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Elvis Costello - God Give Me Strength chords
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Intro: Gm9 D (4x) Bm G D Now I have nothing, so God give me strength C#m7 C#m F#m7 'Cause I'm weak in her [his] wake C#m F#m F#7 And if I'm strong I might still break Bm A G And I don't have anything to share Bm E A That I won't throw away into the air G A That song is sung out G A This bell is rung out Em F#m A [He] She was the light that I'd bless Em F#m A [He] She took my last chance at happiness Gm7 Bm Gm9 Em D G Em A So God give me strength, God give me strength (second verse same as first) [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/e/elvis-costello/290677.html ] I can't hold onto [him] her, God give me strength When the phone doesn't ring And I'm lost in imagining Everything that kind of love is worth As I tumble back down to the earth That song is sung out This bell is rung out [He] She was the light that I'd bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength, Gm9 Em D G Em God if [he'd] she'd grant me [his] her indulgence and decline (E, f#, g#) Asus4 A Asus2 I might as well wipe [him] her from my memory (E, f#, g#) Asus4 A Asus2 Fracture the spell as [he] she becomes my enemy Bm E A Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt Bm E A See, I'm only human, I want him to hurt Asus4 A A7 I want him, I want him to hurt [instrumental - repeat structure of first verse, these last two lines are picked up as you reach the end of the verse)] Since I lost the power to pretend That there could ever be a happy ending That song is sung out This bell is rung out [He] She was the light that I'd bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength, God give me strength Gm D Wipe her from my life... I might as well... God give me strength... God give me strength... I might as well  |