Ulver – Plate 21-22 chords

[Intro]
BmI have always found that Angels
Ghave the vanity to speak of
Bmthemselves as the only wise; this they
Gdo with a confident insolence sprouting
Bmfrom systematic reason-
Ging

[Verse 1]
Bm              A           GThus Swedenborg boasts that what he writes is new; tho' it is only the
Bm              A           GContents or Index of already publish'd books;A man carried a
Bm              A           Gmonkey about for a show, & because he was a little wiser than the monkey,...
Bm              A           Ggrew vain, and conciev'd himself as much wiser than seven men.

[Refrain 1]
Gm    F   D#          FIt is so with Swedenborg; he shows the folly of
Gm    F   D#          Fchurches & exposes hypocrites, till he imagines that all are
Gm    F   D#          Freligious, & himself the single one on earth that ever broke a
Gm    F   D#          Fnet... Now hear a plain fact;

[Verse 2]
Bm         A               GSwedenborg has not written one new truth. And now hear
Bm              A           Ganother he has written all the old falshoods. And now hear the
Bm              A           Greason                    He conversed with Angels who are all
Bm              A           Greligious, & conversed not with Devils who all hate religion, for he was

Bm              A           Gincapable thro' his conceited notions Thus Swedenborgs
Bm              A           Gwritings are a recapitulation of all superficial, opinions,
Bm              A           Gand an analysis of the more sublime, but no further
Bm              A           GHave now another plain fact- Anyone of mechanical talents may;

[Refrain 2]
Gm       F                D#                             FFrom the writings of Paracelsus or Jacob Behmen, produce ten thousand vol-
Gm       F                D#                             Fumes of equal value with Swedenborgs, and from those of Dante or Shake
Gm       F                D#                             Fspear, an infinite number But when he has done this, let him not
Gm       F                D#                             Fsay that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a candle
   Fin sunshine