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God Draws Straight by David Byrne

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Verse 1:
Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramBB
As I left my house, as I walked out today
        Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramC minorCm
Thought I walked out my marriage. Thought I walked out on grace
      Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramD MajorD
As the dawn it was breaking at the end of the street
     Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramC majorC
I didn't know what would happen, didn't know what I'd see
     Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramBB
I saw two transit buses blocked the road on our side
     Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramC minorCm
Saw a couple of joggers who chanced to run by
     Chord diagramG+G      'Gm      Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD
Saw some soldiers come out and they mixed with the crowd
    Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramC minorCm
Tears came to my eyes we're just walking around

      Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramC majorC
And there're so many people - Everybody is here!
     Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G
I saw the girls from the office
      Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramC majorC
I saw those guys from the street
     Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramBB
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
   Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines

Verse 2:

Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramBB
I saw a matron in white, her face lifted to heaven
  Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramC minorCm
Saw nuns on their knees and some who were weeping
    Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD
Saw a middle-aged man and government clerk
  Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramC majorC
An Afromestizo held his rosary up
     Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramBB
I saw nobody leave, I didn't feel fear or terror
  Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramC minorCm
It felt like a movie , like the end of an era
Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD
Nobody got hurt and nobody died
   Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramC minorCm
I'll remember this day, I'll remember this time

       Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramC majorC
And there're so many people - Everybody is here!
     Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G
I saw the girls from the office
      Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramC majorC
I saw those guys from the street
     Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramBB
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
   Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines

Verse 3:

   Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramBB
As I turned on my walkman, and all I could hear -
   Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramC minorCm
Every station was Marcos, he's on every TV
  Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD
An appliance store window he fills every screen
    Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramC majorC
Then the TVs went blank and his face disappeared
     Chord diagramG+G
Then the darkness it thickened
     Chord diagramBB
There was no time for choices
Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramC minorCm
Half blind I ran, I was guided by voices
     Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD
When the choppers took off leaving Malacañang
     Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramC minorCm
We knew it was over knew it was the end


      Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramC majorC
And there're so many people - Everybody is here!
      Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G
I saw the girls from the office
          Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramC majorC
I saw those guys from the street
     Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramBB
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
   Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines
   Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramG+G
Yea, god draws straight, but with crooked lines

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