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The Good Word

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[Verse]
EThe profE5essor sEadly sAcratched Ehimself fEinished tE5he rest Eof his Acold coffEee
C#mFelt someone walking Aover his EgrE5ave Esaid "I've C#mgotta get out of this Adraughty EolE5d pElace"
EOr maybe E5somewhEere a Ablack holEe met another C#mwaltzed together and span Aaway from EeE5ach Eother
EClasped E5hands fEor a moment in the Aempty gymEnasiuE5m tEheir shoes scrape C#mtapping in time to a sAong older EtE5han E'em
[Pre Chorus]
C#mHe said "God what have I F#done?"
And was it Aall preEdetermined Aall meant to Ebe
if you Agive me more Etime I F#swear I'll believe
give up Aall of that Equantum shit Aspend all my Edays
Aspreading the Egood word and F#singing your praise
[Chorus]
Aah hEa yAes siEr AthatE's right
F#glory hallelujah
gAlory EhallelujaF#h
[Verse]
EThe wind made little AhurriEcanes E5with tEhe dC#mebris in the carpark of the Adriving rEangeE5  E  
EAs we E5have anEother sip aAnother Etoke E5counselElor C#msays we're on a Aslippery EslopeE5  E  
[Pre Chorus]
C#mlast night I F#dreamed we were rAunning for our Elives from Arobots in the Ejungle
heliAcopters in the Esky but the F#ground opened up
Acouldn't Esave her, Acouldn't Esave her, Acouldn't Esave her F#again
[Chorus]
Aoh no Eno Asir nEot tAhis tEime F#glory halleAlujahE  A  E  A  E  
Aglory EhaAlleluEjaAh gloEry AhallEeluAjahF#  
[Pre Chorus]
C#mOh God what have you F#done?"
And was it Aall predetEermined Aall meant to Ebe
if you Agive us her bEack I sF#till won't believe
but I miAght give up EdrinAking E... so AmuchE  
we'll jF#ust have to wait and see
[Chorus]
glory halleAlujahE  A  E  
glory halleAlujahE  A  E  

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The Good Word

by Joshua Burnside

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C#m

[Verse]

E E5 E A E E E5 E A E

The professor sadly scratched himself finished the rest of his cold coffee

C#m A E E5 E C#m A E E5 E

Felt someone walking over his grave said "I've gotta get out of this draughty old place"

E E5 E A E C#m A E E5 E

Or maybe somewhere a black hole met another waltzed together and span away from each other

E E5 E A E E5 E C#m A E E5 E

Clasped hands for a moment in the empty gymnasium their shoes scrape tapping in time to a song older than 'em

[Pre Chorus]

C#m F#

He said "God what have I done?"

A E A E

And was it all predetermined all meant to be

A E F#

if you give me more time I swear I'll believe

A E A E

give up all of that quantum shit spend all my days

A E F#

spreading the good word and singing your praise

[Chorus]

A E A E A E

ah ha yes sir that's right

glory hallelujah

A E F#

glory hallelujah

[Verse]

E A E E5 E C#m A E E5 E

The wind made little hurricanes with the debris in the carpark of the driving range

E E5 E A E E5 E C#m A E E5 E

As we have another sip another toke counsellor says we're on a slippery slope

[Pre Chorus]

C#m F# A E A E

last night I dreamed we were running for our lives from robots in the jungle

A E F#

helicopters in the sky but the ground opened up

A E A E A E F#

couldn't save her, couldn't save her, couldn't save her again

[Chorus]

A E A E A E F# A E A E A E

oh no no sir not this time glory hallelujah

A E A E A E A E A F#

glory hallelujah glory hallelujah

[Pre Chorus]

C#m F#

Oh God what have you done?"

A E A E

And was it all predetermined all meant to be

A E F#

if you give us her back I still won't believe

A E A E A E

but I might give up drinking ... so much

we'll just have to wait and see

[Chorus]

A E A E

glory hallelujah

A E A E

glory hallelujah

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