Dear God chords by
Xtc

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Key: A minor

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Dear God, hope you get the letter and
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I pray you can make it
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better down here
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I don't mean a big reduction
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in the price of beer
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But all the people that you
made in your image
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See them starving on their feet
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'Cause they don't get enough to eat
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G G 
 
A A 
 
from God
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Can't believe in  you
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Verse 2
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Dear God, sorry to disturb you but
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I feel that I should be
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heard loud and clear
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We all need a big reduction
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in amount of tears
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And all the people that you
made in your image
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See them fighting in the street
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F# F# 
 
'Cause they can't make opinions meet
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G G 
 
A A 
 
about God
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I can't believe in  you
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Bridge 1
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Did you make disease
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and the diamond blue?
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Did you make mankind
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after we    made you?
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And the Devil too
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E E

Solo 1

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Verse 3
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Dear God, don't know if you noticed but
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Your name is on a lot of quotes
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in this book
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And us crazy humans wrote it,
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you should take a look
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And all the people that you
made in your image
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Still believing that junk is true
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Well I know it ain't, and so do you
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G G 
 
A A 
 
Dear God
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I can't believe in
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I don't believe in
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Bridge 2
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I won't believe in heaven, hell
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No saints, no sinners, no devil as well
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No pearly gates, no thorny crown
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You're always letting us humans down
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The wars you bring, the babes you drown
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Those lost at sea and never found
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And it's the same the whole world 'round
The hurt I see helps to compound
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The Father, Son and and Holy Ghost
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Is just somebody's unholy hoax
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And if  you're up there you'd perceive
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That my heart's here upon my sleeve
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If there's one thing I don't believe in

Outro 1

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It's you

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