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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1718031,"song":"The Book Of Mormon - All-American Prophet","artist":"Misc Musicals","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1718031-the-book-of-mormon-all-american-prophet-chords-by-misc-musicals/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1718031?type=chord","rating":4.93372,"votes":26,"content":"The Book of Mormon - All-American Prophet\r\nTabbed by: damienos\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard\r\nCapo on 1st fret\r\n\r\nIn these parts without chords they're singing acapella, play along the song and \r\nyou'll figure it out :)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nYou all know the Bible[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C7[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nIs made of Testaments old and new[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou been told it's just those two parts[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOr only one if you're a Jew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBut what if I were to tell you[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C7[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThere's a fresh third part out there[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhich was found by a hip new prophet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho had a little Donny Osmond flair?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C7[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHave you heard of the All-American Prophet?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C7[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G7/D[/ch]\r\nThe blonde-haired, blue-eyed voice of God[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Db[/ch]  [ch]C7[/ch]                   [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nHe didn't come from the Middle East[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F7[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLike those other holy men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bbsus2[/ch]            [ch]Bbsus2[/ch] [ch]Bsus2[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo, God's favorite prophet was All-American[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take you back to Biblical times, 1823[/tab]\r\nAn American man named Joe living on a farm\r\nIn the holy land of Rochester, New York\r\n\r\nYou mean the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith?\r\nThat's right, that young man spoke to God\r\nHe spoke to God, and God said\r\n\"Joe, people really need to know that the Bible\r\nIsn't two parts, there's a part three to the Bible, Joe\r\nAnd I, God, have anointed you to dig up this part three\r\nThat is buried by a tree on a hill in your backyard\"\r\n\r\nWow, God says go to your backyard and start digging?\r\nThat makes perfect sense\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nJoseph Smith went up on that hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd dug where he was told[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd deep in the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nJoseph found shining plates of gold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\n\"What are these Golden Plates?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7/G[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWho buried them here and why?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen appeared an Angel[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis name was Moroni \"I am Moroni\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThe All-American Angel[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy people lived here long, long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Db7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nThis is a   history of my race[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F7[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nPlease read the words within[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nWe were Jews who met with Christ[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bbsus2[/ch]             [ch]Bbsus2[/ch] [ch]Bsus2[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\nBut we were All-American[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F/C[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut don't let anybody see these plates except for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThey are only for you to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nEven if people ask you to show the Plates to them, don't[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nJust copy them onto normal paper[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nEven though this might make them question[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Caug[/ch]\r\nIf the Plates are real or not[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C5[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is sort of what God is going for[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nJoseph took the Plates home[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C/G[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd wrote down what he found inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHe turned those Plates into a book[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThen he rushed into town and cried[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n\"Hey, God spoke to me and gave me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThis blessed ancient tome[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nHe hath commanded me to publish it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Bbsus2[/ch] [ch]Bsus2[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\nAnd stick it in every home\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWow, so the Bible is actually a trilogy[/tab]\r\nAnd The Book of Mormon is Return of the Jedi?\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm interested[/tab]\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nNow many people didn't believe the Prophet Joseph Smith\r\nThey thought he'd made up this part three\r\nThat was buried by a tree on the hill in his backyard\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n\"Liar\" But Joe said \"This is no lie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nSpeak to God all the time and he told me to head West\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n                                                   \r\n\"So I'll take my part three from the hill with the tree\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nFeel free if you'd like to come along with me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo the Promised Land\"[/tab]\r\n\"The Promised Land?\"\r\n\"Paradise on the West Coast\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNothing but fruit and fields as far as the eye can see\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C7[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n   Have you heard of the All-American Prophet?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nHe found a brand new book about Jesus Christ[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C#[/ch]  [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWe are following him to Paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F7[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWe call ourselves Mormon[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Bbsus2[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd our new religion is        All-American[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A/E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWow, how much does it cost?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E5[/ch]              [ch]E7/G#[/ch]\r\nThe Mormons kept on searching for[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat place to settle down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]F7/A[/ch]\r\nAnd every time they thought they'd found it[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nThey got kicked out of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                 [ch]F#/A#[/ch]\r\nAnd even though people wanted[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Bm/A[/ch]\r\nTo see the Golden Plates[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJoseph never showed 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI have maggots in my scrotum[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nUmm okay, well, anyway\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow comes the part of our story[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nThat get a little bit sad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn the way to the Promised Land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMormons made people mad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJoseph was shot by an angry mob[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd knew he'd soon be done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"You must lead the people now[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bbsus2[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy good friend, Brigham Young\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Oh God, why are you letting me die[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWithout having me show people the Plates[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nThey'll have no proof I was telling the truth or not[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Caug[/ch]\r\nThey'll have to believe it just 'cause[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\nOh, I guess that's kinda what you were going for\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  The Prophet Joseph Smith died for what he believed in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]                  \r\nBut as followers, they kept heading West[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                       [ch]B9[/ch]\r\n    And Brigham Young led them to Paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nA sparkling land in Utah they called Salt Lake City[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd there, the Mormons multiplied[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd made big Mormon families[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nGeneration to generation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nUntil finally, they made me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D/A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  And now it's my job to lead you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D#dim7[/ch]                     [ch]F13[/ch]\r\nWhere those early settlers were led long ago[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb7[/ch]          [ch]Eb7[/ch]          [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nHave you heard of the All-American Prophet?[/tab]\r\n(Kevin Price)\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb7[/ch]             [ch]Eb7[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb/F[/ch]\r\nThe next in line to be the voice of God[/tab]\r\n(My best friend)\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\n He's gonna do something incredible[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Ab7[/ch]          [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nAnd be Joseph Smith again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Abmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Db2[/ch]             [ch]Dbsus2[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]Ebsus2[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBecause Kevin Price the Prophet is     All-American[/tab]\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nIf you order now we'll also throw in a set of steak knives!\r\n[tab]                [ch]Eb5[/ch]\r\nAll-American[/tab]","plain_text":"The Book of Mormon - All-American Prophet\nTabbed by: damienos\n\nTuning: Standard\nCapo on 1st fret\n\nIn these parts without chords they're singing acapella, play along the song and \nyou'll figure it out :)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn American man named Joe living on a farm\nIn the holy land of Rochester, New York\n\nYou mean the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith?\nThat's right, that young man spoke to God\nHe spoke to God, and God said\n\"Joe, people really need to know that the Bible\nIsn't two parts, there's a part three to the Bible, Joe\nAnd I, God, have anointed you to dig up this part three\nThat is buried by a tree on a hill in your backyard\"\n\nWow, God says go to your backyard and start digging?\nThat makes perfect sense\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd The Book of Mormon is Return of the Jedi?\n\n\nN.C.\nNow many people didn't believe the Prophet Joseph Smith\nThey thought he'd made up this part three\nThat was buried by a tree on the hill in his backyard\n\n\n\n\n                                                   \n\"So I'll take my part three from the hill with the tree\n\n\n\"The Promised Land?\"\n\"Paradise on the West Coast\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUmm okay, well, anyway\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Kevin Price)\n\n(My best friend)\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nIf you order now we'll also throw in a set of steak 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