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A Little Story

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CThere was this big Guy
And He C7had a great Fidea.
He Cbuilt Himself a world
And He put people on Git.
But the Cpeople they turned wicked,
C7And they soon Fforgot
Who had Cmade their very being
And put them on their Gplanet.
So the CGod He sent His very own Son,
His C7only holy FSon.
And He Csent Him to the world
'cause something had to be Gdone.
CHis son walked around and He told the truth
C7Like the truth had never been Ftold.
He was Ckind to the poor,
His home was the Groad.
CUnlike any other heroes
C7Of which a song could be Fsung,
He never Cdid bad to anyone.
He never did no Gharm.
CBut there were other people who weren't so nice
C7And they plotted to take His Flife
And the CMan knew all about it
But He didn't even Ghide.
CAnd they beat Him and they robbed Him
C7And they hung Him for bein' Fgood.
And they Claughed and made jokes
While they stood in his Gblood.
CBut there's a happy ending to the story.
C7I think you'll be glad to Fknow
He came Cback to life in glory,
And up from the grave He Garose.
CSo before you turn out your light,
C7Remember this one FMan
Who lived Ccomfortably in heaven
But gave it all up to hang on a Gcross.
CBecause He hung for you and me
C7And He came to set us Ffree.
'Cause his CDad had a great idea
About the way things ought to Gbe.C  

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A Little Story

by Daniel Johnston

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There was this big Guy

C7 F

And He had a great idea.

He built Himself a world

And He put people on it.

But the people they turned wicked,

C7 F

And they soon forgot

Who had made their very being

And put them on their planet.

So the God He sent His very own Son,

C7 F

His only holy Son.

And He sent Him to the world

'cause something had to be done.

His son walked around and He told the truth

C7 F

Like the truth had never been told.

He was kind to the poor,

His home was the road.

Unlike any other heroes

C7 F

Of which a song could be sung,

He never did bad to anyone.

He never did no harm.

But there were other people who weren't so nice

C7 F

And they plotted to take His life

And the Man knew all about it

But He didn't even hide.

And they beat Him and they robbed Him

C7 F

And they hung Him for bein' good.

And they laughed and made jokes

While they stood in his blood.

But there's a happy ending to the story.

C7 F

I think you'll be glad to know

He came back to life in glory,

And up from the grave He arose.

So before you turn out your light,

C7 F

Remember this one Man

Who lived comfortably in heaven

But gave it all up to hang on a cross.

Because He hung for you and me

C7 F

And He came to set us free.

'Cause his Dad had a great idea

G C

About the way things ought to be.

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