God's Comic
D.P.A. MacManus (Elvis Costello) • Key:
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God's Comic
D.P.A. MacManus (Elvis Costello)
Em
B7
Em
B7
Em
G
Am
A#
B
Em
I wish you'd
B7
known me when
Em
I was a
B7
live
G
I was a funny
C
fel
D
ler
Am7
The crowd would
B7
hoot and
C
holler for
B7
more
Am7
I wore a
B7
drunk's red
C
nose for app
B7
lause
G
Oh yes, I was a
C
comical
D
priest
With a
G
joke for the flock and a
C
hand up your
D
fleece
Em
Drooling the drink
B7
and the lip
Em
stick and
D
grease-paint
G
Down the cardboard
C
front of my
D
dirty dog
C
collar
Chorus
G
B7
Now I'm
Em
dead, now I'm
B7
dead, now I'm
Em
dead, now I'm
D
dead
And I'm
G
going on to
C
meet my re
D
ward
I was
Em
scared, I was
B7
scared, I was
Em
scared, I was
D
scared,
G
He might have
C
never
D
heard God's
C
comic
G
B7
Em
So there he
B7
was on a
Em
water
B7
bed
G
Drinking a cola of a
C
mystery
D
brand
Am7
Reading an
B7
airport
C
novel
B7
ette
Am7
Listening to
B7
Andrew Lloyd
C
Webber's
B7
'Requi
Em
em'
G
He said, befor it had
C
really be
D
gun
'I
G
prefer the one a
C
bout my
D
son.'
'I've been
Em
wading through
B7
all this unbe
Em
lievable
D
junk
And
G
wondering if I should have
C
given the
D
world to the
C
monkeys.'
chorus
C
I'm going to
D
take a little trip
C
Down para
D
dise's endless
G
shores
They say that travel broadens the mind,
till you can't get your
B7
head out of
E
doors
Em
B7
Em
B7
Em
G
Am
A#
B
Em
I'm sitting
B7
here on the
Em
top of the
B7
world
G
I hang around in the
C
longest
D
night
Am7
Until each
B7
beast has
C
gone to
B7
bed
Am7
And then I
B7
say 'God
C
bless' and
B7
turn out the
Em
light.
While you
G
lie in the dark, a
C
fraid to
D
breathe
And you
G
beg and you promise and you
C
bargain and you
D
plead.
Some
G
times you confuse me with
C
Santa
D
Claus
G
It's the big white
C
beard I sup
D
pose.
I'm going
Em
up the
B7
pole, where you
Em
folks die of
D
cold
G
I might be
C
gone for a
D
while if you
C
need me.
chorus
G
B7
Now I'm
Em
dead, Now I'm
B7
dead, Now I'm
Em
dead, Now I'm
D
dead,
And you're
G
all going on to
C
meet your
D
reward
Are you
Em
scared? Are you
B7
scared? Are you
Em
scared? Are you
D
scared?
G
You might have
C
never
D
heard, but God's
C
comic.
Em
B7
Em
B7
Em
B7
C
Speed