Chords for Alanis Morissette - What If God Was One Of Us (lyrics)

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87.65 bpm
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E

D

F#m

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Alanis Morissette - What If God Was One Of Us (lyrics) chords
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[Bm] [C] Oh, one of these nights, when about twelve o'clock,
this old world's gonna' be landlocked.
Saints be a-tramblin', cryin' [Cm] for pain,
for the Lord's gonna' come in his heavenly airplane.
[F#m] [D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [D] [A]
[F#m] [D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [D] [A] Hey, hey, [E] hey, hey, [F#m] hey, hey, hey.
[D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A] [E]
[F#m] If God [D] had a name,
[A] what would it [E] be,
and [F#m] would you call it to [D] his [A] face?
If you [E] were faced [F#m] with him in all [D] his glory,
[A] what would [E] you ask [F#m] if you had just one [D] question?
[A]
[E] [D] Yeah, [A] yeah, [E] God is great.
[D] Yeah, [A] yeah, [E] God is [A] good.
[D] Yeah, yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, yeah.
What [F#m] if [A] God was one of us,
[E] just [F#m] as loved [D] like [A] one of us,
[E] just [F#m] a stranger [D] [A] on the bus,
[E] tryin' to make his [F#m] way home?
[D] [A]
[E] [F#m] God had a [D] face,
[A] what [E] would it look like, [F#m] and would [A] you once see?
If [E] seeing meant that you [F#m] would have to [D] believe
[A] in [E] things like heaven [F#m] and in Jesus [D] and the saints
[A] and all [E] the [D] prophets?
Yeah, [A] yeah, [E] God is [D] great.
Yeah, [A] yeah, [E] God is [A] good.
[D] Yeah, [A] yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, [C#m] yeah.
What [F#m] if God [D] was one of [A] us,
[E] just [F#m] as loved [D] like [A] one of us,
[E] just [F#m] a stranger [D] [A] on the bus,
[E] tryin' to make his [F#m] way [D] home?
[A]
[E] tryin' to make his [F#m] way [D] home?
[A] Back up [E] to heaven [F#m] all alone,
[D] [A] nobody [E] callin' [F#m] on the [D] phone,
[A] except for [E] the Pope, [D] maybe it's wrong.
[E]
[D] [E] [Em]
[D] [A] [E]
[F#m] [D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A] [E]
[F#m] [D] [A] [E]
[F#m] [A] [D] [A] [E]
[D] Yeah, yeah, [E] God is great.
[D] Yeah, yeah, [E] God is good.
[D] Yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, [E] yeah, [F#m] yeah.
What if [D] God was one [A] of us,
[E]
[F#m] just as loved like [D] one [A] of us,
[E]
[F#m] just a [A] stranger [D] [A] on the bus,
tryin' [E] to make [A] his way [D] home?
[A] Just tryin' [E] to make [F#m] his way [D] home,
[A] like [E] a holy [F#m] rolling [A] stone.
Back up to [E] heaven [F#m] all [D] alone,
[A] [E] just tryin' to make [D] his way home.
Nobody callin' on the phone,
except for the Pope, maybe it's wrong.
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
F#m
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Bm
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A
1231
E
2311
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[Bm] _ _ _ [C] Oh, one of these nights, when about twelve o'clock,
this old world's gonna' be landlocked.
Saints be a-tramblin', cryin' [Cm] for pain,
for the Lord's gonna' come in his heavenly airplane.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] [A] Hey, hey, [E] hey, hey, [F#m] hey, hey, hey.
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[F#m] If God [D] had a name,
[A] what would it [E] be,
and [F#m] would you call it to [D] his [A] face?
If you [E] were faced [F#m] with him in all [D] his glory,
[A] what would [E] you ask [F#m] if you had just one [D] question?
[A] _ _
[E] _ _ [D] Yeah, [A] yeah, [E] God is great.
[D] Yeah, [A] yeah, [E] God is [A] good.
[D] Yeah, yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, yeah.
What [F#m] if [A] God was one of us, _
[E] just [F#m] as loved [D] like [A] one of us, _
[E] just [F#m] a stranger [D] [A] on the bus,
[E] tryin' to make his [F#m] way home?
[D] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ [F#m] _ God had a [D] face,
[A] what [E] would it look like, [F#m] and would [A] you once see?
_ If [E] seeing meant that you [F#m] would have to [D] believe
[A] in [E] things like heaven [F#m] and in Jesus [D] and the saints
[A] and all [E] the [D] prophets?
Yeah, [A] yeah, [E] God is [D] great.
Yeah, [A] yeah, [E] God is [A] good.
[D] Yeah, [A] yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, [C#m] yeah.
What [F#m] if God [D] was one of [A] us,
[E] just [F#m] as loved [D] like [A] one of us, _
[E] just [F#m] a stranger [D] [A] on the bus,
[E] tryin' to make his [F#m] way [D] home?
[A] _ _
[E] tryin' to make his [F#m] way [D] home?
[A] _ Back up [E] to heaven [F#m] all alone,
[D] _ [A] _ nobody [E] callin' [F#m] on the [D] phone,
[A] _ except for [E] the Pope, [D] maybe it's wrong.
_ _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [F#m] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
[D] _ Yeah, yeah, [E] God is great.
[D] Yeah, yeah, [E] God is good.
[D] Yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, [E] yeah, [F#m] yeah.
What if [D] God was one [A] of us,
_ [E]
[F#m] just as loved like [D] one [A] of us,
[E] _
[F#m] just a [A] stranger [D] [A] on the bus,
tryin' [E] to make [A] his way [D] home?
_ [A] Just tryin' [E] to make [F#m] his way [D] home,
[A] _ like [E] a holy [F#m] rolling [A] stone.
_ _ Back up to [E] heaven [F#m] all [D] alone,
[A] _ _ [E] just tryin' to make [D] his way home. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Nobody callin' on the phone,
_ _ except for the Pope, maybe it's wrong. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Eric Bazilian.

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