The Good Book

The Good Book easy guitar chords by Tim Minchin

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  • Verse 1
    Life 
    is like 
    an ocean 
    voyage 
    and our 

    bodies 
    are 
    the ships 

    And without 
    moral 
    compass 

    we 
    would 
    all be 
    cast 
    adrift 

    So 
    to 
    keep us 
    on our 
    bearing

    the 
    Lord 
    gave us 
    a gift 

    And like 
    most 
    gifts 
    ya get 
    it 
    was 
    a book 

    Verse 2

    only 
    read 
    one 
    book 
    but 
    it's 

    Good 
    Book 
    don't 
    you know 

    act 
    the way 
    act 
    because 

    the 
    Good 
    Book 
    tells 
    me so 

    If 
    want 
    to know 
    how 
    to 
    be good 
    it's 

    to 
    the Good 
    Book 
    that 
    I go 

    'Cause 
    the 
    Good 
    Book 
    is 
    a book 

    and 
    it 
    is 
    good 
    and 
    it's 
    a book 

    Verse 3
    know 
    the Good 
    Book's 
    good 
    because 

    the 
    Good 
    Book 
    says 
    it's good 

    I know 
    the 
    Good 
    Book 
    knows 
    it's 
    good 
    because 

    really 
    Good 
    Book 
    would 

    You couldn't 
    cook 
    without 
    cookbook 

    and 
    think 
    it's 
    understood 

    You 
    can't 
    be 
    good 
    without 

    Good 
    Book 

    'Cause 
    it 
    is 
    good 
    and 
    it's 
    a book 

    and it 
    is 
    good 
    for 
    cooking 
    chook 

    Verse 4
    tried 
    to read 
    some 
    other 
    books 

    but I 
    soon 
    gave 
    up 
    on 
    that 

    The 
    paragraphs 
    ain't 
    numbered 

    and 
    they 
    complicate 
    the 
    facts 

    can't 
    read 
    Harry 
    Potter 
    'cause 
    they're 

    worshipping 
    false 
    gods 
    and 
    that 

    And 
    Dumbledore's a 
    poofter and 
    that's 

    bad 
    'cause 
    it's 
    not 
    good 

    Verse 5
    Mor
    ality 
    is 
    written 
    there 

    in 
    simple 
    white 
    and 
    black 

    feel 
    sorry 
    for 
    you heathens 
    got 

    to think 
    about 
    all 
    that 

    Good 
    is 
    good 
    and 
    Evil's 
    bad 
    and 
    goats 

    are good 
    and 
    pigs 
    are crap 

    You'll 
    find 
    which 
    one 
    is 
    which 
    in 
    the Good 

    Book 
    'cause 
    it's good 

    And it's 
    a book 
    and it's 
    a book 

    Verse 6
    had 
    a cat 
    she 
    gave 
    birth 
    to a 
    litter 

    The 
    kittens 
    were 
    adorable 
    and 

    they 
    made 
    my 
    family 
    laugh 

    But 
    as 
    they 
    grew 
    they 

    started 
    misbe
    having 

    So 
    drowned 
    the 
    little 
    fuckers 

    in 
    the bath 

    When 
    the creatures 
    in 
    your 
    care 

    start 
    be
    ing 
    menaces 

    The 
    answers 
    can 
    be 
    found 

    right 
    there 
    in 
    Gen
    esis 

    (Chapter
    six, 

    verses 
    five 
    to 
    seven, 
    yee 
    haw!) 

    Verse 7
    Swing 
    your 
    partner 
    by 
    the hand 

    Have 
    a baby 
    if 
    you can 

    But 
    if 
    the voices 
    in 
    your 
    head 

    Say 
    to sacri
    fice 
    your 
    kid 

    To 
    satiate 
    your 
    loving 
    God's 

    Fetish 
    for 
    dead 
    baby 
    blood 

    It's 
    simple 
    faith 
    the book 
    demands 

    So 
    raise 
    that 
    knife 
    up 
    in 
    your 
    hands 

    Verse 8
    Be
    fore 
    the 
    Good 
    Book 
    made 
    us 
    good 

    there was 
    no 
    good 
    way 
    to know 

    If 
    thing 
    was 
    good 
    or 
    not 
    that 

    good 
    or 
    kind 
    of 
    touch 
    and 
    go 

    So 
    God 
    decided 
    he'd 
    give 

    writing 
    allegoric 
    prose 
    a go 

    And 
    so 
    he wrote 
    a book 
    and it was 

    gener
    ally 
    well-received 

    Verse 9
    The 
    The 
    Telegraph 
    said, 

    "This 
    God 
    is 
    remin
    iscent 
    of 
    the Norse" 

    The Times 
    said, 
    "Kind 
    of 
    turgid, 

    but 
    liked 
    the bits 
    with 
    horses" 

    The 
    Mail 
    said 
    "Lots 
    of 
    massacres“ a 

    violent 
    tour 
    de force 

    "If 
    you 
    only 
    read 
    one 
    book 
    this 
    year, 

    Then 
    this 
    one 
    is 
    a book 
    and 
    it 
    is 
    good 
    and 
    it's 
    a book, 

    yee 
    haw!" 

    Verse 10
    Swing 
    your 
    daughter 
    by 
    the hand 

    But 
    if she 
    gets 
    raped 
    by 
    man 

    And 
    re
    fuses 
    then 
    to marry 
    him 

    Stone 
    her to 
    death 

    Verse 11

    If 
    you 
    just 
    close 
    your 
    eyes 

    and 
    block 
    your 
    ears 

    To the 
    ac
    cumulated 
    knowledge 

    of 
    the 
    last 
    2000 years 

    Then 
    mor
    ally, 
    guess 
    what, 

    you're 
    off the 
    hook 

    And 
    thank 
    Christ 
    you 
    only 

    have 
    to 
    read 
    one 
    book 

    Verse 12
    Just 
    because 
    the 
    book's 
    con
    tents 

    Were 
    written 
    generations 
    hence 

    By 
    hairy 
    desert-dwelling 
    gents 

    gent

    Squatting 
    in 
    their 
    dusty 
    tents 

    Just 
    because 
    what 
    heaven 
    said 

    Was 
    said 
    before 
    they'd 
    leavened 
    bread 

    Just 
    cos 
    Jesus 
    couldn't 
    read 

    Doesn't 
    mean 
    that 
    we 
    should 
    need 

    When 
    ma
    nipulating 
    human 
    genes 

    To 
    al
    leviate 
    pain 
    or 
    fight 
    disease 

    When de
    ciding 
    whether 

    it's wrong 
    or 
    right 

    To 
    help 
    the dying 
    let 
    go 
    of life 

    Or 
    to stop 
    pregnancy 
    when 
    it's 

    Just 
    a tiny 
    blastocyst 

    There's 
    no 
    reason 
    that 

    we 
    should 
    take 
    a look 

    At 
    any 
    other 
    book 
    but 
    the Good 
    Book 

    cos 
    it 
    is 
    good 
    and it's 
    a book 

    And 
    it's 
    a book 
    and 
    it's 

    quite 
    good 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 13
    Good 
    is 
    good 
    and 
    evil's 
    bad 
    and 
    kids 

    get 
    killed 
    when 
    God 
    gets 
    mad 

    You'd 
    better 
    take 
    a good 

    look 
    at 
    the Good 
    Book 

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