Bishop Mariah

Here are the chords for "Bishop Mariah", a catchy tune by a great up and

coming band, Elephant Ride. Since I didn't see anything posted at all

for Elephant Ride, I figured I should rectify the situation! Enjoy, and

buy their cd "Forget"!

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"Bishop Mariah" by Elephant Ride

Each chord is played for one measure. The song starts off with an

accoustic and single vocal. The song really doesn't have a chorus, just

four verses and a bridge.

When changing from C to G, Dave Martin plays the following little riff:

D |---0/2\0---|

Verse 1:

Bishop__ Ma-riah__

He's not re-ligious though his name sounds that way.

Jason__, little Jason__.

He went to Bishop when the other kids played.

G C G C G (tacet)

His mom worked all day. His father was buried last May.

(Enter drums, bass, electric, background vocals, etc.)

Verse 2:

Bishop__ Ma-riah__

Do you____ think that Heaven's got a zoo?

I can see both sides of the sun.

It's by walking that I know how to run and boy I can run.

You will never see me in just one place it's not fun anyway.

Verse 3:

Jason__ grew nervous__.

He'd___ never seen eyes like these before.

Ene-my despised, Son of God.

What a cold eclectic welcome he gave and the boy was afraid.

You can fight and steal and fall and spit

the fun's in the hunt just don't let me catch____ you____.

(same pattern on G C through until "Bop bop's" (listen to the cd),

which is just bass and drum)

(back to just accoustic to end the song)

Verse 4:

G C G C G C (tacet)

Bishop__ died early__- fifty years old.