God Give Me Strength by Elvis Costello, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

God Give Me Strength

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Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus on 25 August 1954) is an internationally known English singer-songwriter. Gaining prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-70s, he burst into fame with his critically acclaimed 1977 debut 'My Aim Is True', still one of the most successful debuts of all time. He soon did much work in the genres of punk rock, power pop, and New Wave after he formed Elvis Costello & The Attractions.

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Elvis Costtelo _ God Give Me Strength

Intro: Gm D Gm Bm Gm D Gm Bm

Bm G D
Now I have nothing, so God give me strength
C#m C#m7 F#
'Cause I'm weak in her [his] wake
C#m F#sus4 F#7
And if I'm strong I might still break
Bm A G
And I don't have anything to share
Bm E A
That I won't throw away into the air

G A
That song is sung out
G A
This bell is rung out
Em F#m A
She was the light that I'd bless
Em F#m A
She took my last chance at happiness
Gm7 Bm Em D G Em A
So God give me strength, God give me strength

Bm G D
I can't hold onto, God give me strength
C#m C#m7 F#
When the phone doesn't ring
C#m F#sus4 F#
And I'm lost in imagining
Bm A G
Everything that kind of love is worth
Bm E A
As I tumble back down to the earth
G A
That song is sung out
G A
This bell is rung out
Em F#m A
She was the light that I'd bless
Em F#m A
She took my last chance at happiness
Gm7 Bm
So God give me strength,

Em D G Em
God if she'd grant me her indulgence and decline
Em F# A Asus4 A Asus2
I might as well wipe her from my memory
Em F# A Asus4 A Asus2
Fracture the spell as she becomes my enemy
Bm E A
Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt
Bm E A Asus4
See, I'm only human, I want him to hurt
Asus4 Bm
I want him, I want him to hurt

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Bm G D

C#m F#

C#m F#sus4 F#

Bm A G
Since I lost the power to pretend
Bm E A
That there could ever be a happy ending
G A
That song is sung out
G A
This bell is rung out
Em F#m A
She was the light that I'd bless
Em F#m A
She took my last chance at happiness
Gm7 Bm Em A D
So God give me strength, God give me strength........

Gm D Gm Bm Gm

D Gm
Wipe her from my memory
Bm Gm
I might as well
D Gm
Wipe her from my memory
Bm Gm
God give me strength
D Gm
Wipe her from my memory
Bm
I might as well..........