Burton Cummings - Revelation

^G7My friend Billy he was actin' kinda silly by the ^C7seashore ^G7He started goofin', countin' all the grains of ^D7sand About a t^G7housand and thirty he was gettin' kinda dirty And he ^C7looked at himself and he laughed He said, "I'll ^G7never even finish what I ^D7got right here in my ^G7hand"

He had a reve^G7lation, had a revelation He had some kinda knowledge comin' in from somewhere else for ^D7free He had a reve^G7lation, special infor^C7mation And I'm ^G7hopin' they'll be catchin' it from ^D7sea to shining ^G7sea

A ^G7girl named Nancy started talkin' kinda fancy over ^C7dinner ^G7Usin' clever phrases she would always have to stop and ex^D7plain As ^G7each sentence ended all her guests were more offended And she ^C7looked at herself and she laughed She said "I'll ^G7never ever use those ^D7hundred-dollar words a^G7gain"

He had a reve^G7lation, had a revelation He had some kinda knowledge comin' in from somewhere else to ^D7see He had a reve^G7lation, special situ^C7ation And I'm ^G7sure they'll be catchin' it from ^D7sea to shining ^G7sea

Well, there's a ^C7time and a place for ^G7everything A ^C7way of standin' up and never ^G7tippin' your canoe ^C7Sometimes it's better if you ^G7just give in ^D7Never use a hammer on a screw

^G7Mister L. da Vinci said he wouldn't budge an inch he Was con^C7vinced that someday humans would fly He made some ^G7little paper aeroplanes to show them what he had on his ^D7mind ^G7Even men of learnin' would have rather seen him burnin' Like the ^C7devil or the witch they thought he was So he kept his ^G7big mouth shut and he ^D7didn't have to say good^G7bye

He had a reve^G7lation, he had a revelation He had some kinda knowledge comin' in from A to ^D7Z He had a reve^G7lation, a pile of infor^C7mation And I'm ^G7hopin' they'll be catchin' it from ^D7sea to shining ^G7sea