Gods Children chords by The Kinks

Chords with lyrics

from 'The Percy Original Soundtrack' (1971)


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: FF)


Intro:

D MajorD G, D MajorD A augmentedA (x2)

Verse 1:

D MajorD       D/C#
 Man made the buildings,
   B minorBm      G+G  D/F#D/F# E minorEm
That reach for the sky.
  D MajorD      D/C#
And man made the motorcar,
  B minorBm       G+G   D/F#D/F# E minorEm
And learned how to drive.

Bridge 1:

    B minorBm       A augmentedA
But he didn't make the flowers,
    G+G        D MajorD
And he didn't make the trees.

D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D, D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD

    B minorBm     A augmentedA
And he didn't make you,
    G+G      D MajorD
And he didn't make me.

D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D, D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD

     E minorEm   F# minorF#m
And he's got no right,
  G+G  D/F#D/F# E minorEm   A augmentedA
To turn us  into ma-chines.

A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A, Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA

Chorus 1:

   D MajorD   G+G    A augmentedA
He's got no right at all,
   D MajorD   G+G     A augmentedA
'Cos we are all God's children.
     D MajorD   G+G
And he's got no right,
  A augmentedA
To change us.
    E minorEm    F# minorF#m
Oh, we gotta go back,
    G+G  D/F#D/F# E minorEm
To the way the good lord,
Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA D MajorD  Dsus4, D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
 Made us all.

Break:

E minorEm
 Don't want this,
F# minorF#m
 World to change me,
 G+G
I wanna go back the way,
  D MajorD
The good lord made me.
E minorEm
 Same lungs that,
  F# minorF#m
He gave me to breathe with
G+G
 Same eyes he gave me,
  Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
To see  with.

Verse 2:

    D MajorD       D/C#
Oh, the rich man, the poor man,
  B minorBm      G+G    D/F#D/F# E minorEm
The saint and the sinner.
  D MajorD       D/C#
The wise man, the simpleton,
  B minorBm      G+G   D/F#D/F# E minorEm
The loser and the winner.

Bridge 2:

B minorBm   A augmentedA
 We are all,
  G+G    D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D, D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
The same to Him,
E minorEm        F# minorF#m
 Stripped of our clothes,
  G+G  D/F#D/F#
And all...
  E minorEm    A augmentedA  Asus4Asus4 A, Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
The things we own.

Chorus 2:

  D MajorD    G+G   A augmentedA
The day that we are born,
D MajorD    G+G     A augmentedA
 We are all God's children.
     D MajorD   G+G
And he's got no right,
  A augmentedA
To change us.
    E minorEm    F# minorF#m
Oh, we gotta go back,
    G+G  D/F#D/F#
To the way the,
E minorEm     Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
 Good lord made...

Chorus 3:

    G+G
Oh, the good lord,
A augmentedA    D MajorD
 Made us all,
  G+G   A augmentedA    D MajorD
And we are all his children.
     D MajorD   G+G
And he's got no right,
  A augmentedA
To change us.
    E minorEm    F# minorF#m
Oh, we gotta go back,
    G+G  D/F#D/F# E minorEm
To the way the good lord,
Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA D MajorD
 Made us all.
     E minorEm    F# minorF#m
Yeah, we gotta go back,
    G+G  D/F#D/F# E minorEm
To the way the good lord,
Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA D MajorD
 Made us all.

Outro:

D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  D MajorD    G+G    A augmentedA   D/C#   B minorBm

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 xx0232 320003 x02220 x40320 x24432

 D/F#D/F#   E minorEm  Dsus4Dsus4   F# minorF#m  Asus4Asus4

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 2x0230 022000 xx0233 244222 x02233