• Song:

    God Give Me Strength

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

  • Album:

    The Return Of The Spect...

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Intro:   Gm9   D  (4x)

Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)                   DNow (xx0232@1)I have nothing, so God give me strength
C#m7 (x4242x@1)          C#m (x13321@4)           F#m7'Cause (131141@2)I'm weak in her [his] wake
C#m (x13321@4)                         F#m (244222@1) F#7And (242352@1)if I'm strong I might still break
Bm (x24432@1)               A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)                     
And I don't have anything to share
Bm (x24432@1)         E (022100@1)                    A (x02220@1) 
That I won't throw away into the air

G (320003@1)               AThat (x02220@1)song is sung out
G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)    
This bell is rung out
Em (022000@1)            F#m (244222@1)           A (x02220@1) 
[He] She was the light that I'd bless
Em (022000@1)            F#m (244222@1)                 A[He] (x02220@1)She took my last chance at happiness
Gm7                  Bm (x24432@1)     Gm9 (3132xx@1)Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1)    
So God give me strength, God give me strength

(second verse same as first)

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 (3132xx@1)   Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)             EmGod (022000@1)if [he'd] she'd grant me [his] her indulgence and decline
(E, F#, Ab)  Asus4 (x02230@1)  A (x02220@1)               Asus2I (x02200@1)might as well wipe [him] her from my memory
(E, F#, Ab)  Asus4 (x02230@1)  A (x02220@1)               Asus2Fracture (x02200@1)the spell as [he] she becomes my enemy
Bm (x24432@1)            E (022100@1)             AMaybe (x02220@1)I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt
Bm (x24432@1)            E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)     
See, I'm only human, I want him to hurt
Asus4 (x02230@1)A (x02220@1)     A7I (x02020@1)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 (355333@1)  D (xx0232@1)Wipe her from my life...
I might as well...
God give me strength...
God give me strength...
I might as well
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