Misc Musicals – The Book Of Mormon - All-American Prophet (Guitar)

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Tabbed by: damienos In these parts without chords they're singing acapella, play along the song and you'll figure it out :)
G7
You all know the Bible

           C7                 G7
Is made of Testaments old and new

G
You been told it's just those two parts

        A7              D7
Or only one if you're a Jew

    G7
But what if I were to tell you

          C7                   G7
There's a fresh third part out there

          G
Which was found by a hip new prophet

                 D
Who had a little Donny Osmond flair?

D7       G7           C7           G7
Have you heard of the All-American Prophet?

G7                 C7                 D   G7/D
The blonde-haired, blue-eyed voice of God

D  D  Db  C7                   Am7
He didn't come from the Middle East

F7                    D7
Like those other holy men

    C     Am       Fmaj7   G   Bbsus2            Bbsus2 Bsus2 Csus2    F F# G
No, God's favorite prophet was All-American

                                                  F F# G
I'm gonna take you back to Biblical times, 1823
An American man named Joe living on a farm In the holy land of Rochester, New York You mean the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith? That's right, that young man spoke to God He spoke to God, and God said "Joe, people really need to know that the Bible Isn't two parts, there's a part three to the Bible, Joe And I, God, have anointed you to dig up this part three That is buried by a tree on a hill in your backyard" Wow, God says go to your backyard and start digging? That makes perfect sense
G7
Joseph Smith went up on that hill

    C/G              G7
And dug where he was told

G7
And deep in the ground

             A7                D7
Joseph found shining plates of gold

G7
"What are these Golden Plates?

    C7/G                 G7
Who buried them here and why?"

G
Then appeared an Angel

    F        F#  G
His name was Moroni "I am Moroni"

                 G7    C/G
The All-American Angel

   G7                C7         D
My people lived here long, long ago

        Db7 C             Am7
This is a   history of my race

       F7             D7
Please read the words within

        C        Am       Fmaj7
We were Jews who met with Christ

    G       Bbsus2             Bbsus2 Bsus2 Csus2
But we were All-American

    F/C                                           C
But don't let anybody see these plates except for you

                         C7
They are only for you to see

                                   C6
Even if people ask you to show the Plates to them, don't

     C6
Just copy them onto normal paper

     C6
Even though this might make them question

                  Caug
If the Plates are real or not

                            C5         F F# G
This is sort of what God is going for

G7
Joseph took the Plates home

          C/G                  G7
And wrote down what he found inside

G7
He turned those Plates into a book

        A7                   D7
Then he rushed into town and cried

          G7
"Hey, God spoke to me and gave me

     C/G             G7
This blessed ancient tome

                        G5
He hath commanded me to publish it

                               Bbsus2 Bsus2 Csus2
And stick it in every home"

C
Wow, so the Bible is actually a trilogy
And The Book of Mormon is Return of the Jedi?
                  F F# G
I'm interested
N.C. Now many people didn't believe the Prophet Joseph Smith They thought he'd made up this part three That was buried by a tree on the hill in his backyard
                          G7
"Liar" But Joe said "This is no lie

G7                               C/G             G7
Speak to God all the time and he told me to head West"
"So I'll take my part three from the hill with the tree
F#7  G7
Feel free if you'd like to come along with me

F#7    G7
To the Promised Land"
"The Promised Land?" "Paradise on the West Coast
                                                   G
Nothing but fruit and fields as far as the eye can see"

D7          G7           C7           G7
   Have you heard of the All-American Prophet?

G7                   C7               D     G/D
He found a brand new book about Jesus Christ

D  C#  C7               Am7
We are following him to Paradise

   F7                D7
We call ourselves Mormon

    C   Am    Fmaj7  G  Bbsus2          E
And our new religion is        All-American

A/E  E
Wow, how much does it cost?

    E5              E7/G#
The Mormons kept on searching for

     Am
That place to settle down

          F                        F7/A
And every time they thought they'd found it

     Bbm
They got kicked out of town

    F#                 F#/A#
And even though people wanted

   Bm             Bm/A
To see the Golden Plates

G            Em
Joseph never showed 'em

C7                   B7
I have maggots in my scrotum
Umm okay, well, anyway
Em
Now comes the part of our story

     C                G   D/F#
That get a little bit sad

Em
On the way to the Promised Land

F                   D
Mormons made people mad

C                     Am
Joseph was shot by an angry mob

    F                 D7
And knew he'd soon be done

C         Am       F      G
"You must lead the people now

   Bbsus2               F
My good friend, Brigham Young"

F                               C
"Oh God, why are you letting me die

                                  C7
Without having me show people the Plates

                                        C6
They'll have no proof I was telling the truth or not

                                 Caug
They'll have to believe it just 'cause

                                       Csus2
Oh, I guess that's kinda what you were going for"

A                                   Dsus2               A
  The Prophet Joseph Smith died for what he believed in

                 A                  
But as followers, they kept heading West

F#m                       B9
    And Brigham Young led them to Paradise

  E                               A D A            Ebm
A sparkling land in Utah they called Salt Lake City

           F#               A
And there, the Mormons multiplied

             C#m
And made big Mormon families

F#m
Generation to generation

B7                  E
Until finally, they made me

A              D/A    A       D
  And now it's my job to lead you

      D           D#dim7                     F13
Where those early settlers were led long ago

         Bb7          Eb7          Bb7
Have you heard of the All-American Prophet?
(Kevin Price)
    Bb7             Eb7             F   Bb/F
The next in line to be the voice of God
(My best friend)
F       E   Eb           Cm7
 He's gonna do something incredible

       Ab7          F7
And be Joseph Smith again

        Eb    Cm        Abmaj7  Bb Db2             Dbsus2 Dsus2 Ebsus2   Ab A
Because Kevin Price the Prophet is     All-American
N.C. If you order now we'll also throw in a set of steak knives!
                Eb5
All-American