Jonah Was A Prophet Chords

  			Jonah was a Prophet 
Veggie Tales 

Intro: (Slowly) 
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When I was a boy I went to church back home in Arizona 
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And that is where I heard the tale of a man whose name was Jonah 
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now Jonah was a prophet, but that's not why he's remembered 
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We tell the tale, Cause in a whale he nearly was dismembered! 

Interlude: Fm Cm Bbm Cm x4 (riff F E D C E F F E E D D C x4) 

(more quickly) 
Chorus 
Fm                  Bbm Fm 
Jonah was a prophet (oo-ooh!) 
Fm                          Bbm     Fm 
but he really never got it (sad but true!) 
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and if you watch him you can spot it (a-doodley-doo!) 
Bb            (B)  C 
he did not get the point! 

Bridge 
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Compassion and mercy from me to you and you to me 
Fm                Bbm       Fm          Bb   (B)  C 
exactly what god wants to see and yes that is the point! 

Chorus 

Verse 
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Now Jonah set sail on a pirate ship in a dreadful gale 
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(Got eaten up by a giant whale but then itâ??s not to be dead) 
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You think he would learn a lot from being saved from an awful spot 
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But the second chance that he had got, he didn't want to be spread 

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So poor old Jonah and now he's all alone-ah 
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Gotta use a megaphone-ah to get it through to his head, hey! 

Chorusx2 

Verse(spoken) 
now during your life you probably don't ride on a camel 
and you probably won't wake up inside a large aquatic mammal 
but now in your life there is something you can do 
everyone deserves a second chance to come from you! 

(Key Change) 

Bridge 
Am             Dm Am                    Dm    Am 
Compassion and mercy from me to you and you to me 
Am               Dm   Am                  D   Eb  E 
Exactly what God wants to see and yes that is the point! 

Outro Chorus (Whisper) 
Am                  Dbm Am 
Jonah was a prophet (oo-ooh!) 
Am                          Dbm      Am 
but he really never got it (sad, but true!) 

repeat and fade 

end on: Jonah was a prophet (Am)