Dear God

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From: schnitzi@east.isx.com (Mark J. Schnitzius)

By "Mark J. Schnitzius" 

 
and: EricBe@microsoft.com
with help from: Bill Gallagher 
 
  


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XTC
"Dear God"
From 'Skylarking'


  Fmaj7   
  A7Sus4/
  D     
  D2
  8      0 or 0      0
 10      3    3      3
  9      0    0      2
 10      0    2      0
  8      -    0      -
  -      -    2      -

A verse consists of three of the Am riff:

    
  Am       
  Am       
  Am       
  Am
----0--------0--------0--------0--|
----1--------1--------1--------1--|
----2--------2--------2--------2--|
----2--------2--------2--------2--|
-0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--|
----------1--------3--------2-----|
          ^Thumb   ^Pinky   ^Thumb

Then two the C riff:

     
  C       
  C/Ab  
  C/D     
  C/F#
-----0--------0-----0--------0--|
-----1--------1-----1--------1--|
-----0--------0-----0--------0--|
-----2--------2--0--0--0-----0--|
--3--3--3-----3-----------------|
-----------4--------------2-----|
           ^Pinky         ^Thumb

Then the falling D riff:

     
  D        
  D        
  Bb       
  E7
-----2--------2--------1--------0--|
-----3--------3--------3--------3--|
-----2--------2--------3--------1--|
--0--0--0-----0--0-----3--0--2--2--|
-----------3--------1--1-----------|
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with some changes as noted in the score below.

Dear God
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Dear God, hope you got the letter and...
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat
>From God,
I can't believe in you

Dear God, sorry to disturb you but...
I feel that I should be heard loud and clear
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
And all the people that you made in your image
See them fighting in the street
'Cause they can't make opinions meet
About God,
                   
  C   
  D
I can't believe in you

 
  Fmaj7                         
  C      
  G     
  C
Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?

  Fmaj7                      
  D2 (or 
  A7Sus4/D)
Did you make mankind after we made you?

  A/C#  
  C  
  C/E  
  E7

  Am riff
And the devil, too?
                   C  D  (2nd time thru)


  
     bypass Am thing and go to C riff

Dear God, don't know if you've noticed but...
Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book
And us crazy humans wrote it you should take a look
And all the people that you made in your image
Still believing that junk is true
Well I know it ain't, and so do you, dear God
I can't believe in
I don't believe in
  
   Am/F#
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
  
   G
The wars you bring, the babes you drown
  
   Bb
Those lost at sea and never found
  
   Dm
And it's the same the whole world 'round
  
   Bb
The hurt I see helps to compound
  
   G
That Father, Son and Holy Ghost
  
   Bb
Is just somebody's unholy hoax
  
   Dm
And if you're up there you'd perceive
  
   Bb
That my heart's here upon my sleeve
  
   G                                     
   A
If there's one thing I don't believe in
     
   D2/  
   D  
   Bb  
   C  
   F  
   G  
   E  <-  
   D2 form, use these bass notes
          0   0  0  0  0  0
          3   3  3  3  3  3
          2   2  2  2  2  2
          0   -  -  -  -  -
          -   1  3  -  - -- 
          -   -  -  1  3  0 
It's you
Dear God