God Give Me Strength chords by Elvis Costello

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Intermediate

Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - God Give Me Strength 1998:

Writer(s) - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach


Chord Shapes:

Gm9Gm9   = 353335
Dsus2Dsus2  = xx0230
C#7sus4C#7sus4 = x46474
F#sus4F#sus4  = xx4422
F# minorF#m   = xx4222
F#7F#7   = 242322
D/AD/A   = x00232
A major 6A6    = x02222
EmAdd9Emadd9  = 022002
Em*   = 022003
A7sus4A7sus4  = x02030
F#m/A  = x04222
A/C#A/C#   = x42220
A*    = x07xxx

Intro:

  Gm9Gm9    Gm9Gm9 G minorGm Gm7Gm7 Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD   D MajorD
3/4| / / / | / / / | /   / / | / / / |
  Gm9Gm9    Gm9Gm9 G minorGm Gm7Gm7 Bm7Bm7
  | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Repeat:

Verse 1:

Bm7Bm7
Now I have nothing
  G+G      D MajorD
So God give me strength
 D MajorD      C#7sus4C#7sus4 C#m7C#m7   F#sus4F#sus4  F# minorF#m
Because I'm  we - - ak in her wake
      C#7sus4C#7sus4 C#m7C#m7    F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
And if I'm stro - - ng I might still break
Bm7Bm7       D/AD/A    G+G
And I don't have anything to share
   Bm7Bm7      E MajorE       A augmentedA
That I won't throw away into the air

Bridge:

G+G      A major 6A6  A augmentedA
That song is sung out
E minor 7Em7     A major 6A6  A augmentedA
This bell is rung out
E minor 7Em7     F#m7F#m7      A augmentedA
She was the light that I'd bless
E minor 7Em7     F#m7F#m7      A augmentedA
She took my last chance of happiness


Chorus 1:

  Gm9Gm9 G minorGm   Bm7Bm7
So God give me strength
E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
God give me strength

   D MajorD     G+G     E minor 7Em7    A7sus4A7sus4
3/4| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |


Verse 2:

Bm7Bm7
I can't hold on to her
G+G      D MajorD
God give me strength
     C#7sus4C#7sus4 C#m7C#m7    F#sus4F#sus4  F# minorF#m
When the pho - - - ne doesn't ring
    C#7sus4C#7sus4 C#m7C#m7 F#sus4F#sus4  F#7F#7
And I'm lo - - - st in imagin - ing
Bm7Bm7       D/AD/A      G+G
Everything that kind of love is worth
Bm7Bm7     E MajorE        A augmentedA
As I tumble back down to the earth


Bridge:

G+G      A major 6A6  A augmentedA
That song is sung out
E minor 7Em7     A major 6A6  A augmentedA
This bell is rung out
E minor 7Em7     F#m7F#m7      A augmentedA
She was the light that I'd bless
E minor 7Em7     F#m7F#m7      A augmentedA
She took my last chance of happiness


Chorus 2:

  Gm9Gm9 G minorGm   Bm7Bm7
So God give me strength
Gm9Gm9 G minorGm    D MajorD        G+G       E minor 7Em7
God if she'd grant me her indulgence and decline
E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 Em* A7sus4A7sus4
I might as well
F#m/A      A7sus4A7sus4
Wipe her from my memory
A7sus4A7sus4
Fracture the spell
  F#m/A     A7sus4A7sus4
As she becomes my enemy
Bm7Bm7     E7E7
Maybe I was washed out
    A augmentedA
Like a lip-print on his shirt
Bm7Bm7      E7E7
See, I'm only human
 A augmentedA   Bm7Bm7 A/C#A/C# A7sus4A7sus4
I want him to  hurt
A*   A*
 I want him
        Bm7Bm7
 I want him to hurt!


   Bm7Bm7         G+G
3/4| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |

   D MajorD         C#7sus4C#7sus4 C#m7C#m7 C#m7   F#sus4F#sus4   F# minorF#m
  | / / / | / / / | /  /  / | / / / | / / / | / / / |

  C#7sus4C#7sus4 C#m7C#m7 C#m7   F#sus4F#sus4   F#7F#7
  | /  /  / | / / / | / / / | / / / |


Verse 3:

Bm7Bm7       D/AD/A     G+G
Since I lost the power to pre - tend
   Bm7Bm7       E MajorE     A augmentedA
That there could ever be a happy ending.


Bridge:

G+G      A major 6A6  A augmentedA
That song is sung out
E minor 7Em7     A major 6A6  A augmentedA
This bell is rung out
E minor 7Em7     F#m7F#m7      A augmentedA
She was the light that I'd bless
E minor 7Em7     F#m7F#m7      A augmentedA
She took my last chance of happiness


Chorus 3:

  Gm9Gm9 G minorGm   Bm7Bm7
So God give me strength
E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
God give me strength


Outro:

  Gm9Gm9    Gm9Gm9 G minorGm Gm7Gm7 Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD   D MajorD
3/4| / / / | / / / | /   / / | / / / |
  Gm9Gm9    Gm9Gm9 G minorGm Gm7Gm7 Bm7Bm7
  | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Repeat and ad lib till fade: