Jars of Clay
Oh My God
Good Monsters
This is from Jars of Clay's new cd "Good Monsters" coming out Sep. 5th, enjoy!
Standard Tuning (E A D G B E)
Intro
C F C G
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Am F
Oh my God, look around this place,
C
Your fingers reach around the bone,
G
You set the break and set the tone.
Am F
Flights of grace, and future falls
C G
In present pain all fools say, "Oh my God."
Interlude 2x
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Am F
Oh my God, why are we so afraid?
C
We make it worse when we don't bleed,
G
There is no cure for our disease.
Am F
Turn a phrase and rise again,
C G
Or fake your death and only tell your closest friends,
Oh my God.
Interlude
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Am F
Oh my God, can I complain?
C G
You take away my firm belief and graft my soul upon Your grief.
Am F
Weddings, boats, and alibis,
C G
All drift away, and a mother cries...
No Guitar
Liars and fools, sons and failures, thieves will always say
C G C F
Lost and found, ailing wanderers, healers always say
C G C F
Whores and angels, men with problems, leavers always say
C G C F
Broken hearted, separated, orphans always say
C G C F
War creators, racial haters, preachers always say
C G C F
Distant fathers, fallen warriors, givers always say
C G C F
Pilgrim saints, lonely widows, users always say
C G C F
Fearful mothers, watchful doubters, Saviors always say
C
Sometimes I can not forgive
G
and these days mercy cuts so deep,
C F
If the world was how it should, maybe I could get some sleep.
C G
While I lay, I'd dream we're better, scales were gone and faces
lighter,
C F
When we wake we hate our brother, we still move to hurt each other,
C G
Sometimes I can close my eyes and all the fear the keeps me silent,
C F
Falls below my heavy breathing, what makes me so badly bent?
C G
We all have a chance to murder, we all have the need for wonder.
C F
We still want to be reminded that the pain is worth the plunder.
C G
Sometimes when I lose my grip, I wonder what to make of heaven,
C F
All the times I thought to reach up, all the times I had to give up.
C G
Babies underneath their beds, in hospitals that cannot treat them.
C F
All the wounds that money causes, all the comforts of cathedrals,
C G
All the cries of thirsty children, this is our inheritance,
C F
All the rage of watching mothers, this is our greatest offense
C G C F
Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God.
That's it! Comments, corrections, leave some!
Tim~