John The Revelator by Depeche Mode, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

John The Revelator

Biography:

Depeche Mode is an English band, founded in 1980, originally from the town of Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom. They are one of the most enduring and successful bands to have emerged during the 80s, and particularly from the new wave/new romantic era. The band name is derived from a French fashion magazine, Dépêche mode, which means "fashion dispatch."

The band have been highly influential in the electronic dance music scene, especially synthpop

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Depeche Mode – John The Revelator

Here’s how I play this song on guitar/acoustic. Really simple rhythm, it just repeats.
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Standard Tuning

G#m Bm C#m
E|----------------------------------|
B|-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x--x--x--|
G|-4--4-4-4--4-4/7--7-7/9--9--9--9--| (x3)
D|-6--6-6-6--6-6/9--9-9/11-11-11-11-|
A|-6--6-6-6--6-6/9--9-9/11-11-11-11-|
E|-4--4-4-4--4-4/7--7-7/9--9--9--9--|

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John the Revelator put him in an elevator
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Take him up to the highest high
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Take him up to the top where the mountains stop
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Let him tell his book of lies

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John the Revelator he’s a smooth operator
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It’s time we cut him down to size
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Take him by the hand and put him on the stand
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Let us hear his alibis

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By claiming God as his only right
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He's stealing a god from the Israelites
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Stealing a god from a Muslim, too
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There is only one god through and through

G#m E D#
E|--------------------------------|
B|-x--x-x-x--x-x--x--x-x-x--x-x-x-|
G|-4--4-4-4--4-4/-9--9-9/8--8-8-8-|
D|-6--6-6-6--6-6/-9--9-9/8--8-8-8-|
A|-6--6-6-6--6-6/-7--7-7/6--6-6-6-|
E|-4--4-4-4--4-4/-7--7-7/6--6-6-6-|

G#m E D# G#m E D#
Seven lies, multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again
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Seven angels with seven trumpets
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Send them home on the morning train

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Well who’s that shouting? John the Revelator!
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All he ever gives us is pain
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Well who’s that shouting? John the Revelator!
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He should bow his head in shame

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By and by
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