Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse

I'm seven years old, and my bow-ties askew

 Gonna get some body of Jesus Christ

 In a brown velvet suit

 All the girls are dressed like angels

 How sweetly they sang

 Oh be not afraid of

 us delicate meringues

Chorus

 The trailing skirts of God

 The trailing skirts of God

 The trailing skirts of God

 Have passed on by

Verse

It's five years later and I'm on my knees again

I am here to confirm what my parents began

And I promise to abstain from intoxicating liquor

But the flesh, it is weak,

and my faith was never stronger

Chorus

The trailing skirts of God

The trailing skirts of God

Yeah, The trailing skirts of God

Have passed on by

Bridge

 But oh how I cling on

 Cos it's been a rich seam of song

 And though it's make-believe

 Can I bring myself to leave

 This lie's been burning too long

Verse

Sometimes in my teens

Up in Kellyer's bedroom

Skipping on Saturday evening mass for some solvent abuse

As the world spun around me,

and I eased to the floor

Must remember to get that sermon,

and keep the wolf from the door

Chorus

 Yeah, The trailing skirts of God

 The trailing skirts of God

 Those trailing skirts of God Have passed on by

 Passed on By, Passed on By, Passed on By

Outro

I've drifted far from you

 In this bloodless coup

 I've drifted far from you

I've drifted far from you

 In this bloodless coup

 I say good-day and adieu