Should’ve Gone to Nineveh

1st piano take

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 
 
 
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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