Biography:
Joan Osborne (born Joan Elizabeth Osborne in Anchorage, Kentucky, on 8 July 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and interpreter of music, having recorded and performed in various popular American musical genres including rock, pop, soul, R&B, blues, and country. She is best known for her recording of the Eric Bazilian-penned song "One of Us", from her debut album Relish (1995) - with the single and the album garnering a combined seven Grammy award nominations. Osborne was a member of Trigger Hippy from 2012 to 2018.
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Imagine that? I looked for this song but didn't find it, only the parody (What
If God Smoked Cannabis).
So I present the original lyrics by Joan Osbourne, and chords from Pati_, to give
you the song as it was meant to be.
Capo 2nd fret
[Intro]
Em Cadd9 G D x8
[Verse]
Em Cadd9 G D
If God had a name, what would it be
Em C
And would you call it to his face
G D Em Cadd9
If you were faced with him in all his glory
G D Em Cadd9 G D
What would you ask if you had just one question
[Pre-Chorus]
Cadd9 G D
And yeah yeah, God is great
Cadd9 G D
Yeah yeah, God is good
Cadd9 D
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
[Chorus]
Em Cadd9 G D
What if God was one of us?
Em Cadd9 G D
Just a slob like one of us?
Em Cadd9
Just a stranger on the bus
G D Em Cadd9 G D
Just tryin' to make his way home
[Verse]
Em Cadd9 G D
If God had a face what would it look like
Em C
And would you want to see
G D Em Cadd9
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
G D Em Cadd9 G D
In things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints and all the prophets
[Pre-Chorus]
Cadd9 G D
And yeah yeah, God is great
Cadd9 G D
Yeah yeah, God is good
Cadd9 D
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
[Chorus]
Em Cadd9 G D
What if God was one of us
Em Cadd9 G D
Just a slob like one of us
Em Cadd9
Just a stranger on the bus
G D Em Cadd9 G D
Trying to make his way home
Em Cadd9 G D
He's trying to make his way home
Em Cadd9 G D
Back up to heaven all alone
Em Cadd9
Nobody calling on the phone
G D Em Cadd9 G D
Except for the Pope maybe in Rome
[Pre-Chorus]
Cadd9 G D
And yeah yeah, God is great
Cadd9 G D
Yeah yeah, God is good
Cadd9 D
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
[Chorus]
Em Cadd9 G D
What if God was one of us
Em Cadd9 G D
Just a slob like one of us
Em Cadd9
Just a stranger on the bus
G D Em Cadd9
Trying to make his way home
G D Em Cadd9 G D
Just trying to make his way home
Em Cadd9 G D
Like a holy rolling stone
Em Cadd9 G D
Back up to heaven all alone
Em Cadd9 G D
Just trying to make his way home
Em Cadd9
Nobody calling on the phone
G D Em Cadd9 G D
Except for the Pope maybe in Rome
If God Smoked Cannabis).
So I present the original lyrics by Joan Osbourne, and chords from Pati_, to give
you the song as it was meant to be.
Capo 2nd fret
[Intro]
Em Cadd9 G D x8
[Verse]
Em Cadd9 G D
If God had a name, what would it be
Em C
And would you call it to his face
G D Em Cadd9
If you were faced with him in all his glory
G D Em Cadd9 G D
What would you ask if you had just one question
[Pre-Chorus]
Cadd9 G D
And yeah yeah, God is great
Cadd9 G D
Yeah yeah, God is good
Cadd9 D
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
[Chorus]
Em Cadd9 G D
What if God was one of us?
Em Cadd9 G D
Just a slob like one of us?
Em Cadd9
Just a stranger on the bus
G D Em Cadd9 G D
Just tryin' to make his way home
[Verse]
Em Cadd9 G D
If God had a face what would it look like
Em C
And would you want to see
G D Em Cadd9
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
G D Em Cadd9 G D
In things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints and all the prophets
[Pre-Chorus]
Cadd9 G D
And yeah yeah, God is great
Cadd9 G D
Yeah yeah, God is good
Cadd9 D
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
[Chorus]
Em Cadd9 G D
What if God was one of us
Em Cadd9 G D
Just a slob like one of us
Em Cadd9
Just a stranger on the bus
G D Em Cadd9 G D
Trying to make his way home
Em Cadd9 G D
He's trying to make his way home
Em Cadd9 G D
Back up to heaven all alone
Em Cadd9
Nobody calling on the phone
G D Em Cadd9 G D
Except for the Pope maybe in Rome
[Pre-Chorus]
Cadd9 G D
And yeah yeah, God is great
Cadd9 G D
Yeah yeah, God is good
Cadd9 D
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
[Chorus]
Em Cadd9 G D
What if God was one of us
Em Cadd9 G D
Just a slob like one of us
Em Cadd9
Just a stranger on the bus
G D Em Cadd9
Trying to make his way home
G D Em Cadd9 G D
Just trying to make his way home
Em Cadd9 G D
Like a holy rolling stone
Em Cadd9 G D
Back up to heaven all alone
Em Cadd9 G D
Just trying to make his way home
Em Cadd9
Nobody calling on the phone
G D Em Cadd9 G D
Except for the Pope maybe in Rome
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