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E7B7Am7
Tell me, have you heard the one
DmCE7
About the prophet with the perfect soul?
E7B7Am7Dm
The heavenly bastard with his own slasher flick--
CG
The greatest fairytale ever told
E7B7Am7
Weekly he receives
DmCE7A kneeling ovation from a sleepy nation
E7B7Am7Dm
They're swallowing the old routine, the holy saltine,
CG
And backwash from the cup of salvation
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GAm7F
Have you heard the legend sweeping the land?
CE7
They're saying we all sprung from some invisible man
Am7F
And when he finished up, he took a little rest
CG
And he's been resting ever since I guess...
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E7B7Am7
Tell me, have you heard the one
DmCE7
About the young man who died for your sins?
E7B7Am7
You think he would've learned his lesson
Dm
Not to mess with us,
CG
And yet they say he's gonna come again
E7B7Am7
He might've hit a ripe old age
DmCE7
If a disciple had not failed him
E7B7Am7Dm
Broken, betrayed and lost, he lay alone on the cross
CG
While the easter bunny pounded the nails in...
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GAm7F
Have you heard the legend sweeping the land?
CE7
They're saying we all sprung from some invisible man
Am7F
And when he finished up, he took a little rest
CG
And he's been resting ever since I guess...
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E7B7Am7
Tell me, have you heard the one
DmCE7
About the healer who could resurrect?
E7B7Am7
They say that when he rose from the dead
Dm
He had a flattened head,
CG
Black boots and two bolts in his neck
E7B7Am7
Hokum all ye faithful,
DmCE7
That's the whole fable as I was told it
E7B7Am7Dm
Honestly I'm half-way jealous of the gullible zealots
CG
Who believe this unbelievable bullshit...
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GAm7F
Have you heard the legend sweeping the land?
CE7
They're saying we all sprung from some invisible man
Am7F
And when he finished up, he took a little rest
CG
And he's been resting ever since I guess...
E7B7Am7
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This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.