Chords for Radney Foster - Godspeed
Tempo:
155.05 bpm
Chords used:
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G
F
Am
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G] [C] [Gm]
I'm trying to always close with [G] this song.
[D] [N]
[C]
[F]
[C] [B] I wrote this [F] for a [Cm] 5 year old boy at the time.
[Cm] He's [D] now 24 years [C] old.
[G] [F]
I'm trying to always close with [G] this song.
[D] [N]
[C]
[F]
[C] [B] I wrote this [F] for a [Cm] 5 year old boy at the time.
[Cm] He's [D] now 24 years [C] old.
[G] [F]
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[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ I'm trying to always close with [G] this song. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] [B] I wrote this [F] for a _ _ [Cm] 5 year old boy at the time.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
[Cm] _ He's [D] now 24 years [C] old. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] He's mastering [F] this band's first record.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And I thought when I wrote this that he would be the only one to hear it.
I put it [G] on a cassette 5 times in a row.
[C] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ It had one of [Cm] those big Fisher Price big buttons. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ He was moving halfway around the world with his mom. _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
I was [C] terrified that I wouldn't get to be [Am] a dude. _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ I was dude wrong. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Now the great thing [Ab] about this song is I think God gave [F] it to humble me.
[C] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ A number of ways and places and times that _ _ _ _ [F] this song has brought me to tears. _ _ _
[C] _ Countless. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
I wrote a [Cm] lyric in it that at the time I [G] thought [C] I believed.
But _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] this gift from God _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ made me [Cm] really [C] believe it. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ I just had a mother [F] _ _ send _ _ _
_ [Ab] me a letter [C] asking what permissions she needed.
_ You could part of a good _ [G] on a 4 year old's raised [C] up.
_ _ _ And if that won't humble you nothing will. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The _ fact [Eb] of the matter is God really does hear anything, whatever we _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] are.
_ _ The _ water is white.
_ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ Pirates _ sail and lost boys fly. _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ There's bad _ [G] moonbeams _ every night. _ _
_ [C] I _ [F] _ _ _
love _ you. _ _ _ _
_ God's sweet woman. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Sweet [C] _ dream. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Oh my [F] _ _ love will fly.
_ _ _ You each night [G] [Am] are _ _ [G] angel _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ wings.
[C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ God's sweet, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] sweet _ dreams. _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ Rocket _ _ drifters all chuck her down.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
Spermans in _ pajamas on the couch.
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ Goodnight moon, _ [G] _ you'll find them out.
I _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
love _ _ you. _ _ _
_ _ _ God's sweet woman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Sweet _ dream. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Oh my _ [F] love will fly.
_ _ You each night [G] [Am] are _ _ _ [G] angel _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ wings.
[C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ God's sweet, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] sweet _ dreams.
God's mommy in a _ matchbox of [G] cones.
_ [F] _
_ [Cm] God is dead and _ thanks to the stars.
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _
God hears amen _ [G] wherever we are.
_ _ [C] I [F] _ _ _ love _ [C] you.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ God's sweet, _ _ _ _ sweet _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
dreams.
_ _ [G] My _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] love will fly.
_ You _ each night [G] [Am] are _ _ [G] angel _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] wings.
[F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ God's sweet,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ sweet dreams.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ God _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ bless y'all.
Thank you for coming out.
_ [G] _ [C] _ We're happy to be here.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ Peace out. _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] Thank _ _ _ y'all.
God bless.
[C] _ _ _
_ I'm trying to always close with [G] this song. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] [B] I wrote this [F] for a _ _ [Cm] 5 year old boy at the time.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
[Cm] _ He's [D] now 24 years [C] old. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] He's mastering [F] this band's first record.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And I thought when I wrote this that he would be the only one to hear it.
I put it [G] on a cassette 5 times in a row.
[C] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ It had one of [Cm] those big Fisher Price big buttons. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ He was moving halfway around the world with his mom. _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
I was [C] terrified that I wouldn't get to be [Am] a dude. _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ I was dude wrong. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Now the great thing [Ab] about this song is I think God gave [F] it to humble me.
[C] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ A number of ways and places and times that _ _ _ _ [F] this song has brought me to tears. _ _ _
[C] _ Countless. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
I wrote a [Cm] lyric in it that at the time I [G] thought [C] I believed.
But _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] this gift from God _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ made me [Cm] really [C] believe it. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ I just had a mother [F] _ _ send _ _ _
_ [Ab] me a letter [C] asking what permissions she needed.
_ You could part of a good _ [G] on a 4 year old's raised [C] up.
_ _ _ And if that won't humble you nothing will. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The _ fact [Eb] of the matter is God really does hear anything, whatever we _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] are.
_ _ The _ water is white.
_ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ Pirates _ sail and lost boys fly. _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ There's bad _ [G] moonbeams _ every night. _ _
_ [C] I _ [F] _ _ _
love _ you. _ _ _ _
_ God's sweet woman. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Sweet [C] _ dream. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Oh my [F] _ _ love will fly.
_ _ _ You each night [G] [Am] are _ _ [G] angel _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ wings.
[C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ God's sweet, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] sweet _ dreams. _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ Rocket _ _ drifters all chuck her down.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
Spermans in _ pajamas on the couch.
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ Goodnight moon, _ [G] _ you'll find them out.
I _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
love _ _ you. _ _ _
_ _ _ God's sweet woman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Sweet _ dream. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Oh my _ [F] love will fly.
_ _ You each night [G] [Am] are _ _ _ [G] angel _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ wings.
[C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ God's sweet, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] sweet _ dreams.
God's mommy in a _ matchbox of [G] cones.
_ [F] _
_ [Cm] God is dead and _ thanks to the stars.
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _
God hears amen _ [G] wherever we are.
_ _ [C] I [F] _ _ _ love _ [C] you.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ God's sweet, _ _ _ _ sweet _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
dreams.
_ _ [G] My _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] love will fly.
_ You _ each night [G] [Am] are _ _ [G] angel _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] wings.
[F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ God's sweet,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ sweet dreams.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ God _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ bless y'all.
Thank you for coming out.
_ [G] _ [C] _ We're happy to be here.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ Peace out. _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] Thank _ _ _ y'all.
God bless.
[C] _ _ _