Dear God tab by XTC

By "Mark J. Schnitzius"
and: EricBe@microsoft.com
with help from: Bill Gallagher


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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.

About God,
          C  D
I can't ...

 Fmaj7             C   G   C
Did you make disease, ...
Fmaj7           D2 (or A7sus4/D)
Did you make mankind ...
A/C# C C/E E7
Am riff
And the devil...
          C D (2nd time thru)

 bypass Am thing and go to C riff

Dear God, don't know if you've noticed but...
I don't ...
 Am/F#
I won't believe in ...
 Bb
No saints, no sinners, ...
 Dm
No pearly gates...
 Bb
You're always letting ...
 G
The wars you bring, ...
 Bb
Those lost at sea ...
 Dm
And it's the same the ...
 Bb
The hurt I see ...
 G
That Father, Son ...
 Bb
Is just ...
 Dm
And if you're up ...
 Bb
That my heart's here ....
 G                   A
If there's one ....
   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