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Randy Newman

Gods Song

by Randy Newman
Randy Newman

Biography:

Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.

Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.

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...GOD'S SONG (THAT'S WHY I LOVE MANKIND) by Randy Newman
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*from 'Sail Away' (1972)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Cm)


Intro:

Am

Verse 1:

Am
Cain slew Abel; Seth knew not why.
Dm Am
For if the children of Israel, were 'sposed to multiply;
E7 Am E7 Am
Why must any of the child-ren die?
E7
So he asked the Lord, and the Lord said;

Chorus 1:

Am E7 Am E7 Am A7
Man means nothing; he means less to me.
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
Than the lowliest cactus flower, or the humblest Yucca tree.
Am E7 Am C7 F7
He chases round this desert, 'cos he thinks that's where I'll be;
Am E7 Am E7
That's why I love mankind.

Am E7 Am E7 Am A7
I recoil in horror, from the foulness of thee.
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
From the squalor and the filth, and the mise-ry.
Am E7 Am C7 F7
How we laugh up in here in heaven, at the prayers you offer me;
Am E7 Am
That's why I love mankind.

Verse 2:

Am
The Christians and the Jews, were having a jamboree,
Dm Am
The Buddhists and the Hindu's, joined on satellite TV.
E7
They picked their four greatest priests,
Am E7 Am
And they be-gan to speak. They said;
Am
"Lord, a plague is on the world; Lord, no man is free.
Dm Am
The temples that we built to you, have tumbled into the sea.
E7 Am E7 Am
Lord, if you won't take care of us, won't you please, please let us be?"
Am E7 C E7
And the Lord said... and the Lord said;

Chorus 2:

Am E7 Am E7 Am A7
I burn down your cities; how blind you must be.
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
I take from you your children, and you say; "how blessed are we".
Am E7 Am C7 F7
You all must be crazy, to put your faith in me;
Am E7 Am Dm
That's why I love man-kind; you really need me.
Am E7 Am
That's why I love mankind.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

Am Dm A7 E C7 F7 C

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 xx0231 x02223 022100 x32310 132111 x32010


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])




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