Jonah was a Prophet Veggie Tales Intro: (Slowly) F Bb Gm C Dm F C When I was a boy I went to church back home in Arizona F Bb Gm C Dm F C And that is where I heard the tale of a man whose name was Jonah Bb F Gm F now Jonah was a prophet, but that's not why he's remembered Bb F G7 C We tell the tale, Cause in a whale he nearly was dismembered! Interlude: Fm Cm Bbm Cm x4 (riff F E D C E F F E E D D C x4) (more quickly) Chorus Fm Bbm Fm Jonah was a prophet (oo-ooh!) Fm Bbm Fm but he really never got it (sad but true!) Fm Bbm Fm and if you watch him you can spot it (a-doodley-doo!) Bb (B) C he did not get the point! Bridge Fm Bbm Fm Bbm Fm Compassion and mercy from me to you and you to me Fm Bbm Fm Bb (B) C exactly what god wants to see and yes that is the point! Chorus Verse Fm Bbm Fm Bbm Now Jonah set sail on a pirate ship in a dreadful gale Fm Bbm Fm Bbm C (Got eaten up by a giant whale but then itâ??s not to be dead) Fm Bbm Fm Bbm You think he would learn a lot from being saved from an awful spot Fm Bbm Fm Bbm C But the second chance that he had got, he didn't want to be spread Fm Bbm Fm Bbm So poor old Jonah and now he's all alone-ah Fm Bbm Fm Bbm C Gotta use a megaphone-ah to get it through to his head, hey! Chorusx2 Verse(spoken) now during your life you probably don't ride on a camel and you probably won't wake up inside a large aquatic mammal but now in your life there is something you can do everyone deserves a second chance to come from you! (Key Change) Bridge Am Dm Am Dm Am Compassion and mercy from me to you and you to me Am Dm Am D Eb E Exactly what God wants to see and yes that is the point! Outro Chorus (Whisper) Am Dbm Am Jonah was a prophet (oo-ooh!) Am Dbm Am but he really never got it (sad, but true!) repeat and fade end on: Jonah was a prophet (Am)