Bb                   C                    F
Nobody wants to play rhythm guitar behind Jesus
Bb                        C                  F
Everybody wants to be the lead singer in the band


[Verse 1]
F                              Bb         G
A preacher I once talked to in Washington DC
C                                       F
Told me that preachin' the gospel isn't all that it should be
Bb                               C           F              Bb
I said it really didn't surprise me but I've often wondered why
                      C                    F  F N.C.
I'll never forget the words he said or the look that came to his eye


[Chorus]
               Bb                   C                    F
When he said - Nobody wants to play rhythm guitar behind Jesus
Bb                        C                  F
Everybody wants to be the lead singer in the band
          Bb                    C
Well it's hard to get a bead on what's divine
     F                         Bb
With everybody pushin' for the head of the line
                                  C              F
I don't think it's workin' out at all the way he planned


[Verse 2]
F                                          Bb            G
I once shared a pizza with a pop star on a New York City street
C                                     F
He was the most unhappy prophet you'd ever want to meet
Bb                          C                       F                Bb
He said he really wanted to change the world but he couldn't imagine how
                              C                         F F N.C.
But he'd written a song about what's gone wrong and I'm a-singin' it to you now


[Chorus]
               Bb                   C                    F
When he said - Nobody wants to play rhythm guitar behind Jesus
Bb                        C                  F
Everybody wants to be the lead singer in the band
          Bb                    C
Well it's hard to get a bead on what's divine
     F                         Bb
With everybody pushin' for the head of the line
                                  C              F
I don't think it's workin' out at all the way he planned


[Outro]
Bb                   C                    F
Nobody wants to play rhythm guitar behind Jesus
Bb                        C                  F
Everybody wants to be the lead singer in the band