Biography:
Jack Symes is an artist from Pasadena, California.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This is a fun, easy little song to sing and strum along to. Listen to the song to get the strumming pattern
and for the timing of the parts marked N.C. for no chord.
[Intro]
C# G# F# C#
[Verse 1]
C# G#
God, do you ever look down below
F#
At your children in sorrow
N.C. C#
And think what have you done?
C# G#
What, what's the point of forgiving
F#
Us for the sins we won't stop making?
N.C. C#
Must take up your time.
G#
Do you ever take breaks
F#
From our tearful confessions?
G#
And with your angels and saints
F#
Enjoy a cigarette in heaven,
N.C.
And be a cool God?
C#
This is the little riff that happens between these verses
e|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------6----------------------------------------------
A|----6/8~----6-8---8-6-6h8~------6-8-6-4~-----------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse 2]
C#
Where oh where,
G#
will I go when my days are done?
F#
Give me a spoiler, won't tell anyone.
N.C. C#
Don't ya trust me, Man?
G#
Do you ever take breaks
F#
From fighting off all our demons?
G#
And treat your angels and saints
F#
To a cold one in heaven,
N.C. C#
And be a cool God?
[Solo]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------6--------------------3-1-------------------1-----
D|-----6~---6-8---8-6-6~/3~------1-3-----3-3~3p1-------1-3---3~--
A|----------------------------------------------4----------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
(Optional up the octave, played by a second instrument)
e|---------------9-------------------6-4-------------------4-----
B|-----9~---9-11--11-9-9~/6~-----4-6-----6-6~/2--------4-6---6~--
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse 3]
C#
Do you ever take breaks, and burn one down
G#
With Mr. JFK and tell him how
F# N.C.
You knew his killer, but mistook him for
C#
A good man?
C#
Do you ever take breaks, burn one down
G#
With Mr. Marvin Gaye and tell him how
F#
You knew his father, but mistook him for
C#
A good dad?
G#
My God, for goodness sake,
F#
Call in sick with depression.
G#
And take your angels and saints
F#
Out for a night off in heaven,
And be a cool God.
and for the timing of the parts marked N.C. for no chord.
[Intro]
C# G# F# C#
[Verse 1]
C# G#
God, do you ever look down below
F#
At your children in sorrow
N.C. C#
And think what have you done?
C# G#
What, what's the point of forgiving
F#
Us for the sins we won't stop making?
N.C. C#
Must take up your time.
G#
Do you ever take breaks
F#
From our tearful confessions?
G#
And with your angels and saints
F#
Enjoy a cigarette in heaven,
N.C.
And be a cool God?
C#
This is the little riff that happens between these verses
e|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------6----------------------------------------------
A|----6/8~----6-8---8-6-6h8~------6-8-6-4~-----------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse 2]
C#
Where oh where,
G#
will I go when my days are done?
F#
Give me a spoiler, won't tell anyone.
N.C. C#
Don't ya trust me, Man?
G#
Do you ever take breaks
F#
From fighting off all our demons?
G#
And treat your angels and saints
F#
To a cold one in heaven,
N.C. C#
And be a cool God?
[Solo]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------6--------------------3-1-------------------1-----
D|-----6~---6-8---8-6-6~/3~------1-3-----3-3~3p1-------1-3---3~--
A|----------------------------------------------4----------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
(Optional up the octave, played by a second instrument)
e|---------------9-------------------6-4-------------------4-----
B|-----9~---9-11--11-9-9~/6~-----4-6-----6-6~/2--------4-6---6~--
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse 3]
C#
Do you ever take breaks, and burn one down
G#
With Mr. JFK and tell him how
F# N.C.
You knew his killer, but mistook him for
C#
A good man?
C#
Do you ever take breaks, burn one down
G#
With Mr. Marvin Gaye and tell him how
F#
You knew his father, but mistook him for
C#
A good dad?
G#
My God, for goodness sake,
F#
Call in sick with depression.
G#
And take your angels and saints
F#
Out for a night off in heaven,
And be a cool God.
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