Song: Dear God
Artist: XTC
Composer: Andy Partridge
Album: Skylarking

Tabbed by DJ  1st Jan 2017

I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the very bottom of the page.

Emphasise the bass note of every chord

[Verses]
Am    = x02210              C/D  = xx0010
Fmaj7 = 133210              D    = xx0232
Am/G  = 302210              D/C  = x30232
D9/F# = 200210              Bb   = x13331
C     = x32010 or x35553    E7   = 022130
C/G#  = 432010 or 4x5550    G6/B = x20000

[Bridge]
Fmaj9 = xx3010    Em7   = 022030
C     = x32010    Em6   = 022020
C/B   = x2xxxx    C/E   = xx2010
C/A   = x0xxxx    Cdim7 = xx1212
C/G   = 3xxxxx    E7    = 022130

[Additional chords]
Dm  = xx0231    Dsus2/Bb = x10230
G7  = 320001    Dsus2/C  = x30230
Bb7 = x13131    Dsus2/F  = 100230
A7  = x02020    Dsus2/G  = 300230
                Dsus2/E  = 000230

N.C. = No chords

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[Intro]
       
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[Verse 1]
            
      Dear God

  
, hope you got

 the letter, a

nd...
         
   ...I pray y

          
ou can make it

             
 better down .

..here,
          
      I don't 

           
mean a big re 

  
- duction... 
              
In the price o

  
f beer,
          
     But all t

           
he people that

              
 you made in y

    
our image,
             
See them starv

             
ing on their f

/
eet,
            
'Cause they do

              
n't get enough

    
 to eat,
            
From   ...God-

     
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,
         
I can't believ

           
e in  ...you--

    
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[Verse 2]
            
     Dear God,

 
 sorry to dist

urb you, but..

.
        
     I feel th

/           
at I should be

              
 heard loud an

   
d ...clear,
       
    We all nee

           
d a big re-duc

            
tion in amount

    
 of...tears
          
      And all 

           
the people tha

              
t you made in 

     
your image,
             
See them fight

           
ing in the str

eet,
          
     'Cause th

            
ey can't make 

         
opinions meet.

..
            
...About   ...

       
God-----------

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----,
         
I can't believ

           
e in  ...you--

    
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[Bridge]

       Did you

 make disease,
             
And the diamon

      
d blue--------

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--? | /  /  /_

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       Did you

 make mankind,

 
           
After we made 

        
you----!   Mm-

       
--, mmm---, mm

    
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            An

/         
d the devil...

      
too-----------

  
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[Break]
         
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[Verse 3]
            
     Dear God,

 
 don't know if

 you've notice

d, but...
          
  ...Your name

         
 is on a lot o

              
f quotes in th

   
is...book,
         
      And us c

/          
razy humans wr

/    
ote it, 
              
You should tak

    
e a look,
          
     And all t

           
he people that

              
 you made in y

    
our image,
             
Still be - lie

              
ving that junk

    
 is true,
            
Well, I know i

              
t ain't, ...so

    
 do you,
            
Dear   ...God-

    
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,
         
I can't believ

           
e in...
         
I don't believ

           
e in...

[Verse 4]
  
I won't believ

e in heaven an

d hell,
   
No saints, no 

sinners, no de

vil as well,
   
No pearly gate

s, no thorny c

rown,
       
You're always 

letting us hum

ans down,
    
The wars you b

ring, the babe

s you drown,
      
Those lost at 

sea and never 

found

[Verse 5]
    
And it's the s

ame the whole 

world 'round,
    
The hurt I see

 helps to comp

ound...
     
That Father, S

on, and Holy G

host...
   
Is just somebo

dy's unholy ho

ax,
     
And, if you're

 up there, you

'd perceive...
     
That my heart'

s here upon my

 sleeve,
            
If there's one

              
 thing I don't

                 
 believe in...

[Coda]
  
It's you------

  
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Dear God!
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For the closest GUITAR chord box diagrams to my chord
legend suggestions you will need to manually select
the following options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below six of the diagrams.
All the other chord boxes can be the default
first option and don't need reselecting
   C/G#         E7          Fmaj9
<14 of 15>   <7 of 47>   <11 of 15>

   Em7          Em6         C/E
<6 of 49>    <2 of 50>   <3 of 32>