G#mBmC#m
John the Revelator put him in an elevator
G#mBmC#m
Take him up to the highest high
G#mBmC#m
Take him up to the top where the mountains stop
G#mBmC#m
Let him tell his book of lies
G#mBmC#m
John the Revelator he’s a smooth operator
G#mBmC#m
It’s time we cut him down to size
G#mBmC#m
Take him by the hand and put him on the stand
G#mBmC#m
Let us hear his alibis
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By claiming God as his only right
G#mBmC#m
He's stealing a god from the Israelites
G#mBmC#m
Stealing a god from a Muslim, too
G#mBmC#m
There is only one god through and through
G#mED#G#mED#
Seven lies, multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again
G#mED#
Seven angels with seven trumpets
G#mED#
Send them home on the morning train
G#mED#
Well who’s that shouting? John the Revelator!
G#mED#
All he ever gives us is pain
G#mED#
Well who’s that shouting? John the Revelator!
G#mED#
He should bow his head in shame
G#mED#
By and by
G#mED#
By and by
G#mED#
By and by
G#mED#
By and by
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