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

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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       G/B      Am      C7       F       Bb
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----1-2-3-2-----|
D|----------------|--------2-3-5-2-|3-5---------3---|
A|3-2-3-5-2-------|--2-3-5---------|--------------5-|
E|----------5-3-4-|5---------------|----------------|
  Bb    C/E   Gm     F     C/E Dm
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|3-----2---------|----------------|
D|------------5---|--3-----2-------|
A|----------------|------------5---|
E|----------------|----------------|
      (triplets)

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

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INTRO                    [2/4]
| C G | Am C/G | F C/E | F F/G |


VERSE
C                Em
 Why can't we be humble
Am              C/G
  Like the good lord said
F                C/E
  He promised to exalt us
    F/G
But low is the way


VERSE
C                 Em
 How (can) man be so greedy
Am             C7
  When there's so much left?
F                C/E
  All things God given
         F/G
And they all have been blessed

CHORUS
C             G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am                 C7              | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb    Am    Gm |   F     C/E Dm  |
  (triplets)

C             G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am                 C7              | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb    Am    Gm |   F     C/E Dm  |
  (triplets)


VERSE
C                      Em
 Let not your heart be troubled
Am             C7
  Let mourning sobbing cease
F               C/E
  Learn to help one another
    F/G
And live in perfect peace


VERSE
C              Em
 If we just be humble
Am              C7
  Like the good Lord said
F                C/E
 He promised to exalt us
    F/G
But low is the way


CHORUS
C             G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am                 C7               | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way (yeah, yeah, yeah) He wants it to be

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb    Am    Gm |   F     C/E Dm  |
  (triplets)

C             G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am                 C7              | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb    Am    Gm |   F     C/E Dm  |
  (triplets)


SOLO                      [2/4]
| C Em | Am C7/G | F C/E | F/G |
| C Em | Am C7/G | F C/E | F/G |


VERSE
C                    Em
 I hope you get this message
Am                      C7
 Where you won't others will
F                 C/E
 You may not understand me
    F/G
But Billy will love you still


CHORUS
C             G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am                 C7           | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb    Am    Gm |   F     C/E Dm  |
  (triplets)

C             G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am                 C7              | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb    Am    Gm |   F     C/E Dm  |
  (triplets)


CODA CHORUS from here on: with riff (see above)
C             G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am                 C7             | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb    Am    Gm |   F     C/E Dm  |
  (triplets)


(double-time)
C             G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am                 C7              | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb    Am    Gm |   F     C/E Dm  |
  (triplets)


CHORUS (instrumental, double-time)
| C G/B | Am C7 | F Bb |

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb    Am    Gm |   F     C/E Dm  |
  (triplets)


CHORUS (double-time)
C             G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am                 C7              | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb    Am    Gm |   F     C/E Dm  |
  (triplets)


CHORUS (coda, instrumental, double-time
| C G/B | Am C7 | F Bb |

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1
| Bb    Am    Gm |   F     C/E Dm  | C
  (triplets)