Intro
(Play just a couple bars from Gilligan’s Island to hint at it, but not give it away?)
G F G F or Eb F G Eb F G
(then) G G/F C/E D/F# G G/F C/E D/F# G G/F C/E Ab/Eb C7 C7/C# D
Verse 1
G
God spoke to
G/F
Jonah and He
C/E
asked him to
D/F#
go
G
off to
G/F
Nine
C/E
veh for
D/F#
Him.
G
We’re not really
G/F
sure what made
C/E
Jonah
re
Eb
fuse
and
C7
sail off on a
C7/Db
long, sea
D
cruise.
G
Sunning on the
G/F
lido deck,
C/E
munching
buf
D/F#
fet,
G
He was fleeing
G/F#
God, thought he’d
C/E
gotten
a
D/F#
way.
But
G
God rocked the
G/F#
boat, made the
C/E
seas get
Eb
rough
and said
C7
Jonah
“E
G7/Db
nough is e
D
nough!”.
Chorus 1
The
C
sea he was
C/E
on
be
C/F
came a
G
raging
G/B
storm
G/D
C
He’d heard God
C/E
calling
C/F
but he
G
didn’t
con
G/B
form.
(Oh-
G/D
no)
C
We don’t know
C/E
why he
C/F
went the
G
other
G/B
way, but
G/D
I’ll
C7
bet if you could
C7/Db
ask him he’d
D
say
“Should’ve gone to
G
Nineveh”.
G/F
C/E
D/F#
Should’ve gone to
G
Nineveh.
G/F
C/E
D/F#
Should’ve gone to
G
Nineveh
G/F
C/E
Eb
C
Jonah,
C/Db
what were you
D
thinking?
(pause here, finger to cheek, head tilted, “Hmm”)
(If the song is running too long, this verse can be dropped)
Verse 2
Well the
G
crew wished to
G/F
live so Jonah
C/E
walked the
D/F#
plank
and
G
left him to
G/F
drown in that
C/E
big fish
D/F#
tank
but
G
God sent a
G/F
fish to gulp him
C/E
into his
D/F#
belly
C7
How gross is
C7/Db
that? And
D
smelly?
Chorus 2
He was
C
caught at
C/E
sea in
C/F
a
G
wild
ty
G/B
phoon
G/D
C
God had
C/E
spoken but
C/F
he said
G
”No” that
G/B
after
G/D
noon.
C
I don’t know
C/E
why he
C/F
acted
G
like a buf
G/B
foon but
G/D
I’ll
C
bet he’s singing
C7/Db
a brand new
D
tune:
(pause here: spoken “And it goes like this”)
“Should’ve gone to
G
Nineveh”.
G/F
C/E
D/F#
Should’ve gone to
G
Nineveh.
G/F
C/E
D/F#
Should’ve gone to
G
Nineveh
G/F
C/E
Eb
C
Jonah,
C/Db
had you been
D
drinking?
(pause, someone tilt the imaginary bottle up to their lips?)
Verse 3
When
G
God talks to
G/F
us do we
C/E
always
D/F#
hear?
Or
G
are we too
G/F
busy to
C/E
lend Him our
D/F#
ear? Will we
G
end up like
G/F
Jonah on a
C/E
boat that’s
D/F#
leaking,
C7
wishing we had
C7/Db
heard God’s
D
speaking?
Chorus 3
When the
C
seas of
C/E
life
be
C/F
come a
G
raging
G/B
tempest
G/D
We ig
C
nore Gods
C/E
nudging
C/F
,
G
other things
G/B
tempt us.
G/D
C
We just want
C/E
to be
C/F
left
a
G
lone to have
G/B
fun, but
G/D
we
C
might just wish be
C7/Db
fore things are
D
done
(pause here: spoken “How’s it go?”)
“Should’ve gone to
G
Nineveh”.
G/F
C/E
D/F#
Should’ve gone to
G
Nineveh.
G/F
C/E
D/F#
Should’ve gone to
G
Nineveh
G/F
C/E
Eb
C
God, can you send
C/Db
me a fish,
D
too?
Next time I’ll go to
G
Nineveh.
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