The Idol Chords by Procol Harum

_ _ Oh [Ab] the _ _ [Bb] idol, _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ oh [Gb] the _ _ [Ab] idol
_ _ Oh _ _
[Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] the _ _ _ [Bb] idol, _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ oh [Gb] the _ _ [Ab] idol _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ They knew [Ab] the _ monster's [D] every trick
_ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Gb] _ [Ebm] _ _ They knew [Gb] his secrets every [Ab] stitch _ _
_ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Ab] All of it had been [D] the game _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
Nothing [Gb] _ but [Ab] a _ charlatan
_ _ [Bb] _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
Perhaps [Db] there was [Ab] a chance of [Eb] coming through _ _ _
And [Db] you'd see _ _ [Ab] that he might [Eb] think it through
_ _ [Gm]
But he could see [C] no [Eb] point in [F] loving him
[Bb] And _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ he would [F]
neither sing [Bb] nor _ _ swim
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] So they [Fm] found it nothing [Bb] left [Eb] to say
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Just [Cm] _ [Fm] another idol [Eb] turned to clay
_ _ Just _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [G] another [Fm] idol [Bb] turned [Eb] to clay _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Fm] _ _ Oh [Ab] the _ _ _ [Bb] idol, _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ oh [Gb] the idol
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ Oh [Ab] the idol, _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] [Fm] oh the idol
It seemed to them [Ab] he must know what [Bb] to do
_ _ [Db] _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] They knew that [Gb] only he could pull [Ab] them through _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ They [Ab] thought that he would make [Bb] a plan _ _
[Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ He'd [Gb] work it out, he'd [Ab] _ understand _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ Like _ [Db] drowning men, [Ab] they clustered [Eb] every straw _ _ _ _
They [Db] knew that he [Ab] had said them all [Eb] before
_ _ [Gm] But he could see [C] no [Cm] point in [F] loving him
_ [Bb] And [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ he would [F] neither sing [Bb] nor swim _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Cm] So they found [Fm] it nothing [Ab] left [Eb] to say _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Just [Cm]
another [Fm] idol [Bb] turned [Eb] to clay _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Just [G] _ [Fm] another idol [Eb] turned to clay _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] Oh the idol, _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ oh [Gb] the _ _ [Ab] idol _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ Oh the [Ab] _ idol, _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ oh [Gb] the idol _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ [Fm] _ _ Oh [Ab] the idol
_ [Bb] Just _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] another _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ idol [Db] turned to [Fm] _ clay
[Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ Just another, just another
Idol turned to clay
Idol [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ turned to clay
Oh the idol, [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ oh _ the idol
[Db] _ _ [Fm] Oh the idol, [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Fm] oh _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] the idol
_ _ _ [Db] _
[Ab] Just _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ another, [Db] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] just _ another _
_ _ [Fm] _ Thank you for [Ab] being here. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ [Ebm] We wish you a good day.
[Gb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] Bye. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _