Misc Musicals – Moby Dick A Musical Reckoning - The Sermon (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gm [Verse 1]
Gm            D7          Gm    Gm                        D7
God spoke to Jonah in his head, God spoke to Jonah in his head

Gm                     D/F#                Fm                 C7
Filled his heart with words of dread and Jonah believed every word he said

Ebm           D7/F#        Gm
God spoke to Jonah in his head

Gm         D7           Gm     Gm                      D
God gave Jonah a hard command, God gave Jonah a hard command

    D7                                                           Gm
to tell everybody 'bout the bones and blood buried 'neath their feet,

D7                                                     Gm
tell 'em they had honey in their eyes, honey warm and sweet

D7                               Cm7  D7            Gm
Jonah didn't like that none, so Jonah -- started to run
[Chorus 1]
        Eb                       Bb
We are all in the belly of the whale,

Gm/Bb         F#m/A          Fm/Ab              Gm
hiding in the dark, from the sins that tell our tale

           Eb                   Bb           D7
And the darkness will take us down, less we speak the truth to power

      Cm7                          Gm/Bb                  Ab7(b5) D7             Gm
Only then will we be free, you and me, hand in hand, on a coffin drifting on the sea
[Verse 2]
Gm              D7              Gm
Jonah on the ship slouched with sin

                               D7
Tryin' to get where God hadn't been

Gm                             D/F#                  Fm                 C7
Sweatin'  like a drunk in his purgatory bed, as the shadows spin 'round poor Jonah's head

Ebm           D7/F#            Gm
Jonah on the ship, slouched with sin

        Eb             Bb
And in torment, Jonah cries

          D7              Gm
Jonah wrestles and Jonah sighs

             Eb                Bb               D7
until at last -- he drowns in sleep, dreams of death on the water

         Cm                     D7
But the sky goes black, and the sea turns mean

     Eb       Bb             D7       Gm        Eb             Bb        D7
The wail and roar of the wind -- and sea, as a storm tries to break the ship

    Eb        Bb                   D7         Gm
The men cry -- out, "Where's that fugitive beneath us?"

       Eb                                              D7
 They trample and thunder the planks above poor Jonah's head

               G7             Cm
And then they cry out to the Lord,

               F7/A    F7        Bb                     Dm
and then they throw Jonah overboard, and the sea grows calm
[Chorus 2]
        Eb                      Bb   Gm/Bb
We are all in the belly of the whale,

               F#m/A        Fm/Ab              Gm
hiding in the dark from the sins that tell our tale

          Eb                   Bb              D7
And the darkness will take us down, 'less we speak the trusth to power

     Cm7                           Gm/Bb                   Ab(b5)   D7
Only then will we be free, you and me, hand in hand, on a coffin, drifting...
[Outro]
Gm           D7            Gm                              D7
Jaws close around Jonah's soul, jaws close around Jonah's soul

              Bbm/Db        Am/C            Abm6/Cb     Gm/Bb
And he sinks down into the belly of the whale, of the whale

         F#m/A          Db/Ab            Gm
He sinks down into the darkness of the whale

         Bbm/Db         Am/C   Abm6/Cb           Gm/Bb
He sinks down into the belly of the whale, of the whale

         F#m/A          Db/Ab           Gm
He sinks down into the darkness of the whale