Key: A major•
Verse 1
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In
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Gloucester Cathedral,
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on Saturday night
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I came to your flower show,
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blown like a kite
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Bm
And I stood by the tombstones,
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and gazed at the lights
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Bm
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On the altar
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And the horse- faced old ladies
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and tweedy- toned men
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Of county society they
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came and they went
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With pamphlets and leaflets
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of Christian event s
For the fall
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Verse 2
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But ain't it all just like Jesus
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Crying in the rain?
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Ain't it all just Geth
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semane again?
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Verse 3
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Oh the half- a- crown programmes
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on sale at the door
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Were clutched in the teeth
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of the rich and the poor
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Bm
As they swayed in an undertone
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conscience- free
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Forward together
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And the outstretching hands
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of the swains of the Lord
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Sold the communing com
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muters the word
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E
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With LPs of Mary and photos of God
In the hall
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Verse 4
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D
Bm
But ain't it all just like Jesus
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Crying in the rain?
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Ain't it all just Gethsemane
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again?
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Verse 5
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Oh the flowers hushed the air
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as the columns advanced
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C#m
To the clinking of coins
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in a ritual dance
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On flagstones that ached for
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a chance of a chance
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Of escap ing
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And the mystical statues looked
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down so depressed
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At the endless possessors
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becoming possessed
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And the costumed confessors
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who never confessed
To the wall
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Verse 6
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D
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But ain't it all just like Jesus
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Crying in the rain?
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Bm
Ain't it all just Gethsemane again?
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Verse 7
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Oh I saw a blue hair- rinse,
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I saw a black tooth
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I saw a false face
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in a telephone booth
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And the stark white- faced roses
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that screamed out the truth
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Of their dying
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And a walrus's dreams
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and a carpenter's love
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Absorbed like a hand in
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a great rubber glove
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And flown like a flag over battlefields
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Factories and all
Verse 8
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D
Bm
Ain't it all just like Jesus
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Crying in the rain?
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Bm
Ain't it all just Gethsemane again?
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Verse 9
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Oh I dodged the collection box
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choirboy and out
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To the streets where the wind shook
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my hair with a shout
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And the dusty- faced dais
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ies were blowing about
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So freely
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And Christ in the ruins was
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wandering again
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As he walked with the beggars
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and talked to the lame
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And danced with the children
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and sailors who came
At his call
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Verse 10
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Bm
But ain't it all just like Jesus
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Crying in the rain?
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Ain't it all just Gethsemane
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again?
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Verse 11
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Ain't it all just like Jesus
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Crying in the rain?
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Ain't it all just like Nazareth again?
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ChordsA D C#m Bm F#m...
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