INTRO:
NONE
VERSE:
G C G
Well everybody knows about James and John
G C G
And how Peter's the rock God built upon
D
Yeah, but nobody knows about little old me
C
The other black sheep of the family
G C G
Yeah, I'm marching in the army of the holy cause
G C G
I'll bring up the back of the entourage
D
Yeah I get the water, I wash the clothes
C
And a million other things that nobody ever knows
CHORUS:
C G D C
I'm the 13th apostle, just by the hair of my chin
D G C G
'Cause I doubt more than Thomas and make my own bathtub gin
Em C G
Barely made the fold, but Jesus told me he'd go out on a limb
C G D C G G
So I'm the 13th apostle, bet you never heard about him
VERSE:
G C G
Well they fit me a robe and it suits me fine
G C G
I get three meals a day, plus the bread and the wine
D
It don't pay nothing, but I can't complain
C
I stay out of trouble and I get to say
CHORUS:
C G D C
I'm the 13th apostle, just by the hair of my chin
D G C G
'Cause I doubt more than Thomas and make my own bathtub gin
Em C G
Barely made the fold, but Jesus told me he'd go out on a limb
C G D C G
So I'm the 13th apostle, bet you never heard about him
C G Em D C C G D C G
VERSE:
G C G
Well I'm a first hand witness of the trinity
G C G
Seen a dead man rise and a blind man see
D
Yeah but that ain't the reason I'm a devotee
C
No, I believe in him cause he believes in me
CHORUS:
C G D C
I'm the 13th apostle, just by the hair of my chin
D G C G
'Cause I doubt more than Thomas and make my own bathtub gin
Em C G
Barely made the fold, but Jesus told me he'd go out on a limb
C G C G C G
So I'm the 13th apostle number, 13th apostle number, 13th apostle
D C G G G G C G G C G G
Ain't nobody heard about him
