Intro:
     F       Bb   Gm       C          Dm          F C
When I was a boy I went to church back home in Arizona
    F       Bb      Gm        C                 Dm          F  C
And that is where I heard the tale of a man whose name was Jonah
    Bb         F                    Gm             F
now Jonah was a prophet, but that's not why he's remembered
   Bb                   F             G7            C
We tell the tale, Cause in a whale he nearly was dismembered!

Interlude: Fm Cm Bbm Cm

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

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

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


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

Chorus (x2):
Fm                  Bbm Fm
Jonah was a prophet (oo-ooh!)
Fm                          Bbm     Fm
but he really never got it (sad but true!)
Fm                                     Bbm      Fm
and if you watch him you can spot it (a-doodley-doo!)
Bb            B    C
he did not get the point!

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!

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

Outro:
Am
Jonah was a prophet (Am)
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