Misc Musicals – Godspell - Save The People (Guitar)

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[Intro] (4X) G C/G Am Dsus4 D [Verse 1]
G              C/G                Am        Dsus4  D
When wilt Thou save  the people?  O, God of mercy, when?

G           C/G
The people, Lord, the people,

Am              Fsus/A  F/A     Dsus4  D
Not thrones and crowns,     but men!

Em      Bm     C  D    Em Bm       C     D
Flow'rs of Thy heart,  O  God, are they;

Em  Bm       C           G/B      A    A  D/A   A  D/A  A
Let them not pass, like  weeds, a-way,                  Their

Am/G  G  G C/G G C/G G  Am/G   G   G  C/G  G  C/G  G
heritage             a sunless day.
(slower) (original tempo)
Eb     F        Dsus4 D    Dsus4   D  Dsus4   D
   God save the   people.
[Verse 2]
G                 C/G            Am7             D
Shall crime bring crime forever, Strength aiding still the strong?

G         C/G             Am             F        Dsus4  D
Is it Thy will, O Father, That men shall toil for wrong?

Em   Bm      C   D      Em    Bm      C     D
"No",say Thy mountains; "No", say Thy skies;

Em    Bm      C         G        A      A  D  A  D  A
Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise,              And

Am/G     G    G C G C G   Am/G    G     G C G C G
songs be heard         instead of sighs.
(slower)
Eb     F        D
   God save the people.
[Instrumental] (5X) (faster, 200 bpm) D Dsus4 D/A Dsus4 D/A Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G C Am D [Verse 3]
G              C/G              Am7        D
When wilt Thou save the people? O, God of  mercy, when?

G           C/G               Am7             F           Dsus4  D
The people, Lord, the people, Not thrones and crowns, but men!

Em  Bm       C  D    Em  Bm         C     D
God save the people, for Thine they are,

Em  Bm       C      G/B    A        A  D  A  D  A
Thy children as Thy angels fair.                God

Am/G        G     G  C G C  G  Am/G    G       G  C G C G
save the people                from despair.
(same tempo) (4X)
Eb   F        D
God  save the people.
(Oh God save the people!) [Bridge] (slower - strum once per chord, almost a-capella)
G                             G
   When wilt thou save the people?

Am7/G                C/G
 O God of mercy when?

G                           G
   The people, Lord, the people,

Am             Am  F       F    Dsus4 D
   Not thrones and crowns, but  men!
(previous tempo) [Verse 4] (previous tempo)
Em  Bm       C      D         Em   Bm         C     D
God save the people,(save us), For thine they are, (for thine they are.)

Em  Bm       C      G/B    A     A   D    A   D  A
Thy children as Thy angels fair, (O, God save the people,)

Am/G        G      G   C    G   C  G
Save the people,  (God save the people,)

Am/G    G      G   C    G   C  G
From despair. (God save the people!)
(same tempo) (3X)
Eb  F        D
God save the people.
(Oh God save the people!) [Outro]
D
Oh

D            G       C/G          Am
God save the people,

D            G       C/G          Am
God save the people,

D            G       C/G          D/G
God save the people.
C/G D G