Bob Dylan – God Knows (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

Under the Red Sky version The last three verses are played without the G+ - G6 in the second half – just plain G-C/g all the way through.
CHORDS
     E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G  3-x-2-0-1-0
G+   3-x-1-0-x-x
G6   3-x-2-0-x-x
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G | C/G | G | C/G | | G | Gaug | G6 | G | % | % | % | [Verse 1]
G                    C/G
 God knows you ain't pretty,

G               C/G
 God knows it's true.

G                G+
 God knows there ain't anybody

     G6                      | G | C/G | G | C/G |
Ever gonna take the place of you.
[Verse 2]
G                 C/G
 God knows it's a struggle,

G                 C/G
 God knows it's a crime,

G                        G+
 God knows there's gonna ain’t no more water

   G6         | G | C/G | G | % |
But fire next time.
[Bridge]
C
 God don't call it treason,

G
 God don't call it wrong,

A
 It was s'posed to last a season

             D   D         D   D
But it's been so strong for so long.
[Verse 3]
G               C/G
 God knows it’s fragile

G               C/G
 God knows everything

G                   G+
 God knows it could snap apart right now

                  G6            | G | % | % | % |
Just like putting scissors to a string
[Solo] | G | C/G | G | C/G | | G | Gaug | G6 | G | C/G | G | C/G | [Bridge]
C
 God knows it’s terrifying

G
 God sees it all unfold

          A
There’s a million reasons for you to be crying

        D   D       D   D
You been so bold and so cold
[Verse 4]
G                        C/G
 God knows that when you see it

G                        C/G
 God knows you’ve got to weep

G                      G+
 God knows the secrets of your heart

                G6                  | G | C/G | G | C/G |
He’ll tell them to you when you’re asleep
[Verse 5] (variation)
G                    C/G
 God knows there’s a river

G                         C/G
 God knows how to make it flow

G                             C/G
 God knows you ain’t gonna be taking

        G                 C/G
Nothing with you when you go
[Verse 6] (variation)
G                    C/G
 God knows there’s a purpose

G                    C/G
 God knows there’s a chance

G                  C/G
 God knows you can rise above the darkest hour

   G         C/G
Of any circumstance
[Verse 7] (variation, fade out)
G                    C/G
 God knows there’s a heaven

G                      C/G
 God knows it’s out of sight

G                             C/G
 God knows we can get all the way from here to there

     G                              C/G
Even if we’ve got to walk a million miles by candlelight