...EVERY SPERM IS SACRED... by Monty Python
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*from 'Monty Python Sings' (1989)*


Intro:

A7 (x02020@1)       D (xx0232@1)There are Jews in the world, there are Buddhists,
          G (320003@1)         A7 (x02020@1)         DThere (xx0232@1)are Hindus, and Mormons, and then;
          E7 (020130@1)                 A7There (x02020@1)are those that follow Mo-hammed, but;
E7 (020130@1)                    A7 (x02020@1)I've never been one of them.

Verse 1:

A7 (x02020@1)         D (xx0232@1)I'm a Roman Catholic,
      A7 (x02020@1)                          DAnd (xx0232@1)I have been, since before I was born.
        E7 (020130@1)                     A7And (x02020@1)the one thing they say about Catholics, is;
        E7 (020130@1)                        A7They'll (x02020@1)take you, as soon as you're warm.

Verse 2:

    A7 (x02020@1)                   DYou (xx0232@1)don't have to be a six footer;
    A7 (x02020@1)                       DYou (xx0232@1)don't have to have a great brain.
    E7 (020130@1)                   A7You (x02020@1)don't have to have any clothes on;
         E7 (020130@1)                    A7You're (x02020@1)a Catholic the moment dad came, because...

Chorus 1:

G (320003@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)     G (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)  C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)Every sperm is sa-cred, every sperm is great.
G (320003@1)   G7 (320001@1)     C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)    G (320003@1)  G7 (320001@1)If a sperm is was-ted; God gets quite i-rate.

Chorus 2:

G (320003@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)     G (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)  C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)Every sperm is sa-cred, every sperm is great.
G (320003@1)   G7 (320001@1)     C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)    G (320003@1)  G7 (320001@1)If a sperm is was-ted; God gets quite i-rate.

Chorus 3:

G (320003@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)    G (320003@1)   G7 (320001@1)    C (x32010@1)    C/B (x2555x@1) Am7 (x02010@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)Let the heathen spill theirs, on the dusty ground.
G (320003@1)        G7 (320001@1)      C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1)      G (320003@1)        D7 (xx0212@1)     G (320003@1)   G7 (320001@1)God shall make them pay for, each sperm that can't be found.

Chorus 4:

G (320003@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)     G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)    Am7 (x02010@1) D7 (xx0212@1)Every sperm is wan-ted, every sperm is good.
G (320003@1)    G7 (320001@1)     C (x32010@1)  Cm (x3101x@1)G (320003@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)      G (320003@1)  G7 (320001@1)Every sperm is need-ed, in your neighbour-hood.

Chorus 5:

G (320003@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)    G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)       C (x32010@1)    C/B (x2555x@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)Hindu, Taoist, Mor-mon; spill theirs just any-where.
    G (320003@1)       G7 (320001@1)      C (x32010@1)   Cm (x3101x@1)   G (320003@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)      G (320003@1)  D7But (xx0212@1)God loves those who treat their, semen with more care.

Chorus 6:

G (320003@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)     G (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)  C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)Every sperm is sa-cred, every sperm is great.
G (320003@1)   G7 (320001@1)     C (x32010@1) Cm (x3101x@1) A7 (x02020@1)             D7 (xx0212@1)If a sperm is was-ted; God gets quite i-rate.

Chorus 7:

G (320003@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)     G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)    Am7 (x02010@1) D7 (xx0212@1)Every sperm is wan-ted, every sperm is good.
G (320003@1)    G7 (320001@1)     C (x32010@1)  Cm (x3101x@1)A7 (x02020@1)              D7 (xx0212@1)Every sperm is need-ed, in your neighbour-hood.

Chorus 8:

G (320003@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)     G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)    Am7 (x02010@1) D7 (xx0212@1)Every sperm is use-ful, every sperm is fine.
G (320003@1)        G7 (320001@1)  C (x32010@1)Cm (x3101x@1)  G (320003@1)       D7 (xx0212@1)      G(n.C) (320003@1) God needs every-bo-dy's; mine, and mine, and mine.

*KEY CHANGE*
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Interlude:

Eb  Bb7  Eb  Eb7, Ab  G/Ab  Fm7  Bb7
Eb  Bb7, Ab  Eb, Bb7  Eb (x2)

Chorus 9:

Eb (x43121@3)     Bb7 (x13131@1)  Eb (x43121@3)  Eb7 (x32310@4)        Ab (xx1114@1)     G/Ab     Fm7 (131141@1)  Bb7 (x13131@1)Let the Pagans spill theirs, o'er mountain hill and plain;
Eb (x43121@3)       Eb7 (x32310@4)       Ab (xx1114@1) Abm (133111@4)     Eb (x43121@3)         Bb7 (x13131@1)    Eb (x43121@3)God shall strike them down for, each sperm that's spilt in vain.

Chorus 10:

Ab (xx1114@1)   Eb7 (x32310@4)    Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_xx1112@1">Ab7   Db (x43121@1)  C/Db     Bbm7 (x13121@1)Eb7 (x32310@4)Every sperm is sa-cred, every sperm is good.
Ab (xx1114@1)   Ab7 (xx1112@1)    Db (x43121@1) Dbm (x13321@4)name="chord_x13131@1">Bb7               Eb7 (x32310@4)Every sperm is need-ed, in your neighbour-hood.

Chorus 11:

Ab (xx1114@1)   Eb7 (x32310@4)    Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_xx1112@1">Ab7   Db (x43121@1)  C/Db     Bbm7 (x13121@1) Eb7 (x32310@4)Every sperm is sa-cred, every sperm is great.
Ab (xx1114@1)  Ab7 (xx1112@1)    Db (x43121@1)Dbm (x13321@4)Ab7 (xx1112@1)    Eb7 (x32310@4)  (Ab)
 If a sperm is was-ted; God gets quite i-rate...

Outro:

Ab  Ab7  Db  Dbm, Ab7 (n.C), Eb7  Ab


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   A7 (x02020@1)    D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)     E7 (020130@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)    G7 (320001@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02223  xx0232  320003  020100  xx0212  323000

   C (x32010@1)     C/B (x2555x@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)   Cm (x3101x@1)    Eb (x43121@3)    Bb7 (x13131@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  x20010  x02013  x35543  x68886  686766

   Ab (xx1114@1)   G/Ab     Fm7 (131141@1)   Eb7 (x32310@4)   Abm (133111@4)   Ab7 (xx1112@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 466544  366544  131111  x68686  466444  464544

   Db (x43121@1)   C/Db    Bbm7 (x13121@1)   Dbm (x13321@4) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x46664  x36664  686666  x46654


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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