Dear God chords by XTC

Chords with lyrics

XTC
¨Dear God¨
From ’Skylarking’

Fmaj7Fmaj7  A7sus4/D   D2
 8   0 or 0   0
 10   3  3   3
 9   0  0   2
 10   0  2   0
 8   -  0   -
 -   -  2   -

A augmentedA verse consists of three of the A minorAm riff:

  A minorAm    A minorAm    A minorAm    A minorAm
----0--------0--------0--------0--|
----1--------1--------1--------1--|
----2--------2--------2--------2--|
----2--------2--------2--------2--|
-0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--|
----------1--------3--------2-----|
     ^Thumb  ^Pinky  ^Thumb

Then two the C majorC riff:

   C majorC    C/Ab C/DC/D   C/F#
-----0--------0-----0--------0--|
-----1--------1-----1--------1--|
-----0--------0-----0--------0--|
-----2--------2--0--0--0-----0--|
--3--3--3-----3-----------------|
-----------4--------------2-----|
      ^Pinky     ^Thumb

Then the falling D MajorD riff:

   D MajorD    D MajorD    Bb majorBb    E7E7
-----2--------2--------1--------0--|
-----3--------3--------3--------3--|
-----2--------2--------3--------1--|
--0--0--0-----0--0-----3--0--2--2--|
-----------3--------1--1-----------|
-----------------------------------|

with some changes as noted in the score below.

Dear God
---- ---
Dear God, hope you got the letter and...
I pray you can make it better down here
I don’t mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
’Cause they don’t get enough to eat
>From God,
I can’t believe in you

Dear God, sorry to disturb you but...
I feel that I should be heard loud and clear
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
And all the people that you made in your image
See them fighting in the street
’Cause they can’t make opinions meet
About God,
          C majorC  D MajorD
I can’t believe in you

 Fmaj7Fmaj7             C majorC   G+G   C majorC
Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Fmaj7Fmaj7           D2 (or A7sus4/D)
Did you make mankind after we made you?
A/C#A/C# C majorC C/EC/E E7E7
A minorAm riff
And the devil, too?
          C majorC D MajorD (2nd time thru)

 bypass A minorAm thing and go to C majorC riff

Dear God, don’t know if you’ve noticed but...
Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book
And us crazy humans wrote it you should take a look
And all the people that you made in your image
Still believing that junk is true
Well I know it ain’t, and so do you, dear God
I can’t believe in
I don’t believe in
 Am/F#
I won’t believe in heaven and hell
 Bb majorBb
No saints, no sinners, no devil as well
 DmDm
No pearly gates, no thorny crown
 Bb majorBb
You’re always letting us humans down
 G+G
The wars you bring, the babes you drown
 Bb majorBb
Those lost at sea and never found
 DmDm
And it’s the same the whole world ’round
 Bb majorBb
The hurt I see helps to compound
 G+G
That Father, Son and Holy Ghost
 Bb majorBb
Is just somebody’s unholy hoax
 DmDm
And if you’re up there you’d perceive
 Bb majorBb
That my heart’s here upon my sleeve
 G+G                   A augmentedA
If there’s one thing I don’t believe in
   D2/ D MajorD Bb majorBb C majorC FF G+G E MajorE <- D2 form, use these bass notes
     0  0 0 0 0 0
     3  3 3 3 3 3
     2  2 2 2 2 2
     0  - - - - -
     -  1 3 - - --
     -  - - 1 3 0
It’s you
Dear God

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