(Ian Hunter)
(spoken: "This is God, Take 1") G Bm C G [start intro lick - see tab for lick below] G Bm C G G Bm C G Oh God said to me "Gonna kick your ass - 'cos all you do is ask ask ask G Bm C G All that energy looking for me when I'm sitting here inside you - plain to see D C G C G C G How I built you cell for cell - gave you sights to see - I gave you tales to tell D C G C G C G Even let you help yourself for a while - to take some weight off this busy child" [organ fill] G Bm C G I said to God "I found you out - 'cos I know what this life is all about!" G Bm C G God said "Stop - don't scramble your brain - my opponent's been messing you around again D C G C G C G See him and me are enemies and we play little games for galaxies D C G C G C G And he's inside you - 'n I am too - so here we are - just the three of you" [organ fill] G Bm C G "Oh we made mistakes - too many cards - but making human beings can be hard G Bm C G A God gets tired of playing so much chess - he wishes his God would get him out of his mess" D C G C G C G I said to God "What's it like to die" He said "It's as plain as the sea and sky D C G C G C G Conception was me and him and you - when your batteries fade we all just move on" [organ fill] G Bm C G Oh I said to God "Who's winning this game - is the devil in front" He said "Is that his name G Bm C G You know I've been so busy I never asked - I never looked up from this awesome task" D C G C G C G I said to God "What's good 'n bad" He said "It's just something that you've got to have D C G C G C G It don't mean nothing to us up here - but your primitive people - you gotta have fear" [organ fill] G Bm C G Now I said to God "Do I think for myself" He said I told you once you just help yourself G Bm C G Don't you forget you're composed of three, your thinking comes from him and me" D C G C G C G Now I said to God "How big are you, is there a religion - is it true D C G C G C G How big's the universe - is time - the same for you as my life is to mine" [organ fill] G Bm C G Oh it's said "If all the things that made worlds float - were all to part - then you would note G Bm C G The size of him and the size of me - and that's how big we both shall be" D C G C G C G He said "The universe is small - just like some fortune-teller's ball D C G C G C G And we sit down - and we play the game - when somebody wins it all starts again" [organ fill] G Bm C G "There's no religion - you did that - it helps to keep your little leaders fat G Bm C G Like faith 'n superstition stay - to help you pass the time away D C G C G C G But when you talk of time and life - it makes me think of circles, heights D C G C G C G Expansion is the clue - your dreams - are nearer than you've ever been" [organ fill - G chord held slightly longer than in rest of song] [strum each chord once and hold during next two lines] D C G C G C G "You see my little toy to think - is from two bowls of wine to drink D C G C G C G Don't take too much or you may drown - behave yourself - see you around..." G Bm C G [continue chord sequence for rest of outro] [play intro lick] [play intro lick one octave lower] [play intro lick] [improvise solo] Intro Lick: |-----15--14--15--14----|----12--14--12----|----12-------------| |-----------------------|------------------|---------15--12----| |-----------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------|------------------|-------------------|
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Transcribed by Rich Manson