Mission Bass

this song could also be played in drop-D tuning
 
[Intro]
 
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[Verse Instrumental]
 
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[Verse 1]
 
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A broken body, its joints at war
 
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Religious vipers, suck you of blood
 
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The price is paid, the final score
 
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The truth exists even through pious mud
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
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Who are these people behind the stained glass windows
Have they fogotten just what they came here for
 
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Was it salvation or, scare to hell
Or an assembly of a social get-together
 
[Chorus]
 
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Some are true, some do lie
 
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 
[Verse ]
 
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A threat of justice, the lazy judge
 
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The governess teaches his son to scream
 
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Adopted child true path to trudge
 
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No minor plot to undermine his dream
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
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Who are these people behind the stained glass windows
Have they fogotten just what they came here for
 
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Was it salvation or, scare to hell
Or an assembly of a social get-together
 
[Chorus]
 
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A|--5---7--|----------|--5---7--|----------|
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Some are true, some do lie
 
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 
[Bridge]
 
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(The Preacher preaching...)
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
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A|-----|-----|--1--|--3--|
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Who are these people behind the stained glass windows
Have they fogotten just what they came here for
 
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A|-----|-----|--1--|--0--|
E|--3--|--1--|-----|-----|
Was it salvation or, scare to hell
Or an assembly of a social get-together
 
[Chorus]
 
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A|--5---7--|----------|--5---7--|----------|
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Some are true, some do lie
 
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A|--3------|------5--|-----|-----------------------|
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 
[Chorus again]
 
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Some are true, some do lie
 
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 
[Outro (same as Intro)]
 
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