“God Only Knows”
by John Prine
(written by John Prine and Phil Spector)
[Intro]
D A G
D A G
[Verse]
D A
God only knows the price that you pay
G D
For the ones you hurt along the way
D A
If I should betray myself today
G D
God only knows the price I pay
[Chorus]
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
[Verse]
D A
God only knows the way that I feel
G D
Is only a part of the way I feel
D A
If I can't reveal the way that I feel
G D
Then God only knows the way I feel
[Chorus]
D A G
God only knows
D A G D
God only knows
[Bridge]
G D
Now I lay me down to sleep
G D
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
G D
If I should die before I wake
E A
I pray the Lord my soul to take
[Chorus]
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
[Instrumental]
D A G AA
D A G G/F# G/E A
D A G AA
D A G G/F# G/E A
[Verse]
D A
God only knows when I'm not true
G D
To the things that I say, and the things I do
D A
And if I can't be true to the things that I do
G D
God only knows the way I feel
[Chorus]
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
D A G G/F# G/E A D
God only knows