Elvis Costello - God Give Me Strength Chords

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

Bm                           G           D
I can't hold onto [him] her, God give me strength
C#m7      C#m          F#m7
When the phone doesn't ring
C#m              F#m   F#7
And I'm lost in imagining
Bm                 A            G        
Everything that kind of love is worth
Bm           E               A   
As I tumble back down to the earth

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      
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]
Bm       G       D

C#m       F#                                     

C#m     F#sus4    F#                    

Bm               A            G                       
Since I lost the power to pretend
Bm                    E          A   
That there could ever be a happy ending

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

Gm    D    Gm    Bm   Gm

D                   Gm
   Wipe her from my memory
Bm                 Gm
   I might as well
 D                  Gm
   Wipe her from my memory
 Bm             Gm     
   God give me strength
 D                   Gm
   Wipe her from my memory
 Bm
   I might as well