Gideon's Bible chords by
John Cale
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Key: Bb major
Intro 1
Bm
Bm

E
E

Bm
Bm

E
E

Verse 1
E
E

Holding on, with both eyes,
A
A

E
E

to things that don't exist
A
A

E
E

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
E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

B
B

A
A

Gideon lied and Gideon died
B
B

E
E

B
B

E
E

The force of China felt
B
B

C#m
C#m

B
B

A
A

Gideon smiled as Gideon died
B
B

The thought of China held.
Verse 3
E
E

A
A

Rolling out the golden robes and
E
E

other foreign language
A
A

E
E

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.
E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

B
B

A
A

Gideon lied and Gideon died
B
B

E
E

B
B

E
E

The force of China felt
B
B

C#m
C#m

A
A

Gideon smiled as
C#m
C#m

A
A

B
B

A
A

Gideon died
B
B

The thought of China held.
Outro 1
E
E

Bm
Bm

E
E

Bm
Bm

E
E

Bm
Bm

E
E

Bm
Bm

E
E

Bm
Bm

E
E

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBm E A B C#m

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