{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":63875,"song":"Gods Comic","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542661-gods-comic-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/63875?type=chord","rating":4.81948,"votes":68,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\n\r\nGods Comic Elvis Costello (D.MacManus)\r\n\r\n\r\nwith if possible any reference.. (a wager is afoot U C)\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI wish you'd known me when I was alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was a funny fellow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe crowd would hoot and holler for more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI wore a drunks red nose for applause[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Oh yes I was a comical priest With a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\njoke for the flock and a hand up you fleece[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrooling the drink and the lipstick and grease paint[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Down the cardboard front of my dirty dog collar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n chorus:\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n    now im dead now im dead now im dead now im dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And im going on to meet my reward[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I was scared I was scared I was scared  I was scared[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]  (*2nd time bridge*)\r\n   He might never heard Gods Comic[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n So there he was on a water bed\r\n drinking a cola of a mystery brand\r\n reading an airport novellette\r\n listeing to andrew loydd webbers requiem\r\n He said before it had really begun\r\n I prefer the one about my son\r\n ive been wading through all this unbielevable junk\r\n  and wondering if i should have given it all to the monkeys.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIm goind to take a little trip[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\ndown paradises endless shores[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe say that travel braodens the mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\ntill you cant get you head out of doors[/tab]\r\n*\r\n\r\n\r\n  Im sitting here on the top of the world\r\n  I hang around in the longest night\r\n  Until each beast has gone to bead\r\n  and then i say god bless and turn out the light\r\n  While you lie in the dark afraid to breathe\r\n  and you beg and you promise and you bargain and you plead\r\n  sometimes you confuse me with santa claus\r\n  its the big white beard i suppose\r\n  im going up to the pole where you folks die of cold\r\n  i might be gone for a while if you need me","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\n\nGods Comic Elvis Costello (D.MacManus)\n\n\nwith if possible any reference.. (a wager is afoot U C)\n\nEm B7   Em B7   Em G Am A# B\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n chorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n So there he was on a water bed\n drinking a cola of a mystery brand\n reading an airport novellette\n listeing to andrew loydd webbers requiem\n He said before it had really begun\n I prefer the one about my son\n ive been wading through all this unbielevable junk\n  and wondering if i should have given it all to the monkeys.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*\n\n\n  Im sitting here on the top of the world\n  I hang around in the longest night\n  Until each beast has gone to bead\n  and then i say god bless and turn out the light\n  While you lie in the dark afraid to breathe\n  and you beg and you promise and you bargain and you plead\n  sometimes you confuse me with santa claus\n  its the big white beard i suppose\n  im going up to the pole where you folks die of cold\n  i might be gone for a while if you need me","chords":["D","C","Em","B7","G","Am","A#","B","Am7","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}