Gideon's Bible chords by
John Cale
John Cale

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Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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Ebm
Ab
Ab
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Ebm
Ab
Ab
Verse 1
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Holding on, with both eyes,
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Ab
to things that don't exist
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Db
Ab
Ab
Peering through the cutting wrist,
at grand old mother greedy
Rolling out the cotton ship,
upon the carpet pillow
Throttling children callously,
Verse 2
a messy day with Clancy
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Eb
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Fm
Fm
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Gideon lied and Gideon died
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Eb
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Eb
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Ab
The force of China felt
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Eb
Fm
Fm
Eb
Eb
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Gideon smiled as Gideon died
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Eb
The thought of China held.
Verse 3
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Ab
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Rolling out the golden robes and
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other foreign language
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Stretching out the verbs and nouns
together in the greeting
Some that felt the blade often,
some deep confused emotion
Struck eye first against the wall
Verse 4
of China under fire.
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Eb
Eb
Fm
Fm
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Gideon lied and Gideon died
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Eb
Ab
Ab
Eb
Eb
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The for ce of China felt
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Eb
Fm
Fm
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Db
Gideon smiled as
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Fm
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Eb
Eb
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Gideon died
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Eb
The thought of China held.
Outro 1
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Ab
Ebm
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEbm Ab Db Eb Fm