INTRO:

F5 C5 D5 C5

VERSE:

F5                            C5
I'm seven years old, and my bow-ties askew
               D5
Gonna get some body of Jesus Christ
     C5
In a brown velvet suit
         F5
All the girls are dressed like angels
     C5
How sweetly they sang
   D5
Oh be not afraid of
   C5          
us delicate meringues

CHORUS:
     Bb5                 F5
The trailing skirts of God
     Bb5                 F5
The trailing skirts of God
     Bb5                 F5 
The trailing skirts of God
               C5
Have passed on by


VERSE:
It's five years later and I'm on my knees again
I am here to confirm what my parents began
And I promise to abstain from intoxicating liquor
But the flesh, it is weak, 
and my faith was never stronger


CHORUS:

The trailing skirts of God
The trailing skirts of God
Yeah, The trailing skirts of God
Have passed on by

BRIDGE:

    D5             C5
But oh how I cling on
    D5                       C5
Cos it's been a rich seam of song
    D5               F5
And though it's make-believe
      C5               D5
Can I bring myself to leave
     D5         C5           F5
This lie's been burning too long

VERSE:

Sometimes in my teens
Up in Kellyer's bedroom
Skipping on Saturday evening mass for some solvent abuse
As the world spun around me, 
and I eased to the floor
Must remember to get that sermon, 
and keep the wolf from the door

CHORUS:
          Bb5                 F5
Yeah, The trailing skirts of God
    Bb5                 F5
The trailing skirts of God
      Bb5                 F5                  C5
Those trailing skirts of God Have passed on by
           C5            C5             C5
Passed on By, Passed on By, Passed on By

OUTRO:
F5                     C5
I've drifted far from you
                  D5
In this bloodless coup
                      C5
I've drifted far from you

F5                     C5
I've drifted far from you
                  D5
In this bloodless coup 
                   C5
I say good-day and adieu