A#0 F1 0 1Life is like an ocean voyage and our bodies are the ships 2 C2 A3 Dm4 Dm/C5 3 4And without a moral compass we would all be cast adrift 5 A#6 F7 6 7So to keep us on our bearings, the Lord gave us a gift 8 C78 C9 9 10And like most gifts you get, it was a book 11 12 13 F10 A#11 14 15I only read one book, but it's a good book, don't you know 16 C712 F13 17 18I act the way I act because the Good Book tells me so 19 F14 D#15 D16 D17 20 21If I wanna known how to be good, it's to the Good Book that I go 22 C718 F19 23 24'Cos the Good Book is a book and it is good and it's a book 25 26 27 28I know the Good Book's good because the Good Book says it's good 29 30I know the Good Book knows it's good because a really good book would 31 32You wouldn't cook without a cookbook and I think it's understood 33 34You can't be good without a Good Book 'cos it's good and it's a book 35 36And it is good for cookin' 37 38 39 Dm20 A21 40 41I tried to read some other books, but I soon gave up on that 42 A#22 F23 C24 43 44The paragraphs ain't numbered and they complicate the facts 45 A25 D26 46 47I can't read Harry Potter 'cos they're worshipping false gods and that 48 G27 C28 49 50And Dumbledore's a poofter and that's bad, 'cos it's not good 51 52 53 54Morality is written there in simple white and black 55 56I feel sorry for you heathens, got to think about all that 57 58Good is good and evil's bad and goats are good and pigs are crap 59 60You'll find which one is which in the Good Book, 'cos it's good 61 62And it's a book, and it's a book 63 64 65 66I had a cat, she gave birth to a litter 67 68The kittens were adorable and they made my family laugh 69 70But as they grew they started misbehavin' 71 72So I drowned the little fuckers in the bath 73 74When the creatures in your care start being menaces 75 G29 C30 76 77The answers can be found right there in Genesis! 78 D31 79 80Chapter 6, Verse 5-7! 81 82 83 G32 84 85Swing your partner by the hand 86 C33 87 88Have a baby if you can 89 D34 90 91But if the voices your head 92 93 94 95Say to sacrifice your kid 96 G35 97 98To satiate your loving God's 99 C36 100 101Fetish for dead baby blood 102 D37 103 104It's simple faith, the Book demands 105 106 107 108So raise that knife up in your hand! 109 110 111 F38 A#39 112 113Before the Good Book made us good, there was no good way to know 114 C40 F41 115 116If a thing was good or not that good or kind of touch and go 117 118 119 120So God decided he'd give writing allegoric prose a go 121 122And so he wrote a book and it was generally well-received 123 124 125 A#42 F43 C44 126 127The Telegraph said, "This God is reminiscent of the Norse." 128 A#45 F46 C47 129 130The Times said, "Kind of turgid, but I liked the bit with horses." 131 A48 Dm49 132 133The Mail said, "Lots of massacres, a violent tour de force. 134 G50 C51 135 136If you only read one book this year, then this one is a book 137 D52 138 139And it is good, and it's a book!" 140 141 142 143Swing your daughter by the hand 144 145But if she gets raped by a man 146 147And refuses then to marry him 148 149Stone her to death! 150 151 152 Em53 B54 153 154If you just close your eyes and block your ears 155 C55 G56 D57 156 157To the accumulated knowledge of the last two thousand years 158 B58 Em59 159 160Then morally, guess what? You're off the hook 161 A60 D61 162 163And thank Christ you only have to read one book 164 165 166 Dm62 167 168Just because the book's contents 169 A63 170 171Were written generations hence 172 Dm64 173 174By hairy desert-dwelling gents 175 A65 176 177Squatting in their dusty tents 178 Em66 179 180Just because what Heaven said 181 B67 182 183Was said before they'd leavened bread 184 Em68 185 186Just 'cos Jesus couldn't read 187 B69 188 189Doesn't mean that we should need 190 C70 191 192When manipulating human genes 193 G71 194 195To alleviate pain and fight disease 196 C72 197 198When deciding whether it's wrong or right 199 G73 200 201To help the dyin' let go of life 202 D74 203 204Or stop a pregnancy when it's 205 206 207 208Just a tiny blastocyst 209 B75 Em76 210 211There's no reason why we should take a look 212 D77 C78 213 214At any other book 215 G/B79 216 217But the Good Book 218 A80 219 220'Cause it's good 221 222 223 224And it's a book 225 D81 226 227And it's a book 228 229 230 231And it's quite good! 232 233 234 235 236 G82 G7/F83 237 238Good is good and evil's bad 239 C/E84 Cm/E85 240 241And kids get killed when God gets mad 242 D86 243 244And you'd better take a good look 245 G87 D88 G89 246 247At the Good Book 248 249