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Xtc - Dear+god

From: schnitzi@east.isx.com (Mark J. Schnitzius)

By "Mark J. Schnitzius" 
and: EricBe@microsoft.com
with help from: Bill Gallagher 


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XTC
"Dear God"
From 'Skylarking'



Fmaj7   A7sus4/D     D2
  8      0 or 0      0
 10      3    3      3
  9      0    0      2
 10      0    2      0
  8      -    0      -
  -      -    2      -

A verse consists of three of the Am riff:

    Am       Am       Am       Am
----0--------0--------0--------0--
----1--------1--------1--------1--
----2--------2--------2--------2--
----2--------2--------2--------2--
-0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--
----------1--------3--------2-----
          ^Thumb   ^Pinky   ^Thumb

Then two the C riff:

     C       C/Ab  C/D     C/F#
-----0--------0-----0--------0--
-----1--------1-----1--------1--
-----0--------0-----0--------0--
-----2--------2--0--0--0-----0--
--3--3--3-----3-----------------
-----------4--------------2-----
           ^Pinky         ^Thumb

Then the falling D riff:

     D        D        Bb       E7
-----2--------2--------1--------0--
-----3--------3--------3--------3--
-----2--------2--------3--------1--
--0--0--0-----0--0-----3--0--2--2--
-----------3--------1--1-----------
-----------------------------------

with some changes as noted in the score below.

About God,
                   C   D
I can't ...

 Fmaj7                         C      G     C
Did you make disease, ...
Fmaj7                      D2 (or A7sus4/D)
Did you make mankind ...
A/C#  C  C/E  E7
Am riff
And the devil...
                   C  D  (2nd time thru)

  bypass Am thing and go to C riff

Dear God, don't know if you've noticed but...
I don't ...
  Am/F#
I won't believe in ...
  Bb
No saints, no sinners, ...
  Dm
No pearly gates...
  Bb
You're always letting ...
  G
The wars you bring, ...
  Bb
Those lost at sea ...
  Dm
And it's the same the ...
  Bb
The hurt I see ...
  G
That Father, Son ...
  Bb
Is just ...
  Dm
And if you're up ...
  Bb
That my heart's here ....
  G                                     A
If there's one ....
     D2/  D  Bb  C  F  G  E  <-  D2 form, use these bass notes
          0   0  0  0  0  0
          3   3  3  3  3  3
          2   2  2  2  2  2
          0   -  -  -  -  -
          -   1  3  -  -  -
          -   -  -  1  3  0
It's you
Dear God