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John The Revelator
Depeche Mode
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The other version sounds fine, except that it's a half-step low throughout the entire
I found that when I moved a half-step up and switched from minor to major chords (e.g.
G#m with A, replaced C#m with D, etc.) then the chords sounded right.
Standard Tuning
A C D
E|--0-0-0-0--0-0---0--0---2-2-2--|
B|--2-2-2-2--2-2---1--1---3-3-3--|
G|--2-2-2-2--2-2---0--0---2-2-2--|
D|--2-2-2-2--2-2---2--2---0-0-0--|
A|--0-0-0-0--0-0---3--3---x-x-x--|
E|--x-x-x-x--x-x---x--x---x-x-x--|
A C D
John the Revelator put him in an elevator
A C D
Take him up to the highest high
A C D
Take him up to the top where the mountains stop
A C D
Let him tell his book of lies
A C D
John the Revelator he�s a smooth operator
A C D
It�s time we cut him down to size
A C D
Take him by the hand and put him on the stand
A C D
Let us hear his alibis
A C D
By claiming God as his only right
A C D
He's stealing a god from the Israelite
A C D
Stealing a god from the Muslim, too
A C D
There is only one god through and through
A F E
E|--0-0-0-0---0-0--1--1--0-0-0--|
B|--2-2-2-2---2-2--1--1--0-0-0--|
G|--2-2-2-2---2-2--2--2--1-1-1--|
D|--2-2-2-2---2-2--3--3--2-2-2--|
A|--0-0-0-0---0-0--x--x--2-2-2--|
E|--x-x-x-x---x-x--x--x--0-0-0--|
A F E
A F E
Seven lies, multiplied by seven,
A F E
Multiplied by seven again
A F E
Seven angels with seven trumpets
A F E
Send them home on the morning train
A F E
Well who�s that shouting? John the Revelator!
A F E
All he ever gives us is pain
A F E
Well who�s that shouting? John the Revelator!
A F E
He should bow his head in shame
A F E
By and by
A F E
By and by
A F E
By and by
A F E
By and by