Gods Children chords by The Kinks

from 'The Percy Original Soundtrack' (1971)


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: F)


Intro:

D G, D A (x2)

Verse 1:

D       D/C#
 Man made the buildings,
   Bm      G  D/F# Em
That reach for the sky.
  D      D/C#
And man made the motorcar,
  Bm       G   D/F# Em
And learned how to drive.

Bridge 1:

    Bm       A
But he didn't make the flowers,
    G        D
And he didn't make the trees.

D Dsus4 D, D Dsus4 D

    Bm     A
And he didn't make you,
    G      D
And he didn't make me.

D Dsus4 D, D Dsus4 D

     Em   F#m
And he's got no right,
  G  D/F# Em   A
To turn us  into ma-chines.

A Asus4 A, Asus4 A

Chorus 1:

   D   G    A
He's got no right at all,
   D   G     A
'Cos we are all God's children.
     D   G
And he's got no right,
  A
To change us.
    Em    F#m
Oh, we gotta go back,
    G  D/F# Em
To the way the good lord,
Asus4 A D  Dsus4, D Dsus4
 Made us all.

Break:

Em
 Don't want this,
F#m
 World to change me,
 G
I wanna go back the way,
  D
The good lord made me.
Em
 Same lungs that,
  F#m
He gave me to breathe with
G
 Same eyes he gave me,
  Asus4 A
To see  with.

Verse 2:

    D       D/C#
Oh, the rich man, the poor man,
  Bm      G    D/F# Em
The saint and the sinner.
  D       D/C#
The wise man, the simpleton,
  Bm      G   D/F# Em
The loser and the winner.

Bridge 2:

Bm   A
 We are all,
  G    D  Dsus4 D, D Dsus4 D
The same to Him,
Em        F#m
 Stripped of our clothes,
  G  D/F#
And all...
  Em    A  Asus4 A, Asus4 A
The things we own.

Chorus 2:

  D    G   A
The day that we are born,
D    G     A
 We are all God's children.
     D   G
And he's got no right,
  A
To change us.
    Em    F#m
Oh, we gotta go back,
    G  D/F#
To the way the,
Em     Asus4 A
 Good lord made...

Chorus 3:

    G
Oh, the good lord,
A    D
 Made us all,
  G   A    D
And we are all his children.
     D   G
And he's got no right,
  A
To change us.
    Em    F#m
Oh, we gotta go back,
    G  D/F# Em
To the way the good lord,
Asus4 A D
 Made us all.
     Em    F#m
Yeah, we gotta go back,
    G  D/F# Em
To the way the good lord,
Asus4 A D
 Made us all.

Outro:

D Dsus4

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

  D    G    A   D/C#   Bm

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 xx0232 320003 x02220 x40320 x24432

 D/F#   Em  Dsus4   F#m  Asus4

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 2x0230 022000 xx0233 244222 x02233