{"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":896431,"song":"The Good Book","artist":"Tim Minchin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11607654-the-good-book-chords-by-tim-minchin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/896431?type=chord","rating":4.45723,"votes":25,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nLife is like an ocean voyage[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd our bodies are the ships[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd without a moral compass[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Dm/C[/ch]\r\nWe would all be cast adrift[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSo to keep us on our bearings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Lord gave us a gift[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd like most gifts you get[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was a book[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI only read one book[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut it's a good book, don't you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI act the way I act because[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe Good Book tells me so[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]F/Eb[/ch]\r\nIf I want to know how to be good[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb/D[/ch]             [ch]Bbm/Db[/ch]\r\nIt's to the Good Book that I go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nCause the Good Book is a book[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it is good and it's a book[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI know the Good Book's good because[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe Good Book says it's good[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI know the Good Book knows it's good[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBecause a really good book would[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]F/Eb[/ch]\r\nYou wouldn't cook without a cookbook[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb/D[/ch]            [ch]Bbm/Db[/ch]\r\nAnd I think it's understood[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nYou can't be good without a Good Book[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause it's good and it's a book[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd it is good for cookin'\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI tried to read some other books[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I soon gave up on that[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe paragraphs ain't numbered[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they complicate the facts[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]A/G[/ch]\r\nI can't read Harry Potter[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]               [ch]Dm/F[/ch]\r\nCause they're worshiping false gods and that[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Dumbledore's a poofter[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd that's bad cause it's not good![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMorality is written there[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIn simple white and black[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI feel sorry for you heathens[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGot to think about all that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]F/Eb[/ch]\r\nGood is good and evil's bad[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb/D[/ch]\r\nAnd goats are good[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bbm/Db[/ch]\r\nAnd pigs are crap[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nYou'll find which one is which[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the Good Book[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause it's good and it's a book[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd it's a book (yeah!)\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI had a cat, she gave birth to a litter[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe kittens were adorable[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they made my family laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]A/G[/ch]          [ch]Dm/F[/ch]\r\nBut as they grew they started misbehaving[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I drowned the little fuckers in the bath![/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen the creatures in your care start being menaces[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe answers can be found right there in Genesis[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChapter six, verse five through seven! Yee-haw![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwing your partner by the hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHave a baby if you can[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut if the voices in your head[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSay to sacrifice your kid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo satiate your loving God's[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nFetish for dead baby blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's simple faith the book demands[/tab]\r\n\r\nSo raise that knife up in your hands\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBefore the Good Book made us good[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThere was no good way to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf a thing was good or not-not good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOr kind of touch-and-go—so[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nGod decided he'd give writing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAllegoric prose a go[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd so he wrote a book[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it was generally well-received[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Telegraph said 'This god is reminiscent of the Norse'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Times said 'Kind of turgid, but I liked the bit with horses'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe Mail said 'Lots of massacres; a violent tour-de-force[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you only read one book this year[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen this one is a book[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it is good[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd it's a book' Yee-haw!\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwing your daughter by the hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut if she gets raped by a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd refuses then to marry him[/tab]\r\n\r\nStone her to death!\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf you just close your eyes and block your ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the accumulated knowledge of the last two thousand years[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen morally – guess what? – you're off the hook[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd thank Christ you only have to read one book[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nJust because the book's contents[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWere written generations hence[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBy hairy desert-dwelling gents[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSquatting in their dusty tents[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust because what Heaven said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nWas said before they'd leavened bread[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust cause Jesus couldn't read[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nDoesn't mean that we should need[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen manipulating human genes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo alleviate pain or fight disease[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen deciding whether it's wrong or right[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo help the dying let go of life[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr stop a pregnancy when it's[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust a tiny blastocyst[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's no reason why we should take a look[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt any other book[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nBut the Good Book[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause it's good and it's a book[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's a book and it's quite good![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G7/F[/ch]\r\nGood is good and evil's bad[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/E[/ch]                  [ch]Cm/E[/ch]\r\nAnd kids get killed when God gets mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou better take a good look[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the Good Book[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd it is good for cookin'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd it's a book (yeah!)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSo raise that knife up in your hands\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd it's a book' Yee-haw!\n\n\n\n\n\nStone her to death!","chords":["Bb","F","C","A","Dm","Dm/C","C7","F/Eb","Bb/D","Bbm/Db","A/G","D/F#","Dm/F","G","D","G7","F7","Em","B","G/B","G7/F","C/E","Cm/E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}