XTC – Dear God (Guitar)
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Chords
Song: Dear God
Artist: XTC
Composer: Andy Partridge
Album: Skylarking
Tabbed by DJ 1st Jan 2017
I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the very bottom of the page.
Emphasise the bass note of every chord
[Verses]
Am = x02210 C/D = xx0010
Fmaj7 = 133210 D = xx0232
Am/G = 302210 D/C = x30232
D9/F# = 200210 Bb = x13331
C = x32010 or x35553 E7 = 022130
C/G# = 432010 or 4x5550 G6/B = x20000
[Bridge]
Fmaj9 = xx3010 Em7 = 022030
C = x32010 Em6 = 022020
C/B = x2xxxx C/E = xx2010
C/A = x0xxxx Cdim7 = xx1212
C/G = 3xxxxx E7 = 022130
[Additional chords]
Dm = xx0231 Dsus2/Bb = x10230
G7 = 320001 Dsus2/C = x30230
Bb7 = x13131 Dsus2/F = 100230
A7 = x02020 Dsus2/G = 300230
Dsus2/E = 000230
N.C. = No chords
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[Intro]
Am Fmaj7 Am/G D9/F# Am Fmaj7 Am/G D9/F# | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
Am Fmaj7 Dear God, hope you got the letter, and... Am/G D9/F# C ...I pray you can make it better down ...here, C/G# C/D D9/F# I don't mean a big re - duction... C In the price of beer, C/G# C/D D9/F# But all the people that you made in your image, D D/C See them starving on their feet, Bb E7 'Cause they don't get enough to eat, Am Fmaj7 Am/G From ...God---------------, D9/F# Am Fmaj7 Am/G D9/F# I can't believe in ...you-------------------!
[Verse 2]
Am Fmaj7 Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but... Am/G D9/F# C I feel that I should be heard loud and ...clear, C/G# C/D D9/F# C We all need a big re-duction in amount of...tears C/G# C/D D9/F# And all the people that you made in your image, D D/C See them fighting in the street, G6/B Bb E7 'Cause they can't make opinions meet... Am Fmaj7 Am/G ...About ...God---------------, D9/F# Am Fmaj7 Am/G D9/F# I can't believe in ...you-------------------!
[Bridge]
Fmaj9 Did you make disease, C C C/B C/A C/G C C C/B C/A C/G And the diamond blue----------? | / / /__/ /__/ | Fmaj9 Did you make mankind, Em7 Em6 C/E Cdim7 E7 Am After we made you----! Mm---, mmm---, mm-------! Fmaj7 Am/G D9/F# Am Fmaj7 Am/G D9/F# And the devil...too------------------?
[Break]
C C/G# C/D D9/F# C C/G# C/D D9/F# | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | D D/C Bb E7 | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
Am Fmaj7 Dear God, don't know if you've noticed, but... Am/G D9/F# C ...Your name is on a lot of quotes in this...book, C/G# C/D D9/F# And us crazy humans wrote it, C You should take a look, C/G# C/D D9/F# And all the people that you made in your image, D D/C Still be - lieving that junk is true, Bb E7 Well, I know it ain't, ...so do you, Am Fmaj7 Am/G Dear ...God---------------, D9/F# Am Fmaj7 Am/G I can't believe in... D9/F# Am Fmaj7 Am/G I don't believe in...
[Verse 4]
Dm I won't believe in heaven and hell, Bb No saints, no sinners, no devil as well, Dm No pearly gates, no thorny crown, Bb You're always letting us humans down, G7 The wars you bring, the babes you drown, Bb Those lost at sea and never found
[Verse 5]
Dm And it's the same the whole world 'round, Bb The hurt I see helps to compound... G7 That Father, Son, and Holy Ghost... Bb7 Is just somebody's unholy hoax, Dm And, if you're up there, you'd perceive... Bb7 That my heart's here upon my sleeve, G7 A7 N.C If there's one thing I don't believe in...
[Coda]
N.C. Dsus2 Dsus2/Bb Dsus2/C Dsus2/F Dsus2/G Dsus2/E It's you-------------------------------------------, D Dear God!
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For the closest GUITAR chord box diagrams to my chord
legend suggestions you will need to manually select
the following options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below six of the diagrams.
All the other chord boxes can be the default
first option and don't need reselecting
C/G# E7 Fmaj9
<14 of 15> <7 of 47> <11 of 15>
Em7 Em6 C/E
<6 of 49> <2 of 50> <3 of 32>