Elvis Costello - God Give Me Strength Ukulele

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