Version as played in the 2009 live performance in Denver
Capo on 3rd
Chords are as follows:
Em D C E7 B
e|--0----0-----0-----0------2----------------------------------------------------|
B|--0----0-----0-----0------4----------------------------------------------------|
G|--0----0-----0-----0------4----------------------------------------------------|
D|--2----4-----2-----1------4----------------------------------------------------|
A|--2----5-----3-----2------2----------------------------------------------------|
E|--0----5-----3-----0------2----------------------------------------------------|
Em B
Give us this day our daily dose of faux affliction
Em
Forgive our sins
C
Forged at the pulpit with forked tongues selling faux sermons.
Em B
'Cause I am a new wave gospel sharp, and you'll be thy witness
Em C Em E7
So gentlemen, if you're gonna preach, for God sakes preach with conviction!
Em
Strike up the band!
Whoa-oh, the conductor is beckoning
D
Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it
C E7
No. Don't you get it, don't you get it? Now don't you move.
Em
Strike up the band!
Whoa-oh, the conductor is beckoning
D
Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it
C B
No. Don't you get it, don't you get it? Now don't you move.
B
Just stay where I can see you.
Em
Douse the lights!
C B Em
We sure are in for a show tonight
Em C B
In this little number we're graced by two displays of character,
Em C B
We've got: the gunslinger extraordinaire walking contradictions
Em C B
And I for one can see no blood from the hearts and the wrists you allegedly slit
Em C B
And I for one wont stand for this if this scene were a parish you'd all be condemned.
Em
Strike up the band!
Whoa-oh, the conductor is beckoning
D
Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it
C E7
No. Don't you get it, don't you get it? Now don't you move.
Em
Strike up the band!
Whoa-oh, the conductor is beckoning
D
Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it
C B
No. Don't you get it, don't you get it? Now don't you move.
B
Just stay where I can see you.
Em
Douse the lights!
C B Em
We sure are in for a show tonight
B
Just stay where I can see you.
Em
Douse the lights!
C B Em
We sure are in for a show tonight
Stay where I can see you
Douse the lights!
Em C D Em C B
La da da da da da da Da da da da da da La da da da da da da
Em
Strike up the band!
Whoa-oh, the conductor is beckoning
D
Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it
C E7
No. Don't you get it, don't you get it? Now don't you move.
Em
Strike up the band!
Whoa-oh, the conductor is beckoning
D
Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it
C B
No. Don't you get it, don't you get it? Now don't you move.
Em D C
Don't you move
Em D B
Don't you move
Em
Strike up the band!