Intro: 


[Verso 1]

      G                     C         G 
Well everybody knows about James and John 
                     G        C      G 
And how Peter's the rock God built upon 

           D 
Yeah, but nobody knows about little old me 
     C 
The other black sheep of the family 

           G                           C    G 
Yeah, I'm marching in the army of the holy cause 
                   G           C    G 
I'll bring up the back of the entourage 

     D 
Yeah I get the water, I wash the clothes 
       C 
And a million other things that nobody ever knows 


 
[Refrão]

         C     G       D                      C 
I'm the 13th apostle, just by the hair of my chin 
       D                  G          C                   G 
'Cause I doubt more than Thomas and make my own bathtub gin 

        Em                               C                G 
Barely made the fold, but Jesus told me he'd go out on a limb 
            C     G       D             C           G  G 
So I'm the 13th apostle, bet you never heard about him 



[Verso 1]

           G                    C        G 
Well they fit me a robe and it suits me fine 
       G                           C             G 
I get three meals a day, plus the bread and the wine 

    D 
It don't pay nothing, but I can't complain 
   C 
I stay out of trouble and I get to say 


 
[Refrão]
        C     G       D                      C 
I'm the 13th apostle, just by the hair of my chin 
       D                  G          C                   G 
'Cause I doubt more than Thomas and make my own bathtub gin 

        Em                               C                G 
Barely made the fold, but Jesus told me he'd go out on a limb 
            C     G       D             C           G 
So I'm the 13th apostle, bet you never heard about him 

C  G  Em D C  C  G  D C G 



[Verso 1]

            G                         C   G 
Well I'm a first hand witness of the trinity 
                 G          C     G 
Seen a dead man rise and a blind man see 

          D 
Yeah but that ain't the reason I'm a devotee 
    C 
No, I believe in him cause he believes in me 


 
[Refrão]

         C     G       D                      C 
I'm the 13th apostle, just by the hair of my chin 
       D                  G          C                   G 
'Cause I doubt more than Thomas and make my own bathtub gin 

        Em                               C                G 
Barely made the fold, but Jesus told me he'd go out on a limb 
            C     G             C      G             C      G 
So I'm the 13th apostle number, 13th apostle number, 13th apostle 

 D            C           G  G  G  G C G  G C G  G 
Ain't nobody heard about him