God Give Me Strength chords by Elvis Costello

SimplifiedGm · D · Bm · G · C#sus4 …

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Gm
D
Bm
G
C#sus4
C#m
F#m
F#sus4
F#
A
Esus4
E
Em
Asus4
Abdim

Intro 1

Verse 1
Bm 
Now I have nothing
G 
D 
So God give me strength
C#sus4 
C#m 
F#m 
'Cos I'm weak      anyway
C#m 
F#sus4 
F# 
And if I'm   strong i might still     break
Bm 
A 
G 
And I don't have anything to share
Bm 
That I   won't throw
Esus4 
E 
A 
away into the air
G 
A 
That song is sung out
Em 
A 
This bell is rung out

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Verse 2

F#m

She was the light that I'd bless

F#m

She took my last chance of happiness

So god give me strength

God give me strength

Interlude 1

Asus4

Verse 3
Bm 
I   can't hold on to her
G 
D 
God give me strength
C#sus4 
C#m 
F#m 
When the phone     doesn't   ring
C#m 
F#sus4 
And I'm   lost in imagining
F# 
Bm 
A 
G 
Everything that kind of love is worth
Bm 
D 
Esus4 
E 
A 
As  I tumble back down     to the Earth

Verse 4
G 
A 
That song is sung out
Em 
A 
This bell is rung out
Em 
F#m 
A 
She was the light that I'd bless
Em 
F#m 
A 
She took my last chance of happiness
Gm 
So God give me strength
Bm 

Verse 5
Em 
D 
God if she'd grant me her
G 
Em 
indulgence and decline
Asus4 
I might as well
D 
A 
Asus4 
Wipe her from my memory
A 
Asus4 
Fracture the spell
A 
Asus4 
As she becomes my enemy

Verse 6
Bm 
E 
Maybe I was washed out
A 
Like a lip- print on his shirt
Bm 
Abdim 
E 
See, I'm only hu       man
A 
Bm 
A 
Asus4 
I want him to hurt
A 
I want him
Bm 
I want him to hurt

Interlude 2

C#sus4

C#m

F#m

C#sus4

C#m

F#sus4

Verse 7
Bm 
A 
G 
Since I lost the power to pretend
Bm 
D 
That there could ever be
Esus4 
E 
A 
a happy    ending
G 
A 
That song is sung out
Em 
A 
This bell is rung out
Em 
F#m 
A 
She was the light that I'd bless
Em 
F#m 
A 
She took my last chance of happiness
Gm 
Bm 
So God give me strength
Em 
D 
God give me strength