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NEW TEST LEPER

From: David Wagner (102017.1777@CompuServe.COM)
and DaWhizz@aol.com


D A G A
I can't say that I love Jesus
D A G
that would be a hollow claim.
D A G A
He did make some observations
D A G
and I'm quoting them today.
D A G A
"Judge not lest ye be judged."
D A G
what a beautiful refrain.
D A G A
The studio audience disagrees.
D A G
Have his lambs all gone astray?


A B C# D A G
Call me a leper
A B C# D A G
Call me a leper
A B C# D A G
Call me a leper
A B C# D


D a G A
"You are lost and disillusioned!"
D A G
what an awful thing to say.
D A G A
I know this show doesn't matter.
D A G
It means nothing to me.
D A G A
I thought I might help them understand
D A G
but what an ugly thing to see.
D A G A
"I am not an animal"
D A G
subtitled under the screen.



A B C# D A G
Call me a leper
A B C# D A G
Call me a leper
A B C# D A G
Call me a leper
A B C# D


{Bridge}: Bm D
Bm D
Bm D A


D A G A
When I tried to tell my story
D A G
They cut me off to take a break.
D A G A
I sat silent 5 commercials
D A G
I had nothing left to say
D A G A
The talk show host was index-carded
D A G
All organized and blank
D A G A
The other guests were scared and hardened
D A G
What a sad parade.

A B C# D
What a sad parade
A B C# D A G
Call me a leper
A B C# D A G
Call me a leper
A B C# D A G
Call me a leper


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NEW TEST LEPER
By Mauro Pelella (md2544@mclink.it)

D A G ^ A
I can't say that I love Jesus
D A G
that would be a hollow claim.
D A G ^A
He did make some observations
D A G
and I'm quoting them today.
D A G ^A
"Judge not lest ye be judged."
D A G
what a beautiful refrain.
D A G ^ A
The studio audience disagrees.
D A G
Have his lambs all gone astray?

Bridge1: A/B-/A/D/D

A G bridge1
Call me a leper
A G bridge 1
Call me a leper
A G bridge1
Call me a leper


"You are lost and disillusioned!"
what an awful thing to say.
I know this show doesn't matter.
It means nothing to me.
I thought I might help them understand
but what an ugly thing to see.
"I am not an animal"
subtitled under the screen.

Call me a leper
Call me a leper
Call me a leper

bidge2:B-/B-/D/G/B-/B-/D/G/A

When I tried to tell my story
They cut me off to take a break.
I sat silent 5 commercuials
I had nothing left to say
The talk show host was index-carded
All organized and blank
The other guests were scared and hardened
What a sad parade.

What a sad parade

Call me a leper
Call me a leper
Call me a leper

Bridge 1 till the end....


Bridge 1 tab:
E
B 2 3 2 3
G 2 4 2 2 2
D 2 4 2 0
A 0 2 0


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From: TIMOTHY ASH (t.ash@lancaster.ac.uk)

Anyway, I have tabbed the little lead in from the verses to the chorus
for New Test Leper, and also the chords to strum over the tab. Here
goes.



------------------------------------------5----------0-------------0--------
-------2----------3----------5---------7-----------2---2---------2---2-----
----2----------2----------4----------------------2-------2-----0-------0----
------------------------------------0----------2----------------------------
-0----------2----------4-------------------------------------2--------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
chords to strum over the tab are....


0 (an A) 0 0 2 (a D) an A chord a G chord
2 3 5 3
2 2 4 2
2 0 4 0
0 2 0 x
0 x x x


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From: Jacob Knee (jknee@globalnet.co.uk)

Enclosed is my slightly different attempt at working out the basic chord
structure of this song - (taken from the acoustic version).

(I've done it as 'corrections' to the version you already had)

>NEW TEST LEPER
>
>the verse goes like this:
>A*:540005
>
>D A G -A* D A G (4x, me thinks)

(This bit is more or less right - though on the slide up to the fifth fret
I'm not sure if the bass notes are being played)

>the chorus (im pretty sure about this) goes like this:
>
>G A B C D C(3x) G A B C D (that may be wrong - it's >from memory)
>
>Bridge:
>Bm A D(4x, me thinks)
>and end on Em(7?)

I would guess the chorus is:

A, Bm, C#m, D
A, G ('Call me a leper')
(on last time - just A)

And the bridge I would say is:
(Bm, D, G X2), A

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