...THE GOOD BOOK SONG... by The Mainstreet Singers
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*from 'A Mighty Wind Original Soundtrack' (2003)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: B)
Intro:
G D, G D (n.C)
G D G D
Oh yeah, yeah yeah.
Verse 1:
D (n.C)
Now God said to Noah: "I don't want no sinnin'",
G D G D
(Oh yeah, yeah yeah).
D (n.C)
"I've been telling you this since 'In the beginnin'",
G D G D
(Oh yeah, yeah yeah).
D (n.C)
"You gotta round up your sons and all of their women",
G D G D
(Oh yeah, yeah yeah).
E7 A
"Because you're going on a big boat ride.
D G
Now gather all the animals by the pair,
E7 A
Build a big ship about a million square,
F#7 Bm A G
And put all the animals right in there,
A D
And sail a-way on the tide".
Bridge 1:
C G E7 A
But what if Noah had just said "No sir"?
G D G D
Well we'd all have fins and scaly skins,
G D G D
We'd breathe through gills in-stead of nos-trils,
E7 A
And we'd eat fish food instead of vitamin pills.
Chorus 1:
G A
It's scary but it's true,
G D G D
So do what the good book, do what the good book,
G A D
Do what the good book tells you to.
G D G D (n.C)
(Oh yeah, yeah yeah).
*KEY CHANGE*
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Verse 2:
A E A E
(Oh yeah, yeah yeah).
E (n.C)
Now God said to David: "do you hear that drummin'?"
A E A E
(Oh yeah, yeah yeah).
E (n.C)
"You gotta great big Philistine army comin'".
A E A E
(Oh yeah, yeah yeah).
E (n.C)
"You wanna oil up your sling and really get it hummin'",
A E A E
(Oh yeah, yeah yeah).
F#7 B
"Because you gotta take the big you down".
E A
Well David got a dose of frights,
F#7 B
But he wanted to be King of the Israelites,
G#7 C#m B A
So he put old Goliath right in his sights,
B E
And he bounced one off of his crown.
Bridge 2:
D A F#7 B
But what if David had whined and wavered?
A E A E
We'd live like slaves to Philistine knaves,
A E A E
Our bosses would all be 30 feet tall,
A E A E
We'd wash their clothes with a fire hose,
F#7 B
And we'd sleep in the cracks be-tween their toes...
Chorus 2:
A B G#7 C#
It's scary but it's true and if I was you;
B F# B F#
I'd do what the good book, do what the good book,
B C# F#
Do what the good book tells me to.
B F# B F#
(Oh yeah, yeah yeah).
B C# F#
Do what the good book tells me to.
B F# B F#
(Oh yeah, yeah yeah).
B C# F#
Do what the good book te...lls me to.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G D E7 A F#7 Bm C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 xx0232 020100 x02220 242322 x24432 x32010
E B G#7 C#m C# F#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022100 x24442 464544 x46654 x46664 244322
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])
