That's The Way God Planned It chords by Billy Preston

Chords with lyrics

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     That?s the Way God Planned It ?" Billy Preston
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Billy Preston
That?s the Way God Planned It (1971)
(Preston)

From: "The Concert for Bangla Desh"

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RIFF (coda chorus)

 C majorC    G/BG/B   A minorAm   C7C7    FF    Bb majorBb
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|----------------|----------------|----1-2-3-2-----|
D MajorD|----------------|--------2-3-5-2-|3-5---------3---|
A augmentedA|3-2-3-5-2-------|--2-3-5---------|--------------5-|
E MajorE|----------5-3-4-|5---------------|----------------|
 Bb majorBb  C/EC/E  G minorGm   FF   C/EC/E DmDm
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|
G+G|3-----2---------|----------------|
D MajorD|------------5---|--3-----2-------|
A augmentedA|----------------|------------5---|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|
   (triplets)

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CHORDS
    E-A-D-G-B-e
C/GC/G   3-x-2-0-1-0
C/EC/E   0-x-2-0-1-0
F/GF/G   3-x-3-2-1-1
G/BG/B   x-2-0-0-0-3
Bb/A  x-0-3-3-3-x

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INTRO          [2/4]
| C majorC G+G | A minorAm C/GC/G | FF C/EC/E | FF F/GF/G |


VERSE
C majorC        E minorEm
 Why can't we be humble
A minorAm       C/GC/G
 Like the good lord said
FF        C/EC/E
 He promised to exalt us
  F/GF/G
But low is the way

VERSE
C majorC         E minorEm
 How (can) man be so greedy
A minorAm       C7C7
 When there's so much left?
FF        C/EC/E
 All things God given
     F/GF/G
And they all have been blessed

CHORUS
C majorC       G/BG/B
That's the way God planned it
A minorAm         C7C7       | FF F/GF/G Bb majorBb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb majorBb  A minorAm  G minorGm |  FF   C/EC/E DmDm |
 (triplets)

C majorC       G/BG/B
That's the way God planned it
A minorAm         C7C7       | FF F/GF/G Bb majorBb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb majorBb  A minorAm  G minorGm |  FF   C/EC/E DmDm |
 (triplets)


VERSE
C majorC           E minorEm
 Let not your heart be troubled
A minorAm       C7C7
 Let mourning sobbing cease
FF        C/EC/E
 Learn to help one another
  F/GF/G
And live in perfect peace


VERSE
C majorC       E minorEm
 If we just be humble
A minorAm       C7C7
 Like the good Lord said
FF        C/EC/E
 He promised to exalt us
  F/GF/G
But low is the way


CHORUS
C majorC       G/BG/B
That's the way God planned it
A minorAm         C7C7        | FF F/GF/G Bb majorBb Bb/A |
That's the way (yeah, yeah, yeah) He wants it to be

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb majorBb  A minorAm  G minorGm |  FF   C/EC/E DmDm |
 (triplets)

C majorC       G/BG/B
That's the way God planned it
A minorAm         C7C7       | FF F/GF/G Bb majorBb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb majorBb  A minorAm  G minorGm |  FF   C/EC/E DmDm |
 (triplets)


SOLO           [2/4]
| C majorC E minorEm | A minorAm C7/G | FF C/EC/E | F/GF/G |
| C majorC E minorEm | A minorAm C7/G | FF C/EC/E | F/GF/G |


VERSE
C majorC          E minorEm
 I hope you get this message
A minorAm           C7C7
 Where you won't others will
FF         C/EC/E
 You may not understand me
  F/GF/G
But Billy will love you still


CHORUS
C majorC       G/BG/B
That's the way God planned it
A minorAm         C7C7      | FF F/GF/G Bb majorBb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb majorBb  A minorAm  G minorGm |  FF   C/EC/E DmDm |
 (triplets)

C majorC       G/BG/B
That's the way God planned it
A minorAm         C7C7       | FF F/GF/G Bb majorBb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb majorBb  A minorAm  G minorGm |  FF   C/EC/E DmDm |
 (triplets)


CODA CHORUS from here on: with riff (see above)
C majorC       G/BG/B
That's the way God planned it
A minorAm         C7C7       | FF F/GF/G Bb majorBb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb majorBb  A minorAm  G minorGm |  FF   C/EC/E DmDm |
 (triplets)


(double-time)
C majorC       G/BG/B
That's the way God planned it
A minorAm         C7C7       | FF F/GF/G Bb majorBb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb majorBb  A minorAm  G minorGm |  FF   C/EC/E DmDm |
 (triplets)


CHORUS (instrumental, double-time)
| C majorC G/BG/B | A minorAm C7C7 | FF Bb majorBb |

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb majorBb  A minorAm  G minorGm |  FF   C/EC/E DmDm |
 (triplets)


CHORUS (double-time)
C majorC       G/BG/B
That's the way God planned it
A minorAm         C7C7       | FF F/GF/G Bb majorBb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb majorBb  A minorAm  G minorGm |  FF   C/EC/E DmDm |
 (triplets)


CHORUS (coda, instrumental, double-time
| C majorC G/BG/B | A minorAm C7C7 | FF Bb majorBb |

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1
| Bb majorBb  A minorAm  G minorGm |  FF   C/EC/E DmDm | C majorC
 (triplets)