God Give Me Strength chords by Elvis Costello

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Intermediate

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

Writer(s) - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach


Chord Shapes:

Gm9      =  353335
Dsus2    =  xx0230
C#7sus4  =  x46474
F#sus4   =  xx4422
F#m      =  xx4222
F#7      =  242322
D/A      =  x00232
A6       =  x02222
Emadd9   =  022002
Em*      =  022003
A7sus4   =  x02030
F#m/A    =  x04222
A/C#     =  x42220
A*       =  x07xxx

Intro:

    Gm9       Gm9 Gm Gm7 Dsus2 D      D
3/4| /  /  / | /  /  / | /     /  / | /  /  / |
    Gm9       Gm9 Gm Gm7 Bm7
   | /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / | Repeat:

Verse 1:

Bm7
Now I have nothing
   G           D
So God give me strength
  D           C#7sus4 C#m7      F#sus4   F#m
Because I'm   we -  - ak in her wake
           C#7sus4  C#m7       F#sus4 F#7
And if I'm stro - - ng I might still  break
Bm7              D/A        G
And I don't have anything to share
     Bm7           E             A
That I won't throw away into the air


Bridge:

G            A6   A
That song is sung out
Em7          A6   A
This bell is rung out
Em7         F#m7           A
She was the light that I'd bless
Em7         F#m7           A
She took my last chance of happiness


Chorus 1:

   Gm9 Gm      Bm7
So God give me strength
Em7         D
God give me strength

     D         G         Em7       A7sus4
3/4| /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / |


Verse 2:

Bm7
I can't hold on to her
G           D
God give me strength
         C#7sus4  C#m7        F#sus4   F#m
When the pho - - - ne doesn't ring
        C#7sus4  C#m7  F#sus4   F#7
And I'm lo - - - st in imagin - ing
Bm7             D/A            G
Everything that kind of love is worth
Bm7         E                A
As I tumble back down to the earth


Bridge:

G            A6   A
That song is sung out
Em7          A6   A
This bell is rung out
Em7         F#m7           A
She was the light that I'd bless
Em7         F#m7           A
She took my last chance of happiness


Chorus 2:

   Gm9 Gm      Bm7
So God give me strength
Gm9 Gm       D               G             Em7
God if she'd grant me her indulgence and decline
Em Emadd9 Em* A7sus4
I  might  as  well
F#m/A            A7sus4
Wipe her from my memory
A7sus4
Fracture the spell
   F#m/A         A7sus4
As she becomes my  enemy
Bm7         E7
Maybe I was washed out
       A
Like a lip-print on his shirt
Bm7           E7
See, I'm only human
  A     Bm7  A/C# A7sus4
I want  him  to   hurt
A*     A*
 I want him
               Bm7
 I want him to hurt!


     Bm7                 G
3/4| /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / |

     D                  C#7sus4  C#m7 C#m7     F#sus4     F#m
   | /  /  / | /  /  / | /    /   / | /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / |

    C#7sus4  C#m7 C#m7     F#sus4     F#7
   | /    /   / | /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / |


Verse 3:

Bm7              D/A          G
Since I lost the power to pre - tend
     Bm7              E          A
That there could ever be a happy ending.


Bridge:

G            A6   A
That song is sung out
Em7          A6   A
This bell is rung out
Em7         F#m7           A
She was the light that I'd bless
Em7         F#m7           A
She took my last chance of happiness


Chorus 3:

   Gm9 Gm      Bm7
So God give me strength
Em7         D
God give me strength


Outro:

    Gm9       Gm9 Gm Gm7 Dsus2 D      D
3/4| /  /  / | /  /  / | /     /  / | /  /  / |
    Gm9       Gm9 Gm Gm7 Bm7
   | /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / | /  /  / | Repeat and ad lib till fade: