...GOD'S SONG (THAT'S WHY I LOVE MANKIND) by Randy Newman
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*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Cm) 

Verse 1:

Am (x02210@1)Cain slew Abel Seth knew not why
Dm (xx0231@1)                                         Am (x02210@1)For if the children of Israel were to multi-ply
         E7 (020130@1)       Am (x02210@1)  E7 (020130@1)AmWhy (x02210@1)must any of the child-ren die?
So he asked the Lord
E (022100@1)And the Lord said:

Chorus 1:

Am (x02210@1)       E7 (020130@1)       Am (x02210@1)  E7 (020130@1)    Am (x02210@1)A7 (x02020@1)Man means nothing he means less to me
Dm (xx0231@1)               A7 (x02020@1)Than the lowliest cactus flower
       Dm (xx0231@1)     A7 (x02020@1)  DmOr (xx0231@1)the humblest Yucca tree
   Am (x02210@1)              E7He (020130@1)chases round this desert
          Am (x02210@1)          C7 (x32310@1)       F7'Cause (131241@1)he thinks that's where I'll be
Am (x02210@1)          E7 (020130@1)     Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1)That's why I love man-kind

Am (x02210@1)         E7 (020130@1)            Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1)    Am (x02210@1) A7 (x02020@1) I recoil in horror from the foul-ness of thee
Dm (xx0231@1)                      A7 (x02020@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)    A7 (x02020@1) Dm (xx0231@1)From the squalor and the filth and the mise-ry
       Am (x02210@1)             E7 (020130@1)          Am (x02210@1)        C7 (x32310@1)  F7How (131241@1)we laugh up here in heaven at the prayers you offer me
Am (x02210@1)          E7 (020130@1)     Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1)That's why I love man-kind

Verse 2:

Am (x02210@1)The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree
Dm (xx0231@1)                                    Am (x02210@1)The Buddhists and the Hindus joined on satellite TV
                  E7 (020130@1)       
They picked their four greatest priests
    Am (x02210@1)    E7 (020130@1)   AmAnd (x02210@1)they be-gan to speak
They said, "Lord, a plague is on the world
Lord, no man is free
    DmThe (xx0231@1)temples that we built to you
     AmHave (x02210@1)tumbled into the sea
                        E7Lord, (020130@1)if you won't take care of us
          Am (x02210@1)           E7 (020130@1)   AmWon't (x02210@1)you please, please let us be?"
        Am (x02210@1)      EAnd (022100@1)the Lord said
        C (x32010@1)       EAnd (022100@1)the Lord said

Chorus 2:

Am (x02210@1)                         E7 (020130@1)           Am (x02210@1)A7 (x02020@1)I burn down your cities-how blind you must be
Dm (xx0231@1)                  A7 (x02020@1)I take from you your children and you say 
Dm (xx0231@1) A7 (x02020@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)How blessed are we
Am (x02210@1)             E7 (020130@1)     Am (x02210@1)     C7 (x32310@1)     F7 (131241@1)You all must be crazy to put your faith in me
Am (x02210@1)          E7 (020130@1)     Am (x02210@1) 
 That's why I love man-kind
    DmYou (xx0231@1)really need me
Am (x02210@1)          E7 (020130@1)     Am (x02210@1)That's why I love man-kind 


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Am (x02210@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)    E7 (020130@1)    A7 (x02020@1)    E (022100@1)     C7 (x32310@1)    F7 (131241@1)    C (x32010@1)
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  
 x02210  xx0231  020100  x02223  022100  x32310  132111  x32010 


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)