Dear God chords by XTC

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 <- 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