Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
FF C majorC FF C majorC
Verse:
FF C majorC FF C majorC
He wants to be Christlike, never be jealous
FF C majorC FF C majorC
So he lets her go on about the other fellas
Cm7Cm7 FF Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7
But the animal in him awakes with a growl
E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD
And a skin 'em cannibal scowl
DmDm G+G FF C majorC FF C majorC E minorEm
Skin 'em cannibal scowl___
Verse:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
And a swing from the trees with his teeth like a chainsaw
A minorAm D7D7 G minorGm Bb majorBb
Come near me I'll rake off your face with one paw___
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Watch me now, I'm beating my chest like a robber
G minorGm DmDm D7D7 C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC D7D7 G+G
Who steals from my meat as I rend and slobber
Verse:
FF C majorC FF C majorC
He sits in the plaza in tunic and sandals
FF C majorC FF C majorC
Watching her bent over buying the candles
Cm7Cm7 FF Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7
And he thinks he'd like to take her from behind
E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD
Would the Scribes and the Pharisees mind?
DmDm G+G FF C majorC FF C majorC E minorEm
Scribes and the Pharisees mind___
Verse:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
A augmentedA woman approached me all bent and repentant
A minorAm D7D7 G minorGm Bb majorBb
I blessed her and sent her wherever she went___
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Will these followers ever stop dogging me now
G minorGm DmDm D7D7 C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC D7D7 G+G
That I've thrown off this stone and got loose somehow?
Verse:
FF C majorC FF C majorC
A augmentedA life that you try to put into a grave
FF C majorC FF C majorC
Comes back every Easter to haunt you and save
Cm7Cm7 FF Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7
But my nature is wounded and bloodied and hung
E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD
From a cross for my sins and the sins of everyone
DmDm G+G FF C majorC FF C majorC E minorEm
Oh, those sins of everyone___
Verse:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
I'm jealous, goddamn it, I'm Christ and I'm jealous
A minorAm D7D7 G minorGm Bb majorBb
And angry and sad and, oh father, please tell us
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
I'm human and god and I'm animal too
G minorGm DmDm D7D7 C majorC
As I listen to her going on about you
Outro:
C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC