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From: schnitzi@east.isx.com (Mark J. Schnitzius)
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XTC
"Dear God"
From 'Skylarking'
Fmaj7 A7sus4/D D2
8 0 or 0 0
10 3 3 3
9 0 0 2
10 0 2 0
8 - 0 -
- - 2 -
Am Am Am Am
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----2--------2--------2--------2--
----2--------2--------2--------2--
-0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--
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^Thumb ^Pinky ^Thumb
D D Bb E7
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-----2--------2--------3--------1--
--0--0--0-----0--0-----3--0--2--2--
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with some changes as noted in the score below.
Dear God
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Dear God, hope you got the letter and...
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat
>From God,
I can't believe in you
Fmaj7 C G C
Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Fmaj7 D2 (or A7sus4/D)
Did you make mankind after we made you?
A/C# C C/E E7
Am riff
And the devil, too?
C D (2nd time thru)