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Little Lord Obedience by Momus
Little Lord Obedience
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
Am C Dm Am
Faceless when he docks, faceless when he's lost at sea
Em C Dm
The ocean is green, admission is free
Am Dm
Only here, here at the source
Am Dm Am Dm Am
There are fingernails and hair to spare
D G D
But when the order comes to go and the sirens blow
Em
And the hair goes grey
D
He obeys, he obeys
[Refrain 1]
F#m Bm
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
D
Little Lord Obedience
G E A
Lays down his sweet, entirely sexless head
D F#m
Christ found the source of the Bible
Bm A
And Livingstone the source of the Nile
G Em
But the sailor and his amazon
G A
Find the source of the child
A# C
In the dock of the baby
Am A#
The resort where strangers liaise
C A Am
The port in every girl where the sailor obeys
[Verse 2]
Am C Dm Am
Naked when he docks, naked when he's lost at sea
Em C Dm
There he loses his stripes, there he loses his body
Am Dm
Only here, here at the source
Am Dm Am Dm Am
The fashionable dress is flesh
D G D
But when the order comes to go and the sirens blow
Em
And the flesh decays
D
He obeys, he obeys
[Refrain 2]
F#m Bm
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
D
Little Lord Obedience
G E A
Lays down his sweet, entirely sexless head
D F#m
Christ found the source of the Bible
Bm A
And Livingstone the source of the Nile
G Em
But the sailor and his amazon
G A
Find the source of the child
A# C
In the dock of the baby
Am A#
The resort where strangers liaise
C A Am
The port in every girl where the sailor obeys
[Verse 3]
Am C Dm Am
No one when he docks, no one when he's lost at sea
Em C Dm
The waves dissolve his frown, they solve his puzzled face away
Am Dm
Only here, here at the source
Am Dm Am Dm Am
No one comes without leaving someone else
D G D
But when the order sounds to go and the sirens blow
Em
And they lower the gangway
D
We obey, we obey
[Refrain 3]
F#m Bm
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
D
Little Lord Obedience
G E A
Lays down his sweet, entirely sexless head
D F#m
Christ found the source of the Bible
Bm A
And Livingstone the source of the Nile
G Em
But the sailor and his amazon
G A
Find the source of the child
A# C
In the dock of the baby
Am A#
The resort where strangers liaise
C A Am
The port in every girl where the sailor obeys
[Refrain 4]
F#m Bm
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
D
Little Lord Obedience
G E A
Lays down his sweet, entirely sexless head
D F#m
Christ found the source of the Bible
Bm A
And Livingstone the source of the Nile
G Em
But the sailor and his amazon
G A
Find the source ...
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