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Oh My God by Kevin Morby

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
(Bluesy piano solo over an 'E' chord for a bit)

Main riff:  (played on piano, arranged for guitar here, also played during the verse)
  E

E |--------12-12---|-----------12---|-------------|--------12-12---|-----------12---|-------------|
B |--12-14---------|--14-12-14------|-------------|--12-14---------|--14-12-14------|-------------|
G |----------------|----------------|--13---------|----------------|----------------|--13---------|
D |----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
A |----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
E |----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|

   A/C#
E |----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
B |----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
G |-----11-13-13---|--11-------11---|--13---------|-----11-13-13---|--11-------11---|--13---------|
D |--14------------|--------14------|-----11------|--14------------|--------14------|-----11------|
A |----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
E |----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|

Verse 1:
E            
Oh my Lord, come carry me home
E
Oh my Lord, come carry me home
A/C#
Oh my God, Oh my Lord, Oh my God

Verse 2:
E
Gotten too weak for this heavy load
E 
Gotten too weak for this heavy load
A/C#
Oh my Lord, Oh my God, Oh my Lord

Verse 3:
E
Carry a glad song wherever I go
E
Carry a glad song wherever I go, singing
A/C#
Oh my God, oh my Lord, Oh my God, oh

Break:
E          A/C#
E          A/C#

Bridge:
          B            
Well, you got me now
         A
With the cotton man
          B
Well, you got me now
           A
Down on my knees
          B
Well, you got me now
         A
With the cotton man
B       A
Begging please
N.C.
Won't you release me?


Coda: A chorus gives us a free-sounding Emaj7add6 (or close to it), then the coda riff kicks in.

   E  (when the chorus sings over this part, the chord sounds like an Emaj7)
E |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B |----------0---2--|--4--2----------|----------0---2--|--4--2----------|
G |------1----------|----------------|------1----------|----------------|
D |--2--------------|----------------|--2--------------|----------------|
A |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

    A/C#
E |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B |--------------2--|--4--2----------|--------------2--|--4--2----------|
G |------1---2------|----------------|------1---2------|----------------|
D |--2--------------|----------------|--2--------------|----------------|
A |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|   x6