WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Randy Newman - Gods Song Chords | Ver. 1
Tuning: Standard
capo: 3rd fret
play: Am
key: Cm
INTRO / INTERLUDE / OUTRO (first bar only)
Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|--1-------------|--1-------------|
G|2-2-2-0-2-------|2-2-2-0-2-------|
D|2---2---2-------|2---2---2-----2-|
A|0---------------|0---------------|
E(0)--------------|----------------|
VERSE 1
Am Dm Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|--0-------------|----------------|
B|--1-------------|--1-------------|3---3-1-3-------|--1-------------|
G|2-2-2-0-2-------|2-2-2-0-2-----2-|2---2---2-------|2-2-2-0-2-------|
D|2---2---2-----2-|2---2---2-------|0-------------2-|2---2---2-------|
A|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
LINK
Am E7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------0-----|
B|--1---4---0-----|
G|2---2-0---1-----|
D|2---2---------12|
A|0--------------h|
E|--------0---0---|
VERSE 2 + 3
Am Dm Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|--0-------------|----------------|
B|--1-------------|--1-------------|3---3-1-3-------|--1-------------|
G|2-2-2-0-2-------|2-2-2-0-2-----2-|2---2---2-------|2-2-2-0-2-------|
D|2---2---2-----2-|2---2---2-------|0---------0-3-2-|2---2---2-------|
A|0---------0-3---|0---------0-3---|----------------|0---------0-3---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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INTRO
| Am | % |
VERSE
Am
Cain slew Abel; Seth knew not why
Dm Am
For if the children of Israel, were 'sposed to multiply
Am/E E7 Am/E E7 Am
Why must any of the children die?
Am/E E7
So he asked the Lord, and the Lord said
CHORUS
Am/E E7 Am/E E7 Am A7/C#
Man means nothing; he means less to me
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
Than the lowliest cactus flower, or the humblest Yucca tree
Am/E E7 Am C7/G F7
He chases round this desert, 'cos he thinks that's where I'll be
Am/E E7 Am E7
That's why I love mankind [LINK]
CHORUS
Am E7#5 E7 Am/E E7 Am A7/C#
I recoil in hor- ror, from the foulness of thee
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
From the squalor and the filth, and the misery
Am/E E7 Am C7/G F7
How we laugh up in here in heaven, at the prayers you offer me
Am/E E7 [Am]
That's why I love mankind
INTERLUDE
| Am | % |
VERSE
Am Am
The Christians and the Jews, were having a jamboree,
Dm Am
The Buddhists and the Hindus, joined on satellite TV
Am/E E7
They picked their four greatest priests,
Am/E E7 Am
And they began to speak
VERSE
Am Am
They said "Lord, a plague is on the world; Lord, no man is free
Dm Am
The temples that we built to you, have tumbled into the sea
Am/E E7 Am/E E7 Am
Lord, if you won't take care of us, won't you please, please let us be?"
Am/E E7
And the Lord said
C/G E/G#
And the Lord said
CHORUS
Am/E E7 Am/E E7 Am A7
I burn down your cities; how blind you must be
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
I take from you your children, and you say; "How blessed are we!"
Am/E E7 Am C7/G F7
You all must be crazy, to put your faith in me
Am/E E7 Am Dsus4(add9) Dm(no5)
That's why I love man-kind; you really need me
Am/E E7 [Am]
That's why I love mankind
OUTRO
| Am |