Supertramp – A Soapbox Opera (Guitar)

[Intro]
   Em
e|-3---------------|-7p5----2h3------|-0h2-------------|
B|-0---------------|-----------------|---------3p0-----|
G|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   Em
e|-3---------------|-7p5----2h3------|-0h2-------------|
B|-0---------------|-----------------|---------3h5-----|
G|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Em                 Bm
I hear only what I want to hear

      C
But I have to believe in something

Am
Have to believe just one thing.  I said...

D                         G         Bm
Father Washington, you're all mixed up

F                        C       Em
Collecting sinners in an old tin cup

D                         G        Bm
Well spare a listen for a restless fool

F                                C         Em
There's something missing when I read your rules

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B|------------|
G|------------|
D|----------0-|
A|-----2------|
E|-2-3--------|

      Em                              Bm
Well, hey there, you tell me you're a holy man

      C
But although I'm just a beginner

Am
Oh I don't see you as a winner.  I said...

D                       G          Bm
Sister Robinson, you're all washed up

F                         C     Em
Collecting teardrops in a paper cup

D                            G       Bm
If I could tell you what you need to know

F                          C           Em
If I could help you to get on with the show

                                                   C/G  C/G   Bm
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B|------------|-----------------|-----------------|------1----3-----|
G|------------|-----------------|-----------------|------0----4-----|
D|------------|-0---------------|-0-------------0-|------0----4-----|
A|-----2------|------2-0-2------|------2-0-2------|------2----2-----|
E|-2-3--------|-----------------|-----------------|-3----3----2-----|

Am                               G           Bm
But Reverend Ebenezer, there's a storm in my head

         F              C                        Dsus4 D
Makes me think what you said just wasn't true

                         Dsus4 D
So what have I to do?

                         Dsus4 D
Well what has he to do?

Cm    Dm*  G
Whoa, oh, oh

           Bm               G
All things bright and beautiful

    Bm                  Em
All creatures great and small

           Am             Em
All things wise and wonderful

         Am
The Lord God made them all

Em                         Bm
Mary, oh, tell me what I'm living for

         C
'Cause I feel like I'm tossed in the river

Am
Oh have you a son to deliver? I said...

D                         G         Bm
Father Washington, you're all mixed up

F                        C       Em
Collecting sinners in an old tin cup

D                               G       Bm
You tell the children what they need to know

F                              C       Em
But will they listen when it's time to go?

D                       G          Bm
Sister Robinson, you're all washed up

F                         C     Em
Collecting teardrops in a paper cup

D                          G       Bm
Can someone tell me what I need to know?

F                          C           Em
Can someone help me to get on with the show?

[Outro]
   Em   EmMaj7 Em7  Em6
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B|-0----0------0----0--|
G|-0----0------0----0--|
D|-2----1------0----2--|
A|-2----2------2----4--|
E|-0----0------0----0--|