The Good Book
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Life is like an ocean voyage
F
And our bodies are the ships
C
And without a moral compass
A Dm Dm/C
We would all be cast adrift
Bb
So to keep us on our bearings
C
The Lord gave us a gift
C7
And like most gifts you get
C
It was a book
[Verse 1]
F
I only read one book
Bb
But it's a good book, don't you know
C7
I act the way I act because
C F
The Good Book tells me so
F F/Eb
If I want to know how to be good
Bb/D Bbm/Db
It's to the Good Book that I go
C7
Cause the Good Book is a book
F
And it is good and it's a book
F
I know the Good Book's good because
Bb
The Good Book says it's good
C7
I know the Good Book knows it's good
C F
Because a really good book would
F F/Eb
You wouldn't cook without a cookbook
Bb/D Bbm/Db
And I think it's understood
C7
You can't be good without a Good Book
F
Cause it's good and it's a book
And it is good for cookin'
Dm
I tried to read some other books
A
But I soon gave up on that
Bb
The paragraphs ain't numbered
F C
And they complicate the facts
A A/G
I can't read Harry Potter
D/F# Dm/F
Cause they're worshiping false gods and that
G
And Dumbledore's a poofter
C
And that's bad cause it's not good!
F
Morality is written there
Bb
In simple white and black
C7
I feel sorry for you heathens
C7 F
Got to think about all that
F F/Eb
Good is good and evil's bad
Bb/D
And goats are good
Bbm/Db
And pigs are crap
C7
You'll find which one is which
F
In the Good Book
G
Cause it's good and it's a book
And it's a book (yeah!)
Dm A
I had a cat, she gave birth to a litter
Bb
The kittens were adorable
F C
And they made my family laugh
A A/G Dm/F
But as they grew they started misbehaving
G C
So I drowned the little fuckers in the bath!
A Dm
When the creatures in your care start being menaces
G C
The answers can be found right there in Genesis
D
Chapter six, verse five through seven! Yee-haw!
G
Swing your partner by the hand
C
Have a baby if you can
D
But if the voices in your head
G
Say to sacrifice your kid
G G7
To satiate your loving God's
C C7
Fetish for dead baby blood
D
It's simple faith the book demands
So raise that knife up in your hands
F
Before the Good Book made us good
Bb
There was no good way to know
C
If a thing was good or not-not good
F
Or kind of touch-and-goso
F F7
God decided he'd give writing
Bb
Allegoric prose a go
C
And so he wrote a book
F
And it was generally well-received
Bb F C
The Telegraph said 'This god is reminiscent of the Norse'
Bb F C
The Times said 'Kind of turgid, but I liked the bit with horses'
A Dm
The Mail said 'Lots of massacres; a violent tour-de-force
G
If you only read one book this year
C
Then this one is a book
D
And it is good
And it's a book' Yee-haw!
G
Swing your daughter by the hand
C
But if she gets raped by a man
D
And refuses then to marry him
Stone her to death!
Em B
If you just close your eyes and block your ears
C G D
To the accumulated knowledge of the last two thousand years
B Em
Then morally guess what? you're off the hook
A D
And thank Christ you only have to read one book
Dm
Just because the book's contents
A
Were written generations hence
Dm
By hairy desert-dwelling gents
A
Squatting in their dusty tents
Em
Just because what Heaven said
B
Was said before they'd leavened bread
Em
Just cause Jesus couldn't read
B
Doesn't mean that we should need
C
When manipulating human genes
G
To alleviate pain or fight disease
C
When deciding whether it's wrong or right
G
To help the dying let go of life
D
Or stop a pregnancy when it's
D
Just a tiny blastocyst
B Em
There's no reason why we should take a look
D C
At any other book
G/B
But the Good Book
A
Cause it's good and it's a book
D
And it's a book and it's quite good!
G G7/F
Good is good and evil's bad
C/E Cm/E
And kids get killed when God gets mad
D
You better take a good look
G
At the Good Book
How to play The Good Book
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.