The little riff around the C chord is played by hammering on from the G to the A note.
If you're playing open chords that would be 3rd string, 2nd fret.
The little rundown heard before and during the chorus (when switching from C to G)
is F-E-D-C and it actually sounds alright if you play it while holding the C chord!
[Intro]
C G
[Verse]
C
Lord, well you've given gifts to me
G C
But I'm not blind enough to see your light
C
Lord, they all got it right you see
G C
They all fuss and fight for thee but I decline
[Chorus]
G F G C
I believe in what I see around me now
G F G C
Everyone deceived they've figured it all out somehow
[Verse]
C
Lord, it ain't history
G C
It's more like a mystery, tampered with and made divine
C
Lord, one single deity
G C
Well the powers that may be well I can't define
[Chorus]
G F G C
I believe in what I see around me now
G F G C G F C
Everyone deceived all I know is that I see the sun come down on me
G F G C
I believe in what I see around me now
G F G C G F C
Everyone deceived all I know is that I see the sun come down on me
[Outro]
C