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Gods Song

Randy Newman

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...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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Gods Song

Randy Newman