Текст песни XTC — Dear God + аккорды для гитары
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Am Am
Dear God, hope you got the letter and...
Am Am C C/Ab
I pray you can make it better down here
C/D C/F# C C/Ab
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
C/D C/F#
But all the people that you made in your image
D
See them starving on their feet
Bb E7
'Cause they don't get enough to eat
D Bb E7
From God, I can't believe in you
Am Am
Dear God, sorry to disturb you but...
Am Am C C/Ab
I feel that I should be heard loud and clear
C/D C/F# C C/Ab
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
C/D C/F#
And all the people that you made in your image
D
See them fighting in the street
Bb E7
'Cause they can't make opinions meet
D
About God,
Bb E7 C D
I can't believe in you
Fmaj7 C G C
Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Fmaj7 Dsus2 (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
Bridge: bypass Am thing and go to C riff
Am Am
Dear God, don't know if you've noticed but...
Am Am C C/Ab
Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book
C/D C/F# C C/Ab
And us crazy humans wrote it you should take a look
C/D C/F#
And all the people that you made in your image
D
Still believing that junk is true
Bb E7
Well I know it ain't, and so do you, dear God
D
I can't believe in
Bb E7 C D
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