And He Descended Into Hell
Released in 1987 by Virgin Records
Transpose
INTRO (x2)
F
Bb7sus4
Eb
VERSE 1
C
Put your dress back on
Am
Bb
And I will sing this song
Ab
A
F
bout an honest man
Bb
Ab
C
He never had a job
Am
Bb
He barely had a home
Ab
And the
F
landlord came to
Bb
call
Bb7sus4
Eb
Just pack your things and
Bb7sus4
go
Eb
This room is now on
G7
show
CHORUS 1
Ab
That’s the
Gm7
reason
Cm7
he
de
F7
scended into
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hell
Ab
Where the
Gm7
cryba
Cm7
bies come
F7
out from padded
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cells
Ab
And the
Gm7
human
Cm7
race just
F7
turned and said fare
Bb7sus4
well
Ab
On the
Gm7
morning
Cm7
he
de
F7
scended
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into
Eb
hell
VERSE 2
C
When screaming in the
Am
street
Bb
He’d use a disco beat
Ab
All your
F
audience will
Bb
flee
Bb7sus4
(And you’ll be all alone)
C
Am
Ab
Gm
C
Am
Ab
Gm
VERSE 3
Eb
Another sunny
Bb7sus4
day
Eb
He sips cold soup and
G7
strays
CHORUS 2
Ab
He was
Gm7
lost and
Cm7
he
de
F7
scended into
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hell
Ab
By the
Gm7
arches
Cm7
where he
F7
hears that railroad
Bb7sus4
bell
Ab
No more
Gm7
worries,
Cm7
no
ag
F7
gression, all is
Bb7sus4
well
Ab
He was
Gm7
lost and
Cm7
he
de
F7
scended
Bb7sus4
into
Eb
hell
F
Bb7sus4
Eb
OUTRO/FADE
So there it is,
F
com
Bb7sus4
plete
Eb
You can say what you want but at
F
least I don’t
Bb7sus4
hide what I am
Eb
And I’m going to
F
leave you now
Bb7sus4
so you can
Eb
go
Knee jerk, knee jerk,
F
knee jerk
Bb7sus4
Eb
Eb
Knee jerk, knee jerk, knee jerk
F
Knee jerk,
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knee jerk
Eb
Re
F
fuse
re
Bb7sus4
fuse
re
Eb
fuse
F
Bb7sus4
Eb