Randy Newman

Randy Newman - Gods Song guitar tab

...GOD'S SONG (THAT'S WHY I LOVE MANKIND) by Randy Newman

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*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Cm)

Verse 1:

Am

Cain slew Abel Seth knew not why

Dm Am

For if the children of Israel were to multi-ply

E7 Am E7 Am

Why must any of the child-ren die?

So he asked the Lord

E

And the Lord said:

Chorus 1:

Am E7 Am E7 Am A7

Man means nothing he means less to me

Dm A7

Than the lowliest cactus flower

Dm A7 Dm

Or the humblest Yucca tree

Am E7

He chases round this desert

Am C7 F7

'Cause he thinks that's where I'll be

Am E7 Am E7

That's why I love man-kind

Am E7 Am E7 Am A7

I recoil in horror from the foul-ness of thee

Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm

From the squalor and the filth and the mise-ry

Am E7 Am C7 F7

How we laugh up here in heaven at the prayers you offer me

Am E7 Am E7

That's why I love man-kind

Verse 2:

Am

The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree

Dm Am

The Buddhists and the Hindus joined on satellite TV

E7

They picked their four greatest priests

Am E7 Am

And they be-gan to speak

They said, "Lord, a plague is on the world

Lord, no man is free

Dm

The temples that we built to you

Am

Have tumbled into the sea

E7

Lord, if you won't take care of us

Am E7 Am

Won't you please, please let us be?"

Am E

And the Lord said

C E

And the Lord said

Chorus 2:

Am E7 Am A7

I burn down your cities-how blind you must be

Dm A7

I take from you your children and you say

Dm A7 Dm

How blessed are we

Am E7 Am C7 F7

You all must be crazy to put your faith in me

Am E7 Am

That's why I love man-kind

Dm

You really need me

Am E7 Am

That's why I love man-kind

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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Am Dm E7 A7 E C7 F7 C

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

x02210 xx0231 020100 x02223 022100 x32310 132111 x32010

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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