[Instrumental chorus]
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [C] [F]
[G] [A5]
[Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm]
Chorus
[Dm] [G]
Nuns and lepers, princes, paupers,
[Dm] [Am]
What an odd consortium.
[Dm] [C] [F]
Nothing is too foul or fair
[G] [A5]
To find in my scriptorium.
[Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm]
Verse 1
[Dm/A]
If thou seekest art, my lord,
[F]
Thou hast come to the source.
[C] [F]
I know from whence the trumpet bloweth,
[Dm]
And I can draw a horse.
[Dm/A]
Be it psaltee, deed or writ,
[F]
Or inspiring quote.
[C] [F]
I can pen a tidy hymn
[Dm]
Or write a ransom note.
Chorus
[Dm] [G]
Yes, I can scribe most anything
[Dm] [Am]
For a modest honorarium.
[Dm] [C] [F]
Nothing is too foul or fair
[G] [A5]
To find in my scriptorium.
[Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm]
Verse 2
[Dm/A]
Behold the finest battle scenes
[F]
Of valour fierce and dire.
[C] [F]
I loose the rabbits on the knights,
[Dm]
Then set the fields afire.
[Dm/A]
'Twas made with all the finest inks
[F]
That ever stained a scroll,
[C] [F]
With crimson, lapis, verdigris
[Dm]
And gall as black as coal.
Instrumental
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm]
Chorus
[Dm] [G]
Fine flails and armoured snails for sale
[Dm] [Am]
In this paint emporium.
[Dm] [C] [F]
Nothing is too foul or fair
[G] [A5]
To find in my scriptorium.
[Dm] [C] [F]
Angel and jester, snake and hare,
[Dm] [C] [F]
Nothing is too strange or rare -
[Dm] [C] [F]
No, nothing is too foul or fair
[Am] [D5]
To find in my scriptorium!
