Capo: 3

...GOD'S SONG (THAT'S WHY I LOVE MANKIND) by Randy Newman -----------------------------------------................ *from 'Sail Away' (1972)* *CAPO 3rd FRET* (Original Key: Cm) Intro: Am Verse 1:

^Am Cain slew Abel; Seth knew not why. ^Dm For if the children of Israel, were 'sposed to ^Ammultiply; Why must ^E7any of the ^Amchild-^E7ren ^Amdie' So he asked the Lord,^E7 and the Lord said;

Chorus 1:

^Am Man means ^E7nothing;^Am he means ^E7less to ^Amme. ^A7 ^Dm Than the lowliest ^A7cactus flower, or the ^Dmhumblest ^A7Yucca ^Dmtree. He ^Amchases round this ^E7desert, 'cos he ^Amthinks that's ^C7where I'll ^F7be; ^Am That's why I ^E7love mankind.^Am ^E7

^Am I recoil in ^E7horror, ^Amfrom the ^E7foulness of ^Amthee.^A7 ^Dm From the squalor and the ^A7filth, ^Dmand the ^A7mise-^Dmry. ^Am How we laugh up in here in ^E7heaven, at the ^Amprayers you ^C7offer ^F7me; ^Am That's why I ^E7love mankind.^Am

Verse 2:

^Am The Christians and the Jews, were having a jamboree, ^Dm The Buddhists and the Hindu's, joined on ^Amsatellite TV. They picked their four greatest ^E7priests, And ^Amthey be-^E7gan to ^Amspeak. They said; ^Am "Lord, a plague is on the world; Lord, no man is free. ^Dm The temples that we built to you,^Am have tumbled into the sea. Lord, if you won't take ^E7care of us, won't you ^Amplease, please ^E7let us ^Ambe'" And the ^AmLord said..^E7. and the ^CLord said;^E7

Chorus 2:

^Am I burn down your ^E7cities; how ^Amblind ^E7you must ^Ambe. ^A7 ^Dm I take from you your ^A7children, and you say; &^Dmquot^A7;how blessed^Dm are we". ^Am You all must be ^E7crazy,^Am to put your ^C7faith in ^F7me; ^Am That's why I ^E7love man-^Amkind; you ^Dmreally need me. ^Am That's why I ^E7love mankind.^Am

CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Am Dm A7 E C7 F7 C EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x02210 xx0231 x02223 022100 x32310 132111 x32010 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Randy Newman - Gods song