The Thunderer chords by Dion

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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God's  (E minor) angry man,
his crotchety scholar,
Was St. Jerome, a great name -caller,
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Who  (A minor) cared not a dime for laws of libel,
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An (E minor) d   in his spare time
translated the Bible.
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St.  (C major) Jerome, the  (D major) thun (E minor) derer
Quick to disparage all joys but learning
St. Jerome thought marriage
better than burning
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But  (A minor) didn't like women's
painted cheeks
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Yeah,  (E minor) he  didn't like Romans
and he didn't like Greeks
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Saint  (C major) Jerome, the  (D major) Thunder (E minor) er
Hated pagans for their pagan ways
Yet doted on Cicero all of his days
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A  (A minor) born reformer, cross and gifted
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He  (E minor) scolded mankind sterner than swifty
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Saint  (C major) Jerome, the  (D major) thun (E minor) derer
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 (C major) But a swell man's  (D major) mind with godly  (E minor) lovin'
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 (C major) It takes all kinds  (D major) to make it
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to heav (E minor) en   (B major)  (E minor) 
Worked to save the world
from the heathen
Fled to a cave for peace to
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breathe in  (A minor) 
Promptly wherewith for miles around
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He  (E minor) filled the air with fury and sound
Saint Jerome,
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 (C major) talk (D major) ing about the thun (E minor) derous
In mighty prose for all mighty ends
He thrust at his foes,
quarreled with his friends
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 (A minor) And served his master
though with complaints
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He  (E minor) wasn't a plaster, sort of saint
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Saint Jerome,  (C major) the  (D major) thunder  (E minor) 
Can't get through life by
just being nice
Ignorance of scripture is
ignorance of Christ
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Love  (A minor) without truth
is just sentimental
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Truth  (E minor) without love is sterile
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Saint Jerome,  (C major) the  (D major) thunder (E minor) er
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He  (C major) swelled man's
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minds  (D major) with godly leaven  (E minor) 
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 (C major) It takes all kinds  (D major) to make
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it to  (E minor) heaven  (B major) 
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God's  (E minor) angry man, his crotchety scholar,
Was Saint Jerome,
the great name -caller,
Am 
Who  (A minor) cared not a dime for laws of libel,
Em 
 (E minor) And in his spare time,
translated the Bible,
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Saint Jerome,  (C major) the  (D major) Thunderer
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 (E minor) Saint Jerome,  (C major) the  (D major)  (E minor) Thunderer
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You're young  (C major) an (D major) d  ain't
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the time  (E minor) to  run
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 (C major) Yes, ain't you wrong to  (D major) turn to her (E minor) 