God's Comic
Elvis CostelloVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I wish you'd known me when I was alive
I was a funny fellow
The crowd would hoot and holler for more
I wore a drunks red nose for applause
Oh yes I was a comical priest With a
joke for the flock and a hand up you fleece
Drooling the drink and the lipstick and grease paint
Down the cardboard front of my dirty dog collar
now im dead now im dead now im dead now im dead
And im going on to meet my reward
I was scared I was scared I was scared I was scared
He might never heard Gods Comic
So there he was on a water bed
drinking a cola of a mystery brand
reading an airport novellette
listeing to andrew loydd webbers requiem
He said before it had really begun
I prefer the one about my son
ive been wading through all this unbielevable junk
and wondering if i should have given it all to the monkeys.
Oops bridge
Im goind to take a little trip
down paradises endless shores
the say that travel braodens the mind
till you cant get you head out of doors
Im sitting here on the top of the world
I hang around in the longest night
Until each beast has gone to bead
and then i say god bless and turn out the light
While you lie in the dark afraid to breathe
and you beg and you promise and you bargain and you plead
sometimes you confuse me with santa claus
its the big white beard i suppose
im going up to the pole where you folks die of cold
i might be gone for a while if you need me
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Readable chord sheet for God's Comic by Elvis Costello
[Em] [B7] [Em] [B7] [Em] [G] [Am] [Bb] [B] [Em]I wish you'd k[B7]nown me when [Em]I was a[B7]live [G]I was a funny [C]fell[D]ow [Am7]The crowd would [B7]hoot and [C]holler for [B7]more [Am7]I wore a [B7]drunks 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 you [D]fleece [Em]Drooling the [B7]drink and the lip[Em]stick and [D]grease paint [G] Down the cardboard front[C] of my [D]dirty dog [C]collar [G] [B7] now im dead [Em]now im dead [B7]now im dead [Em]now im dead[D] And im [G]going on to meet[C] my reward[D] I was scared[Em] I was scared[B7] I was scared[Em] I was scared [D] [G] He might ne[C]ver [D]heard Gods [C]Comic [G] [B7] So there he was on a water bed drinking a cola of a mystery brand reading an airport novellette listeing to andrew loydd webbers requiem He said before it had really begun I prefer the one about my son ive been wading through all this unbielevable junk and wondering if i should have given it all to the monkeys. Oops bridge [C]Im goind to [D]take a little trip [C]down para[D]dises endless shores [G]the say that travel braodens the mind till you cant get you [B7]head out of doors[E] Im sitting here on the top of the world I hang around in the longest night Until each beast has gone to bead and then i say god bless and turn out the light While you lie in the dark afraid to breathe and you beg and you promise and you bargain and you plead sometimes you confuse me with santa claus its the big white beard i suppose im going up to the pole where you folks die of cold i might be gone for a while if you need me