A
Jesus Christ wore leather
       A    D   A
Played rock and roll

He sold me some blow

A
Abraham Lincoln
      A     D  A
Smoke crack cocaine

On the down low

[Chorus]

     C
Yeah I'm an inveterate
D
Bona fide degenerate

[Verse]

A
Mother Mary spread
    A    D   A
Her legs for me

And I made her bleed

A
Buddha smoke me out
A      D  A
Sucked me off

And swallowed my seed


[Chorus]

     C
Yeah I'm an inveterate
D
Bona fide degenerate


[Bridge]

Am
But don't you try to
G
Turn the ordinary
F      E
People into saints

Am              G
Cause everybody loves
          F
Everybody fears
              E
And everybody hates

Am              G
And all the extraordinary
F
People they never
E
Touch the ground

Am
They're waiting on
    G        F
The ordinary people
   E
To count the hours down

[Verse]

A
Brother Ghandi turned
  A     D  A
A trick or two

In his day

A
Mother Theresa liked
   A     D      A
To touch little girls

In a special way

[Chorus]

     C
Yeah I'm an inveterate
D
Bona fide degenerate

[Verse]

A
Martin Luther King
A  D   A
Traded slaves

Down the riverwild

A
Jesus Christ wore leather
       A    D   D
Played rock and roll

On the radio dial

[Chorus]

     C
Yeah I'm an inveterate
D
Bona fide degenerate