My God Lyrics

from: Aqualung, 1971
brockman@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu (Bob Brockman)
Corrections welcome (please email) - Thanks.
1. On the Aqualung album, a lot of the guitar is covered over
by the strong piano parts. I gleaned most of the guitar
background from a bootleg recording on which this cut
consists pretty much of Ian Anderson and acoustic guitar.
Might be a little different from what's played on the
album.
2. My naming of a couple of the more bizarre chords might be
off; if my ignorance is showing, someone let me know
(gently) where I'm all wet.
3. The lyrics below are different in 2-3 places from the ones
printed in the album liner notes; this happens in spots
where I'm pretty sure the liner notes are off.
Intro:
D ---7-----------7 ----7---7---7--5-h7-
let ring repeat several times,
at increasing tempo
E ---------------- ---------------- Repeat to this point 2x
finger pick in let ring
this position
for a while...
G ------------------------------2--------2-s4--------
D ------------------------0-2-3--------3---s5----5---
let ring
Verse 1:
Part 1: This part can either be strummed (muting both E and e)
or finger-picked. The Aqualung album version seems to
be mostly strumming, but it's almost overpowered by the
piano part once that starts. On the bootleg, Anderson
finger-picks it, and it sounds really nice. If you do
finger-pick it, throwing in a little of the high 'e'
string sounds good -- play with it and see.
e --0-------------------------4-----0----- Repeated twice as intro,
B -10--0------------6---------5----10----- before piano line begins.
G --9--8------------7---------4-----9----- Then repeated throughout
D -10--7------------7---------0----10----- first part of each verse.
A --0--0--------0---0---------0-----0----- See below for timing.
Here's how it lines up with the lyrics:
People, what have you done
Locked Him in His golden cage
Made Him bend to your religion
Him resurrected from the grave
Part 2: Chords, all strummed:
He is the God of nothing,
If that's all that you can see
You are the God of everything,
C G D CaddD D ( CaddD = XX0030 )
He's inside you and me.
Verse 2:
So lean upon Him gently
And don't call on him to save
Riff #1
e -------------------------- This riff replaces the Am - B7addE/A etc.
B -------------------------- chord progression for the remainder of
G -------------------------- the verse. There are a couple of minor
D -------------------------- variations here and there, very simple.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ til next Thursday,
to all the Gods that you can count.
Repeat lead-in section to flute solo (same chord pattern, different solo)
End with: