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Best of Spirits

Must have infinite patience to put up with the mortal creatures of finity.

[Looking Chorus:]
      Dm
We're all just
  Am
  looking for Jesus
   Gm             Dm
If you could only know
    Gm
The worlds you'll
  Dm
  have to go through
   Am                 Dm
To get where you must go
[Looking Chorus]
         Dm       Am
   We're all just looking for Jesus
      Gm             Dm
   If you could only know
       Gm            Dm
   The worlds you'll have to go through
      Am                 Dm
   To get where you must go
1.
D       Eb
Mr. G-O-P in your fifties
D                   Eb
With your booze and second wife
D             Eb
With all your plans and ideals
D                Eb
Where' you going with your life?
D               Eb
Glazey eyes and over thirty
D                Eb
With your Karma, stars, and pot,
D                   Eb
Where have you made plans for going
         D                  Eb
With the Knowledge that you got?
[Waiting Chorus]
[Waiting Chorus]
        Dm
But the Lord of
  Am
  Time sat waiting
Gm            Dm
Waiting... to be
Gm  Dm
..Unfolded
Am         Dm
   Eventually
   Dm              Am
   But the Lord of Time sat waiting
   Gm         Dm
   Waiting to be
   Gm      Dm
       ..Unfolded
   Am         Dm
      Eventually
2.
D                  Eb
Twenty-one, you're overworking
D             Eb
And the other times you're hashed
D               Eb
Are you looking to get higher
D               Eb
Or just looking to get smashed
D                 Eb
Just eighteen and into music
D             Eb
With the confidence of youth
D             Eb
Are you going to be famous?
        D                 Eb
Or' you going to live the truth?

[Waiting Chorus]

   Dm              Am
   But the Lord of Time sat waiting
   Gm         Dm
   Waiting to be
   Gm      Dm
       ..Unfolded
   Am         Dm
      Eventually
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Lord of Time page 2
[Looking Chorus:]
      Dm
We're all just
  Am
  looking for Jesus
   Gm             Dm
If you could only know
    Gm
The worlds you'll
  Dm
  have to go through
   Am                 Dm
To get where you must go
3.
D             Eb
Seventeen and independent
D              Eb
Even while you live at home
D               Eb
Have you chosen no direction
D                Eb
For your freedom when you roam?
D          Eb
And I have no way to tell you
D                   Eb
'Cause you will not take advice
D                    Eb
But we'll see how it all turns out
       D                Eb
We all have to pay that price.

[Looking Chorus]

         Dm       Am
   We're all just looking for Jesus
      Gm             Dm
   If you could only know
       Gm            Dm
   The worlds you'll have to go through
      Am                 Dm
   To get where you must go
[Over the Rainbow]
D
Somewhere
   A
   over the rainbow
G       D
'Way up high
G
That's the
  D
  la da da da da
A
once in a
       G     D
  lullabye.
4.
D                         Eb
We follow the road to the emerald  cause
D                   Eb
As if our way would lead us somewhere
     D                       Eb
It's not any harder than the Wisdom of Oz
  D                              Eb
Because all your friends are all already there

D                    Eb
All that you need is confidence
    D                       Eb
You need only know you have heart
D                           Eb
You have the brains to work out all you need
    D          Eb            D
And you are at home from the start.

[Over the Rainbow]

   D         A
   Somewhere over the rainbow
   G       D
   'Way up high
   G          D
   That's the la da da da da
   A              G     D
   once in a lullabye.



Best of Spirits

A meditation on being and meaning, and an early exercise in songsmithy.

1.
      C               C             Em
To be here         To be here is to be
       Dm             Dm                Bb     C
To be alive        To be alive is to be of the One

   Bb                 Bb            Dm
To know            To know is to be thankful
   Cm                 Cm                Ab       Bb
To think           To think is to be of service

   Ab                 Ab               Cm
To feel            To feel is to comprehend
   Bbm                Bbm             Gb     Ab
To hope            To hope is to understand

   Gb                 Gb             Bbm
To love            To love is to transcend
      Abm                Abm              E     Gb
To be known        To be known is to transact

      E                  E              Abm
To be loved        To be loved is to create
      Gbm                Gbm                 D     E
To be thought of   To be thought of is to be felt

D                  D    Gbm

Em                 Em   C   D

Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Infinitive, page 2
2.
F                  F    Am

Gm                 Gm   Eb   F
      Eb                 Eb            Gm
To be felt         Being felt is being thought of
      Fm           Db           Eb
To create             Creating, love

        Db         Db              Fm
To transact           Transacting, know
       Ebm         Ebm                 B     Db
To transcend          Transcending, be love

   B               B                 Ebm
To understand         Understanding, hope
   Dbm             Dbm               A       B
To comprehend         Comprehending, feel

         A         A                    Dbm
To be of service      Being of service, think
      Bm           Bm   G   A
To be thankful
      G            G    Bm
To be of the One
   Am              F    G   A 
To be
Those last three are the starting chords to It's Your Decision

Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #15, 2016 Dec 9.




Best of Spirits

A little might be healthy for the body, but what about the mind?

1.
G            D              C                      G       D  C
Have another drink   — the alcohol will free your tongue
G             D                  C            G    D     C
Don't stop to think   — there's far too much left to be sung
C             D           Em                C
Climbin' on a ladder   — touchin' on every rung
   G                D        C                         G   D
No matter where you are,   remember that you haven't begun
2.
G              D           C                      G   D  C
You can be the center   — you don't even have to try
    G           D               C                           G    D  C
The universe is yours   — it's painted on the back of your eyes
C                 D        Em                   C
Don't walk on the water   'til you learn how to fly
G               D         C                      G   D
Don't expect to wake up   perfect as soon as you die
3.
G               D             C                    G      D  C
The fountain of life   — the endless well of personality
G         D              C       G  D  C
Fills the reservoir of   individuality
C           D          Em             C
Overflowing from the   brim of your capacity
G            D               C                    G    D
Have another drink   — that liquid is your guarantee
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Have Another Drink, page 2
4.
G            D                C              G        D  C
Take another step   — you're running down a corridor
G                  D         C                 G    D  C
When you reach the end you   only find another door
C            D         Em                   C
On the other side is   hiding your more and more
G                  D             C                                G       D
You could stop the walk   — but don't you want to know what's in store?
5.
G                  D          C              G    D  C
Take your sword of hate and   beat it into a plow
G             D           C                            G    D  C
Everything is sacred   — just keep takin' care of the cow
    C           D         Em                       C
The miracle you want as   proof is in the here and now
    G         D        C                         G   D
The final revelation   comes as you continue somehow
6.
G               D            C                     G       D  C
Hard to see the truth   When everything is getting blurred
G               D          C                   G      D  C
Truth cannot be told   And yet I'm sure you've heard
    C         D         Em                     C
The gospel of love   So simple that it seems absurd
G             D            C                           G     D   G
Take the time this time to stop...   and listen to the word.



Best of Spirits

Some theories of How It All Began are material, some mystical, and some begin with Love.

1.
D            Eb         D          C
Some say the Universe began with a bang
          D             C     Bb
And we're hurtling into outer space
     D              Eb            D            C
They say we'll be recalled to the source of it all
         D             C         Bb
When the galaxies have run their race
             Bb            C             D
Then they'll all become as one and start again
2.
D            Eb         D        C
Some say the Universe began as a thought
       D           C               Bb
And we all have to live inside the dream
     D              Eb            D            C
They say we'll be recalled to the source of it all
        D           C                      Bb
When we understand things aren't what they seem
        Bb             C               D
Then it all becomes as one and starts again
3.
D            Eb         D           C
Some say the Universe begins with a Child
        D                   C               Bb
And the worlds of Light and Life will never end
     D              Eb            D            C
They say we'll be recalled to the Source of us all
        D                  C               Bb
When we find the light within and learn to blend
             Bb        C             D
Then we each become as One and start again



Best of Spirits

A spiritually oriented medley

[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size

Run to the Preacher, part 1

        Em         D
Can you run to the preacher
        B7         Em
Can you run to the Lord
            Em       D
When you're tired of waiting
            B7        Em
When you're stiff and bored
        Em           D
Can you hear Brother Jesus
    B7           Em
Can you hear the Christ
         Em       D
When you fail the first time
    B7        Em
And won't try twice
   [chorus]
[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Suite: Experience, page 2
[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size

Experience (for Mary Jo)

    Em              D
I'm looking for the words to say
   Em               D
To say what's in my mind
    Em            D
The Truth of my experience
     Em             D
What only life will find
      Em            D
There is no message I could make
   Em              D
No meaning I could show
Em              D
Spirits I could not define
    Em               D
Nor how they help me grow
   [chorus]
[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size
Em              D
Come and take a walk with me
      Em               D
We'll watch each other live
   Em                D
Perhaps to touch the unseen one
    Em               D
And what there is to give
    Em            D
And if you do not find the one
   Em              D
As we walk hand in hand
   Em                    D
Perhaps you'll touch the one inside
       Em    D     C
You're given to command
   [chorus]
[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Suite: Experience, page 3

Mind and Body

1.
Em          D
Live in the body
   B7             Em
It makes the mind reel
   Em          D
To feel how to think
       B7           Em
And to think how to feel
   Em        D
To touch intuition
    B7         Em
And know the appeal
   Cmaj7
of Unity

Em          D
Live in the body
     B7          Em
It's blowing the mind
   Em           D
To know all the bodies
     B7         Em
That get left behind
Em            D
Each of their moments
        B7       Em
Watched in the unwinding
   Cmaj7
of Unity
   [chorus]
[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Suite: Experience, page 4
[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size

Bethlehem Babe and Atom Bomb

1.
Em                 D
Bethlehem Babe and Atom Bomb
      D                     Em
Each emerged from the Human Race
  Em              D
Enveloping two philosophies
  D              Em
Opposing face to face
     Em               D
When some final conflagration
           D               Em
Leaves you nowhere left to hide
         Em              D
Will you go and question Jesus
           D              Em
Where He's teaching you inside?

2.
        Em               D
All the stallions of the death-watch
        D             Em
And the furies of our strife
    Em              D
Overlaid by his dedication
       D            Em
To the Principal of Life
          Em          D
Can there be a higher question
       D                  Em
Than deciding between the two
Em              D
If mankind's to conquer death
         Em     D       C
Then let living conquer you!
   [chorus]
[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Suite: Experience, page 5

Easter Tune, part 1

C         D
Well over one thousand
Em         C
worshipers saw a
C           D
man who had died and they
Em           C
all stood in awe of a
C          D
message of hope which he
Em            C
brought from above
Cmaj7
We are the children they
D
love
C            D
How much you love is how
Em            C
much you're a Son
C                 D
That's how you're serving the
Em       C
Infinite One
C           D
Part of the character
Em       C
of the Supreme
Cmaj7                   D
You never wake from the Best Dream
   [chorus]
[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size

Run to the Preacher, part 2

        Em          D
Can you live in the Spirit
        B7            Em
Can you live with you mind
         Em      D
When you see the truth
          B7            Em
But can't face what you find?
    Em        D
Can you be committed
   B7       Em
To being at One
   Cmaj7                D
If you can't accept the Son?
   [chorus]
[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Suite: Experience, page 6
[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size

Easter Tune, part 2

C        D
Jesus is risen He's
Em
risen indeed
C           D
Now that he knows us and
Em
shared in our need
C          D
We are the children
  Em           C
Designed to be one
   Cmaj7
To live with the Son
[Chorus:]
        Em       D
You get unending love
     C
from Paradise
        Em          D
You can blame it on them
           C
But that's just a device
    Em           D
For ignoring the way
       C
You're led to be wise
     Cmaj7
In a universe of
         D
Infinite size
Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #14, 2016 Nov 17.



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