Missionary (song)

Name	Missionary
Album/single	Shihad
Length	1.43 (album version)
Alternative titles
First live performance
Recorded	June/July 1996
Writer/composer	Shihad
Producer	GGGarth

Additional Information

Song meaning as told by Jon: "It was written straight after I'd been woken up at 10 in the morning by these two nuns. I'd been planning this sleep-in all day for two weeks, and I got woken up by a missionary who'd come to deliver a message of peace, and I was thinking, 'well, that's exactly what I had until you woke me up'. I wrote the song straight away after they left because I was so pissed off.". Rip It Up, Oct. 1996

Lyrics

If you come knocking on my door
I'll make sure that I'm not there
It's no fun being alone but don't you phone
I'm running

'Cause I know and I'll always remember what you said

Got woken by a missionary
Who'd come to deliver a message of peace
I told her peace was what I had
Until I was woken by a missionary

But if you go
I promise I will remember what you said

Tab

Guitar

Tuning: Standard
Transcribed by: Lithium
Notes: Acoustic Guitar, just a rough guide listen to album for strumming pattern,
lyrics not aligned up..


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If you come knocking on my door, I'll make sure that i'm not there


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It's no fun being alone but don't you phone, I'm running...


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'cause i know and i'll always remember, What you said


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Got woken by a missionary, Who'd come to deliver a message of peace


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I told her peace was what i had, Until i was woken by a missionary

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But if you go, I promise i will remember what you said

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what you said, what you said..