hope you'll sacrifice
       G+G
It's yours to choose,
      B minorBm
And you can choose
FF
This is not the way I am, this is just how I was raised
  C majorC
So let me make up my own mind, let me map out my own way
  G+G
And to the parents of the kids with tongues down in their throats
      B minorBm
Because of tears that you will cry if they don't stick to what they know
        FF
I'm sure you're giving it your best, and I am sure it takes a toll
      C majorC
But whether God given or not, our lives are not to be controlled
      G+G
Just let us choose


Outro:
G+G  B minorBm  FF  C majorC x3
G+G