Dear God
Lyrics by Andy Partridge of XTC
Am (A bass)
Dear God,

Am (F bass)
hope you got the letter, and...

Am (G bass)    Am (F# bass)                               C (C bass)  C (G# bass)
I pray...       you can make it better down here.

             A7 (A bass)    A7 (F# bass)                     C (C bass)  C (G# bass)
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer

                    A7 (A bass)                                  A7 (F# bass) 
but all the people that you made in your image, see

           D (D bass)             D (C bass)            Bb
them starving on their feet 'cause they don't get

                   E7             Am (A bass)  Am (F bass)  Am (G bass)
enough to eat from God, 

Am (F# bass)                               Am (A bass)  Am (F bass)  Am (G bass)
            I can't believe in you...

(repeat above chord sequence)
Dear God, 
sorry to disturb you, but... 
I feel...    that I should be heard loud and clear. 
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
and all the people that you made in your image, see 
them fighting in the street 'cause they can't 
make opinions meet about God,
           I can't believe in you...

Fmaj7                                               C (G bass)
Did you make disease, and the diamond blue? 

Fmaj7                                           A7 sus4             A7...    Am7....    E7
Did you make mankind after we made you? 

Am (A bass)  Am (F bass)  Am (G bass)   Am (F# bass)
And the devil too!

C (C bass)  C (G# bass)   A7 (A bass)  A7 (F# bass) 

C (C bass)  C (G# bass)   A7 (A bass)  A7 (F# bass) 

(repeat first chord sequence)
Dear God, 
don't know if you noticed, but... 
your name is on a lot of quotes in this book, 
and us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look, 
and all the people that you made in your image 
still believing that junk is true. 
Well I know it ain't, and so do you, dear God, 
     I can't believe in 

Am (F# bass)                               Am (A bass)  Am (F bass)  Am (G bass)
     I don't believe in

Am (G bass); Am (G bass); Am (G bass); Am (G bass)
  I won't     believe in    heaven and   hell.

Bb              Bb                 Bb                 Bb
No saints, no sinners, no devil as well. 

Dm              Dm            Dm          Dm
No pearly gates, no thorny   crown. 

             Bb          Bb            Bb              Bb
You're always letting us humans   down. 

        G                G               G                  G 
The wars you bring, the babes you drown. 

            Bb        Bb           Bb          Bb
Those lost at sea and never    found, 

       Dm        Dm            Dm                  Dm
and it's the same the whole world 'round. 

         Bb       Bb            Bb        Bb
The hurt I see helps to compound that

G (strum) G            G        G
Father, Son and Holy Ghost

     Bb            Bb             Bb        Bb
is just somebody's unholy   hoax,

       Dm           Dm           Dm            Dm
and if you're up there you'd perceive 

         Bb              Bb          Bb        Bb
that my heart's here upon my sleeve.

    G                  G          G        G          A 
If there's one thing I don't believe in... 

       D (D bass),  D (Bb bass),  D (C bass),  D (F bass),  D (G bass)
it's you... 

           D (F# bass)
Dear God.



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I found the fingering for the critical
base notes difficult to play, so I've
indicated the fingering I use on top
of each chord.  The rhythm involves
playing the bass note, then 
strumming the chord four times

Am with A bassAm with F bassA minor with G bass



Am with F# bassC with C bassC Chord with G# bass

Am7 ChordAm7 with F# bassD Chord

D with C bassBb Chord


Fmaj7 Chord

A7sus4 ChordA7 ChordAm7 Chord

Bb ChordDm Chord



D ChordD with Bb bassD with C bass

D with F bassD with G bassD with F# bass