God Is Dead Chords by Black Sabbath

Tempo:
119.45 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Gb

Ebm

Bb

Ab

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Black Sabbath - God Is Dead? chords
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[B] [Eb]
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[B] [Ebm] [Eb]
[Db] [Eb]
[F] [Gb]
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[Db] [Eb] [F] [Gb] [Db]
[Eb]
[F] [Gb] [Db]
[Eb]
[Bb] [A] [Gb] [Eb]
Lost in the darkness, I wake from the light.
[Ebm] [Eb]
Faith of my father, my brother, my maker and savior,
[Ebm] [Eb] help me make it through the night.
Blood on my conscience and
[Ebm] [Eb] [Ebm] murdering mind.
[Eb]
Out of the gloom, I rise up from my tomb into impending doom.
Now my body is my shrine.
[Ebm] [Eb]
[B] The blood runs free, the rain [Bb] turns red.
Give [Ab] me the [Gb] wine, [F] you keep the [Eb] bread.
[D] [Bbm] [A] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bbm] [A] [Ab]
[B] The voices echo in [Bb] my head.
Is [Ab] God [Gb] alive [F] or is [Eb] God dead?
[Bb] [A] [Bb] Is [Eb] God dead?
[Bb] [A] [Ab]
[Eb]
Rivers of [Ebm] evil [Eb]
run [Gb] [Eb]
through dying [Ebm] land.
[Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Ebm] [Eb]
Swimming in [Ebm] sorrow, they [Eb] kill, steal, and borrow.
There is no tomorrow, for the sinners will be [Ebm] damned.
[Eb]
[Abm] [Eb] [Ebm] [Eb]
Ashes to ashes, you cannot exhume us [Ebm] all.
[Eb]
[F] [B] [Eb] [Ebm] [Eb]
Who do you trust when corruption and lust,
creed of all the [Ebm] [Eb] unjust, leaves you empty and [Ebm] unwhole?
[Eb] [F] [Eb] [Ebm]
[Eb] [B] When will this nightmare [Abm] be [Db] over?
Tell [Gb] [B] me.
When can I empty [Abm] my [Db] head?
[Db] [B] Will [Gb] [B] someone tell me the [Db] answer?
Is God really [Eb] dead?
[Gb] [Eb]
[D] [Eb] [Gb] [Eb] Is God [D] really [Eb] dead?
[Gb] [Eb] To [D] [Eb] [Gb]
[Eb] [D] [Eb] safeguard my philosophy [D] [Eb] until [Gb] my dying [Eb] breath,
[D] [Eb] I transfer [Gb] from [Eb] reality [D] [Eb] into a [Gb] living [Eb] death.
[D] [Eb] I [Gb] empathize [Eb] with enemies [D] [Eb] until the [Gb]
[Eb] time is right.
[D] With [Eb] God and [Gb]
[Eb] Satan at my [D] side, from [Eb] darkness [Ebm] will [Eb] come light.
[D] [B] I watch the rain as it [Bb] turns red.
Give me [Ab] more [Gb] wine, [F] I don't [Eb] need bread.
[Bb]
[A] [Bb] [Eb] [D]
[Db] [A] These [Ab] [B]
riddles that live in [Bb] my head,
I don't [Gb] believe [F] that God [Eb] is dead.
[Bb]
God [Eb] is dead.
[Bb] [A] [Ab] [Eb]
[Eb]
[F] [Gb] [Db] [Eb]
[F]
[Gb] [Db] [Eb]
[F]
[Gb] [Db] [Eb]
[Bb] [A]
[Gb] [Eb] [N]
[Eb] [N]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ebm]
[Abm] [Eb] Nowhere to run, [Ebm]
nowhere to hide.
[A] Wondering [Eb] if [Gb] we will [Ebm] meet again on the other side.
Do you believe what the good book said?
[Eb] Or is it just a [Gb] holy [Eb] fairy tale and God is [Gb] dead?
[Eb] [Eb]
God is dead.
[Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] God is dead.
[Ebm] [Ab]
[Eb] God is dead.
[Bbm] [Ab]
[Eb] God is dead.
[Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [F] [Gb]
[Ab] [Db] [Eb]
[F] [Gb]
[Abm] [Db] [Eb]
You will [Ebm] [Gb] [Db]
see me.
[Ab] [Eb]
You will see [Gb] me.
[Abm]
[Db] [Ebm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bbm] [Ab]
[B] But still the voices in [Bb] my head are [Ab] telling [Gb] me [F] that God [Eb] is dead.
[Bb]
[Eb] [Db] [A] [Ab]
[B] The blood pours down, the rain [Bb] turns red.
I [Ab] don't [Gb] believe [F] that God [Eb] is dead.
[Bb] [A] [Bb] God [Eb] is dead.
[Bb] [A] [Ab] God [Eb] is dead.
God is dead.
[Bb] [A] [Ab]
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Eb
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Gb
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Ebm
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Bb
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Ab
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Eb
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Gb
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Ebm
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To learn Black Sabbath - God Is Dead chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: D, Eb, Gb, Eb, Ebm, Eb, Ebm, Gb, Db, Eb and F. Start with a comfortable 59 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 119. With the song's key of Eb Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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[Db] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Lost in the darkness, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I wake from the _ light. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
Faith of my father, my brother, my maker and savior,
_ [Ebm] _ [Eb] help me make it through the night. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Blood on my conscience and _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] murdering _ mind.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Out of the gloom, I rise up from my tomb into impending doom.
Now my body is my shrine. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ The blood runs free, the rain [Bb] turns red.
Give [Ab] me the [Gb] wine, [F] you keep the [Eb] bread.
[D] _ [Bbm] _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[B] _ The voices echo in [Bb] my head.
Is [Ab] God [Gb] alive [F] or is [Eb] God dead?
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ [Bb] Is [Eb] God dead?
[Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Rivers of [Ebm] evil [Eb] _ _
run _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ _
through dying _ [Ebm] land.
[Eb] _ [F] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ Swimming in [Ebm] sorrow, they [Eb] kill, steal, and borrow.
There is no tomorrow, _ for the sinners will be _ [Ebm] damned.
[Eb] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ Ashes to ashes, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
you cannot exhume us [Ebm] all.
_ [Eb] _
[F] _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ Who do you trust when corruption and lust,
creed of all the [Ebm] [Eb] unjust, leaves you empty and _ [Ebm] unwhole? _
[Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ When will this nightmare [Abm] be [Db] over? _
Tell _ [Gb] [B] me.
When can I empty [Abm] my [Db] head? _ _
_ _ [Db] _ [B] _ Will [Gb] [B] someone tell me the [Db] answer?
_ Is God really [Eb] dead?
_ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gb] [Eb] Is God [D] really _ [Eb] dead?
[Gb] [Eb] To _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] safeguard my philosophy [D] _ [Eb] until [Gb] my dying [Eb] breath,
_ [D] _ [Eb] I transfer [Gb] from [Eb] _ reality [D] [Eb] into a [Gb] living [Eb] death.
_ [D] [Eb] I _ [Gb] empathize [Eb] with enemies [D] _ [Eb] until the [Gb]
[Eb] time is right.
[D] With [Eb] God and [Gb]
[Eb] Satan at my [D] side, from [Eb] darkness [Ebm] will [Eb] come light.
[D] _ [B] _ I watch the rain as it [Bb] turns red.
Give me [Ab] more [Gb] wine, [F] I don't [Eb] need bread.
[Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _
[Db] _ [A] These [Ab] _ [B] _ _ _
riddles that live in [Bb] my head,
I don't [Gb] believe [F] that God [Eb] is dead.
[Bb] _
_ _ _ God [Eb] is dead.
[Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[F] _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Abm] [Eb] Nowhere to run, [Ebm] _ _ _ _
nowhere to hide. _ _ _
[A] Wondering [Eb] if [Gb] we will [Ebm] meet again on the other _ side. _ _
Do you believe what _ _ _ the good book _ said? _ _
[Eb] Or is it just a [Gb] holy [Eb] fairy tale and God is [Gb] dead?
[Eb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
God is dead.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] God is dead.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] God is dead.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] God is dead.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Gb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Gb] _ _ _
[Abm] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
You will _ [Ebm] _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Db]
see _ me.
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
You will see _ [Gb] _ me.
[Abm] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[B] _ But still the voices in [Bb] my head are [Ab] telling [Gb] me [F] that God [Eb] is dead.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [A] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[B] The blood pours down, the rain [Bb] turns red.
I [Ab] don't [Gb] believe [F] that God [Eb] is dead.
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] God [Eb] is dead.
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ [Ab] God [Eb] is dead.
_ _ _ God is dead.
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] _

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This song was written by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler.

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