Intro C, F, C, F, C, G, C Verse 1 C F C F Let the lion, and the ram, and the fish fight it out C G C Oh lord let me be a peaceful man C F C F Because I dont understand the minds of violent men C G C Sometimes nature can be such a bitch Am Em F C But you carry no sword when they nailed you to the board C F Em Your beautiful and loving sacrifice Am C F C Let the lion, and the ram, and the fish fight it out C G C Oh lord let me be a peaceful man Verse 2 C F C F I aint trying to be perfect, Ill be perfect when Im dead C G C All the mistakes have made me who I am. C F C F And the serpent may be shrewd, and got a bad attitude C G C But hows that different from the rest of us Am Em F C So birds have their nests and the foxes their dens F Em but the Son of man has no place for his head Am C F C I aint trying to be perfect Ill be perfect when Im dead C G C Lord have mercy Im a selfish man Verse 3 And if we go up to the mountain Theres only one word for a cloud How do you explain what’s unexplainable? And when he asks for his name he said, its always been the same. I am, that I am Ive always been Its neither here nor there Its not seen its everywhere it still resides within the heart of man So love your god with your heart love your neighbor as your own and the rest is just a guess as good mine. Instrumental (Same as verse) Verse 4 Let the lion and the ram and the fish fight it out Let them go like the dinosaurs The greatest sin in this world is rejection of your reason fear a man who pulls from one book Still the heavens declare and the skies proclaim day after day hear them singing Love your god with your heart love your neighbor as your own and the rest is just a guess as good as mine Love your god with your heart love your neighbor as your own and the rest is just a guess as good as mine.
