Elvis Costello – God Give Me Strength (Guitar)

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Intro: Gm9 D (4x)
Bm                 G                     D
Now I have nothing, so God give me strength

C#m7            C#m             F#m7
'Cause I'm weak in her [his] wake

C#m                           F#m   F#7
And if I'm strong I might still break

Bm                 A            G                       
And I don't have anything to share

Bm           E                      A   
That I won't throw away into the air

G                 A
That song is sung out

G                A      
This bell is rung out

Em              F#m             A   
[He] She was the light that I'd bless

Em              F#m                   A
[He] She took my last chance at happiness

Gm7                  Bm       Gm9  Em      D    G   Em   A      
So God give me strength, God give me strength
(second verse same as first) I can't hold onto [him] her, God give me strength When the phone doesn't ring And I'm lost in imagining Everything that kind of love is worth As I tumble back down to the earth That song is sung out This bell is rung out [He] She was the light that I'd bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength,
Gm9     Em      D               G               Em
God if [he'd] she'd grant me [his] her indulgence and decline

(E, F#, G#)  Asus4    A                 Asus2
I might as well wipe [him] her from my memory

(E, F#, G#)  Asus4    A                 Asus2
Fracture the spell as [he] she becomes my enemy

Bm              E               A
Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt

Bm              E       A       
See, I'm only human, I want him to hurt

Asus4  A       A7
I want him, I want him to hurt
[instrumental - repeat structure of first verse, these last two lines are picked up as you reach the end of the verse)] Since I lost the power to pretend That there could ever be a happy ending That song is sung out This bell is rung out [He] She was the light that I'd bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength, God give me strength Gm D Wipe her from my life... I might as well... God give me strength... God give me strength... I might as well