Chords for God Said No by Dan Bern
Tempo:
75.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
Bm
G
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] I met God on [A] the edge of town
Where the wind [Bm] meets the stillness
Where the [G] darkness meets the light
Where the [D] ocean meets the sky
Where the [A] desert meets the rain
Where the [Bm] earth meets the heavens
[G] On the edge of town
[Bm] I [D] met God
I
[A] [Bm] [G]
[D] asked God
Do one thing for me
[Bm] Send me back in time
Send me to [G] Seattle
Let [D] me go
Find Kurt [A] Cobain
[Bm] Take away his gun
Take away [G] his bullets
[D] Talk to him
Make him wanna [A]
live
[Bm] Tell him how we love him
Help him see [G] his glory
[D] God said no
If I [A] sent you back
If you [Bm] really found him
You would [G] only ask him
If he [Bm] [D] could
Help you get a deal
[A]
If he [Bm] knows a lawyer
[G] If he can help you
God [D] said no
[A]
I [Bm] [G]
[D] asked God
Do one thing for [A] me
[Bm] Send me back in time
[G] Send me to Berlin
Let me [D] find
The one they call Hitler
[Bm] I will stalk him
[G] I will bring him down
I will bring [D] along
A powerful [A] gun
Loaded [Bm] with bullets
[G] Obliterate his memory
God [D] said no
If I sent [A] you back
[Em] You would get [Bm] caught up
[G] In theory and discussion
You would let [D] your fears
[A] Delay and distract you
You would [Bm] make friends
[G] You would take a lover
God [D] said no
[A]
I [Bm] [G]
[D]
[Bm] [G]
[D] asked God
Do one thing for [A] me
Send [Bm] me back in time
Send [G] me to Jerusalem
[D] Let me go
Let me go find [A] Jesus
Let [G] me save his life
As they try to kill him
Let [D] me take him down
Down from the [A] cross
Take the [Bm] iron from his body
Try [G] to heal his wounds
[D] God said no
If I let you [A] go
If you really [Bm] found him
[G] Walking with the cross
You would [Bm] stare
[D] [A] Tongue no longer working
Eyes [Bm] no longer seeing
Ears [G] no longer hearing
God [D] said that belongs to [A]
me
[Bm] Time's a sacred weapon
My final [G] advantage
God [D] turned away
From the edge of [A] town
[Bm] I knew I was beaten
And that [G] now was all I had
[D] God said no No
[Bm] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [Bm] [G]
[D]
Where the wind [Bm] meets the stillness
Where the [G] darkness meets the light
Where the [D] ocean meets the sky
Where the [A] desert meets the rain
Where the [Bm] earth meets the heavens
[G] On the edge of town
[Bm] I [D] met God
I
[A] [Bm] [G]
[D] asked God
Do one thing for me
[Bm] Send me back in time
Send me to [G] Seattle
Let [D] me go
Find Kurt [A] Cobain
[Bm] Take away his gun
Take away [G] his bullets
[D] Talk to him
Make him wanna [A]
live
[Bm] Tell him how we love him
Help him see [G] his glory
[D] God said no
If I [A] sent you back
If you [Bm] really found him
You would [G] only ask him
If he [Bm] [D] could
Help you get a deal
[A]
If he [Bm] knows a lawyer
[G] If he can help you
God [D] said no
[A]
I [Bm] [G]
[D] asked God
Do one thing for [A] me
[Bm] Send me back in time
[G] Send me to Berlin
Let me [D] find
The one they call Hitler
[Bm] I will stalk him
[G] I will bring him down
I will bring [D] along
A powerful [A] gun
Loaded [Bm] with bullets
[G] Obliterate his memory
God [D] said no
If I sent [A] you back
[Em] You would get [Bm] caught up
[G] In theory and discussion
You would let [D] your fears
[A] Delay and distract you
You would [Bm] make friends
[G] You would take a lover
God [D] said no
[A]
I [Bm] [G]
[D]
[Bm] [G]
[D] asked God
Do one thing for [A] me
Send [Bm] me back in time
Send [G] me to Jerusalem
[D] Let me go
Let me go find [A] Jesus
Let [G] me save his life
As they try to kill him
Let [D] me take him down
Down from the [A] cross
Take the [Bm] iron from his body
Try [G] to heal his wounds
[D] God said no
If I let you [A] go
If you really [Bm] found him
[G] Walking with the cross
You would [Bm] stare
[D] [A] Tongue no longer working
Eyes [Bm] no longer seeing
Ears [G] no longer hearing
God [D] said that belongs to [A]
me
[Bm] Time's a sacred weapon
My final [G] advantage
God [D] turned away
From the edge of [A] town
[Bm] I knew I was beaten
And that [G] now was all I had
[D] God said no No
[Bm] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [Bm] [G]
[D]
Key:
D
Bm
G
A
Em
D
Bm
G
[D] I met God on [A] the edge of town
Where the wind [Bm] meets the stillness
Where the [G] darkness meets the light
Where the [D] ocean meets the sky
Where the [A] desert meets the rain
Where the [Bm] earth meets the heavens
_ [G] On the edge of town
[Bm] I [D] met God
I _ _ _
[A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] asked God
Do one thing for me
[Bm] Send me back in time
Send me to [G] Seattle
Let [D] me go
Find Kurt [A] Cobain
[Bm] Take away his gun
Take away [G] his bullets _
[D] Talk to him
Make him wanna _ [A]
live
[Bm] Tell him how we love him
Help him see [G] his glory
[D] God said no
If I [A] sent you back
If you [Bm] really found him
You would [G] only ask him
If he [Bm] [D] could
Help you get a deal
[A] _
If he [Bm] knows a lawyer
_ [G] If he can help you
God [D] said no
_ [A] _ _
I [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] asked God
Do one thing for [A] me
[Bm] Send me back in time
[G] Send me to Berlin _
Let me [D] _ find
The one they call Hitler
[Bm] I will stalk him
[G] I will bring him down
I will bring [D] along
A powerful [A] gun
Loaded [Bm] with bullets
[G] Obliterate his memory
God [D] said no
If I sent [A] you back
[Em] You would get [Bm] caught up
[G] In theory and discussion _
You would let [D] your fears
[A] Delay and distract you
You would [Bm] make friends
[G] You would take a lover _
God [D] said no
_ _ [A] _
I [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] asked God
Do one thing for [A] me
Send [Bm] me back in time
Send [G] me to Jerusalem _
[D] Let me go
Let me go find [A] Jesus
Let [G] me save his life
As they try to kill him
Let [D] me take him down
Down from the [A] cross
Take the [Bm] iron from his body
Try [G] to heal his wounds
[D] God said no
If I let you [A] go
If you really [Bm] found him
[G] Walking with the _ cross
You would [Bm] stare
[D] _ [A] Tongue no longer working
Eyes [Bm] no longer seeing
Ears [G] no longer hearing
God [D] said that _ _ belongs to [A] _
me
[Bm] Time's a sacred weapon
My final [G] advantage
God [D] turned away
From the edge of [A] town
[Bm] I knew I was beaten
And that [G] now was all I had
[D] God said no No _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Where the wind [Bm] meets the stillness
Where the [G] darkness meets the light
Where the [D] ocean meets the sky
Where the [A] desert meets the rain
Where the [Bm] earth meets the heavens
_ [G] On the edge of town
[Bm] I [D] met God
I _ _ _
[A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] asked God
Do one thing for me
[Bm] Send me back in time
Send me to [G] Seattle
Let [D] me go
Find Kurt [A] Cobain
[Bm] Take away his gun
Take away [G] his bullets _
[D] Talk to him
Make him wanna _ [A]
live
[Bm] Tell him how we love him
Help him see [G] his glory
[D] God said no
If I [A] sent you back
If you [Bm] really found him
You would [G] only ask him
If he [Bm] [D] could
Help you get a deal
[A] _
If he [Bm] knows a lawyer
_ [G] If he can help you
God [D] said no
_ [A] _ _
I [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] asked God
Do one thing for [A] me
[Bm] Send me back in time
[G] Send me to Berlin _
Let me [D] _ find
The one they call Hitler
[Bm] I will stalk him
[G] I will bring him down
I will bring [D] along
A powerful [A] gun
Loaded [Bm] with bullets
[G] Obliterate his memory
God [D] said no
If I sent [A] you back
[Em] You would get [Bm] caught up
[G] In theory and discussion _
You would let [D] your fears
[A] Delay and distract you
You would [Bm] make friends
[G] You would take a lover _
God [D] said no
_ _ [A] _
I [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] asked God
Do one thing for [A] me
Send [Bm] me back in time
Send [G] me to Jerusalem _
[D] Let me go
Let me go find [A] Jesus
Let [G] me save his life
As they try to kill him
Let [D] me take him down
Down from the [A] cross
Take the [Bm] iron from his body
Try [G] to heal his wounds
[D] God said no
If I let you [A] go
If you really [Bm] found him
[G] Walking with the _ cross
You would [Bm] stare
[D] _ [A] Tongue no longer working
Eyes [Bm] no longer seeing
Ears [G] no longer hearing
God [D] said that _ _ belongs to [A] _
me
[Bm] Time's a sacred weapon
My final [G] advantage
God [D] turned away
From the edge of [A] town
[Bm] I knew I was beaten
And that [G] now was all I had
[D] God said no No _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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