{"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":2573616,"song":"The Good Book","artist":"Tim Minchin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2573616-the-good-book-chords-by-tim-minchin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2573616?type=chord","rating":4.99207,"votes":7,"content":"[CHORDS]\r\nAb9 x02320 or play Asusb9 instead: x02330\r\n[ch]G11[/ch] 320011\r\n\r\n[tab][CHORD PROGRESSIONS]\r\n [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm/A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Ebdim7[/ch] [ch]Am7/E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Fdim7[/ch] [ch]Bm7/Gb[/ch]\r\nE|-1--1----1-----1---| |-----------------| |--------------------| |--------------------|\r\nB|-3--3----3-----3---| |-0--1---2-----3--| |-5--6---7------8----| |-7--8---9-----10----|\r\nG|-2--2----2-----2---| |-0--0---0-----0--| |-5--5---5------5----| |-7--7---7-----7-----|\r\nD|-0-----------------| |-0--2---2-----0--| |-5--7---7------5----| |-7--9---9-----7-----|\r\nA|----3----1-----0---| |----0---1-----2--| |-3--5---6------7----| |-5--7---8-----9-----|\r\nE|-------------------| |-3---------------| |--------------------| |--------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[INTRO]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLife is like an ocean voyage and our bodies are the ships[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nAnd without a moral compass we would all be cast adrift[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo to keep us on our bearings, the Lord gave us a gift[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd like most gifts you get, it was a book[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][VERSE 1]\r\nE|--------|\r\nB|--------|\r\nG|--------|\r\nD|----0-2-|\r\nA|--3-----|\r\nE|--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI only read one book, but it's a good book, don't you know[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI act the way I act because the Good Book tells me so[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nIf I wanna known how to be good, it's to the Good Book that I go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Cos the Good Book is a book and it is good and it's a book[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][VERSE 2]\r\nE|--------|\r\nB|--------|\r\nG|--------|\r\nD|----0-2-|\r\nA|--3-----|\r\nE|--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI know the Good Book's good because the Good Book says it's good[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI know the Good Book knows it's good because a really good book would[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nYou wouldn't cook without a cookbook and I think it's understood[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nYou can't be good without a Good Book 'cos it's good and it's a book and it is good for cookin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[BRIDGE 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Ab9[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI tried to read some other books, but I soon gave up on that[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe paragraphs ain't numbered and they complicate the facts[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm/A[/ch]\r\nI can't read Harry Potter 'cos they're worshipping false gods and that[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Bbdim7[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Ebdim7[/ch] [ch]Am7/E[/ch]\r\nAnd Dumbledore's a poofter and that's bad, 'cos it's not good[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]E|---------|\r\nB|-5-6-7-8-|\r\nG|-5-7-8-9-|\r\nD|---------|\r\nA|---------|\r\nE|---------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMorality is written there in simple white and black[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI feel sorry for you heathens, got to think about all that[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nGood is good and evil's bad and goats are good and pigs are crap[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nYou'll find which one is which in the Good Book, 'cos it's good and it's a book, and it's a book[/tab]\r\n\r\n[BRIDGE 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Ab9[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI had a cat, she gave birth to a litter[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe kittens were adorable and they made my family laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm/A[/ch]\r\nBut as they grew they started misbehavin'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Bbdim7[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Ebdim7[/ch] [ch]Am7/E[/ch]\r\nSo I drowned the little fuckers in the bath[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm/A[/ch]\r\nWhen the creatures in your care start being menaces[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Bbdim7[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Ebdim7[/ch] [ch]Am7/E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Fdim7[/ch] [ch]Bm7/Gb[/ch]\r\nThe answers can be found right there in Ge- ne- sis! Chapter 6, Verse 5-7! Yeehaw![/tab]\r\n\r\n[INTERLUDE 1]\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 your head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch] [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]Cm[/ch]\r\nFetish for dead baby blood[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's simple fate, the Book demands - so raise that knife up in your hand![/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4]\r\n[tab]N.C. [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBefore the Good Book made us good, there was no good way to know[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf a thing was good or not that good or kind of touch and go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nSo God decided he'd give writing allegoric prose a go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd so he wrote a book and it was generally well-received[/tab]\r\n\r\n[REVIEWS]\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] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm/A[/ch]\r\nThe Mail said, \"Lots of massacres, a violent tour de force.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Bbdim7[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Ebdim7[/ch] [ch]Am7/E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Fdim7[/ch] [ch]Bm7/Gb[/ch]\r\nIf you only read one book this year, then this one is a book and it is good, and it's a book!\" Yeehaw![/tab]\r\n\r\n[INTERLUDE 2]\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] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd refuses then to marry him[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nStone her to death!\r\n\r\n[PRE-OUTRO]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n If 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] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nThen morally, guess what? You're off the hook[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Cdim7[/ch] [ch]Gbm7/Cb[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Fdim7[/ch] [ch]Bm7/Gb[/ch]\r\nAnd thank Christ you only have to read one book[/tab]\r\n\r\n[OUTRO 1]\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 'cos Jesus couldn't read[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nDoesn't mean that we should need[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen manipulating human genes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo alleviate pain and 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 dyin' let go of life[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOr stop a pregnancy when it's just a tiny blastocyst[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]B7[/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]Bm7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Cdim7[/ch] [ch]Gbm7/Cb[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Fdim7[/ch] [ch]Bm7/Gb[/ch]\r\nBut the Good Book 'cause it's good and it's a book and it's a book and it's quite good![/tab]\r\n\r\n[OUTRO 2]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Bbdim7[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Ebdim7[/ch] [ch]Am7/E[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Fdim7[/ch] [ch]Bm7/Gb[/ch]\r\n[ch]G11[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nGood is good and evil's bad[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd kids get killed when God gets mad[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you'd better take a good look[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the Good Book[/tab]","plain_text":"[CHORDS]\nAb9 x02320 or play Asusb9 instead: x02330\nG11 320011\n\n\n\n[INTRO]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[BRIDGE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[BRIDGE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INTERLUDE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[REVIEWS]\n\n\n\n\n\n[INTERLUDE 2]\n\n\n\nN.C.\nStone her to death!\n\n[PRE-OUTRO]\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO 2]\nG Am7 Bbdim7 G/B C Dm7 Ebdim7 Am7/E\nD Em7 Fdim7 Bm7/Gb\nG11 G","chords":["Ab9","G11","Dm","Dm/C","Dm/Bb","Dm/A","G","Am7","Bdim7","G/B","C","Dm7","Ebdim7","Am7/E","D","Em7","Fdim7","Bm7/Gb","E","B","A","Bb","F","C7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"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]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"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]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}