22 chords

[INTRO]
[Bm]I have always found that Angels
[G]have the vanity to speak of
[Bm]themselves as the only wise; this they
[G]do with a confident insolence sprouting
[Bm]from systematic reason-
[G]ing

[VERSE 1]
[Bm]Thus Swedenborg [A]boasts that [G]what he writes is new; tho' it is only the
[Bm]Contents or Inde[A]x of already[G] publish'd books;A man carried a
[Bm]monkey about for[A] a show, & b[G]ecause he was a little wiser than the monkey,...
[Bm]grew vain, and c[A]onciev'd him[G]self as much wiser than seven men.

[REFRAIN 1]
[Gm]It is [F]so w[D#]ith Swedenbo[F]rg; he shows the folly of
[Gm]church[F]es &[D#] exposes hyp[F]ocrites, till he imagines that all are
[Gm]religi[F]ous,[D#] & himself t[F]he single one on earth that ever broke a
[Gm]net...[F] Now[D#] hear a plai[F]n fact;

[VERSE 2]
[Bm]Swedenborg [A]has not written [G]one new truth. And now hear
[Bm]another he has w[A]ritten all t[G]he old falshoods. And now hear the
[Bm]reason [A] He[G] conversed with Angels who are all
[Bm]religious, & con[A]versed not w[G]ith Devils who all hate religion, for he was

[Bm]incapable thro' [A]his conceite[G]d notions Thus Swedenborgs
[Bm]writings are a r[A]ecapitulatio[G]n of all superficial, opinions,
[Bm]and an analysis [A]of the more [G]sublime, but no further
[Bm]Have now another[A] plain fact-[G] Anyone of mechanical talents may;

[REFRAIN 2]
[Gm]From the [F]writings of Parac[D#]elsus or Jacob Behmen, produce [F]ten thousand vol-
[Gm]umes of e[F]qual value with S[D#]wedenborgs, and from those of D[F]ante or Shake
[Gm]spear, an[F] infinite number [D#]But when he has done this, let [F]him not
[Gm]say that [F]he knows better t[D#]han his master, for he only hol[F]ds a candle
in [F]sunshine