Dear God by Xtc #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: schnitzi@east.isx.com (Mark J. Schnitzius) By "Mark J. Schnitzius" and: EricBe@microsoft.com with help from: Bill Gallagher ------------ 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-----------| -----------------------------------| with some changes as noted in the score below. Dear God ---- --- 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 www.TAB6.com