God Give Me Strength

Tabbed by John Lewitt <emplex@istar.ca>

Notes: This song is ideally suited to the piano, but a strong voice can carry it on the guitar. The 'Asus' chords in the bridge are more of a counter point, they are used in the song but not as the base of the song.
 
  Intro: Gm9 D (4x)
  

  Bm                  G                      D
  Now I have nothing, so God give me strength
  C#m7            C#m              F#m7
  'Cause I'm weak in her [his] wake
  C#m                          F#m   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 
  [He] She was the light that I'd bless
  Em               F#m                  A
  [He] She took my last chance at happiness
  Gm7                  Bm       Gm9 Em       D G Em A 
  So God give me strength, God give me strength
  
  (second verse same as first)
 
  I can't hold onto [him] her, God give me strength
  When the phone doesn't ring
  And I'm lost in imagining
  Everything that kind of love is worth
  As I tumble back down to the earth
  That song is sung out
  This bell is rung out
  [He] She was the light that I'd bless
  [He] She took my last chance at happiness
  So God give me strength,
  
  Gm9      Em   D                  G              Em
  God if [he'd] she'd grant me [his] her indulgence and decline
  (e, f#, g#) Asus4      A                Asus2
  I might as well wipe [him] her from my memory
  (e, f#, g#) Asus4      A                Asus2
  Fracture the spell as [he] she becomes my enemy
  Bm               E              A
  Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt
  Bm             E        A 
  See, I'm only human, I want him to hurt
  Asus4   A      A7
  I want him, I want him to hurt
  
  [instrumental - repeat structure of first verse, these last two lines are 
  picked up as you reach the end of the verse)]
  
  Since I lost the power to pretend
  That there could ever be a happy ending
  
  That song is sung out
  This bell is rung out
  [He] She was the light that I'd bless
  [He] She took my last chance at happiness
  So God give me strength, God give me strength
  
  Gm    D
  
  Wipe her from my life...
  I might as well...
  God give me strength...
  God give me strength...
  I might as well
Ý