• Song:

    God Give Me Strength

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

  • Album:

    The Return Of The Spect...

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Intro:   G5   D5  (4x)

B5                 G5                     D5
Now I have nothing, so God give me strength
C#5            C#5             F#5
'Cause I'm weak in her [his] wake
C#5                           F#5   F#5
And if I'm strong I might still break
B5                 A5            G5                       
And I don't have anything to share
B5           E5                      A5   
That I won't throw away into the air


G5                 A5
That song is sung out
G5                A5      
This bell is rung out
E5              F#5             A5   
[He] She was the light that I'd bless
E5              F#5                   A5
[He] She took my last chance at happiness
G5                  B5       G5  E5      D5    G5   E5   A5      
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,

G5     E5      D5               G5               E5
God if [he'd] she'd grant me [his] her indulgence and decline
( E5 , F#5 , Ab5 )  A5    A5                 A5
I might as well wipe [him] her from my memory
( E5 , F#5 , Ab5 )  A5    A5                 A5
Fracture the spell as [he] she becomes my enemy
B5              E5               A5
Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt
B5              E5       A5       
See, I'm only human, I want him to hurt
A5  A5       A5
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

G5    D5

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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