The Idol
Procol HarumVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Oh the idol,
Oh the idol
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They knew the monster's every trick
They knew his secrets every stitch
bass:AbCDbEb Ab
All of it had been a game
Nothing but a charlatan
Perhaps there was a chance of coming through
It even seemed that he might think it too
(bass:fga) (bass
But he could see no point in diving in
But he knew that he would neither sink nor swim
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And so they found he'd nothing left to say
Just another idol turned to clay
It seemed to them he must know what to do
They knew that only he could pull them through
They thought that he would make a plan
He'd work it out, he'd understand
Like drowning men they clutched at every straw
They knew that he had saved them all before
But he could see no point in diving in
He knew that he would neither sink nor swim
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Readable chord sheet for The Idol by Procol Harum
[Fm]Oh the i[Fm]dol[Eb], [Bb7] [D] [C#] [F#]
[Ebm]Oh the i[Ebm]dol [C#] [Ab7] [C] [Ab] [C#] [Eb]
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[Fm]They knew the m[Fm]ons[Eb]ter's every t[Bb7]rick[D] [C#] [F#]
[Ebm]They knew his s[F#]ecr[Dd]ets every s[Ab7]titc[C]h
bass:AbCDbEb Ab
[Fm]All of [Fm]it [Eb]had been a [Bb7]game[D] [C#] [F#]
[Ebm]Nothing b[F#]ut [C#]a charl[Ab7]atan[C] [Bb] [C#]
[Eb]Perhaps there w[C#]as a c[Ab]hance of coming [Eb]through
[Eb]It even [C#]seemed that h[Ab]e might think it [Eb]too
[Gm] [Cm] [Eb] [F] (bass:fga) [Bb] (bass [Ab]
But he could see no point in diving in
[G7] But he knew that [Cm]he would ne[Cm]ith[Bb]er s[F]ink [F/A]nor [Bb]swim
[Ab] [Cm]/[G] [Fm] [Fm]/[C] [Fm]/[D] [Eb] Eb4-3-2-1-6-1
And so they found he'd nothing left to say
[Ab]Just an[Cm]oth[G]er id[Fm]ol t[Fm]urn[C]ed [Fm]to [D]cl[Eb]ay
[C#] [Eb]
It seemed to them he must know what to do
They knew that only he could pull them through
They thought that he would make a plan
He'd work it out, he'd understand
Like drowning men they clutched at every straw
They knew that he had saved them all before
But he could see no point in diving in
He knew that he would neither sink nor swim