My God

Intro: 
 
e|----------------|--------------------|| 
B|----------------|--------------------|| 
G|----------------|--------------------|| 
D|---7-----------7|----7---7---7--5-h7-|| 
A|-0--------------|--0---0---0---------|| 
E|----------------|--------------------|| 
let ring | repeat several times, 
at increasing tempo 
 
Am B7/A 
e|----------------|----------------| 
B|-5--------------|-4--------------| 
G|-5--------------|-4--------------| 
D|-7--------------|-7--------------| 
A|-0--------------|-0--------------| 
E|----------------|----------------| Repeat to this point 2x 
finger pick in let ring 
this position 
for a while... 
 
 
e|---------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------2--------2-s4--------| 
D|------------------------0-2-3--------3---s5----5---| 
A|-0---0------------0-2-3----------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------| 
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. 
 
 
 
Am B7addE/A DmaddE/A E7/A Am 
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. 
E|----------------------------------------| 
 
 
Here‘s how it lines up with the lyrics: 
 
 
Am B7 Dm E7 Am Am B7 
People, what have you done 
Dm E7 Am Am B7 Dm E7 Am 
Locked Him in His golden cage 
Am B7 Dm E7 Am Am B7 
Made Him bend to your religion 
Dm E7 Am Am B7 Dm E7 Am B7 Dm E7 
Him resurrected from the grave 
 
 
Part 2: Chords, all strummed: 
 
D G 
He is the God of nothing, 
C G Am B7 Dm E7 Am Am B7 Dm E7 
If that‘s all that you can see 
D G 
You are the God of everything, 
C G D CaddD D ( CaddD = XX0030 ) 
He‘s inside you and me. 
 
 
Verse 2: 
 
Am B7 Dm E7 Am Am B7 
So lean upon Him gently 
Dm E7 Am 
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. 
A|--7--6------5-3-----------| 
E|---------------5-0-3-5----| 
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ <-- rough idea of timing: 6/8, ^ = 1/8 
 
 
(keep playing Riff #1 here ...) D C 
you from your social graces, and the sins you used to waive. 
 
D G 
The bloody Church of England, 
C G (Riff #1 again) 
in chains of history, 
D G 
requests your earthly presence 
C G D C D 
at the vicarage for tea. 
 
 
Solo section: (sorry for the lack of detail here, but I‘m pretty lame at 
picking out solos note for note) 
 
 
Lead-in to flute solo: 
 
Chord progression is: Am E D C G (2x) 
 
Solo riff here is blues scale rooted at fret 5 through Am-E-D, 
then up to fret 8 at the change to C, etc. 
 
Flute solo: 
 
Background chord progression is: A E D/F# G 
 
Gregorian chant section: 
 
(No instrumental part here.) 
 
Next, repeat same chord pattern used during flute solo: A E D/F# G 
Then return to: Am B7 Dm E to lead in to verse 3 
 
 
Verse 3 
 
(Same as Verse 2; start quietly, then switch to Riff #1 on "crucifix"): 
 
And the graven image you-know-who, 
with His plastic crucifix, 
Confuses me as to who and where and why, 
and to how He gets His kicks. 
 
Confessing to the endless sin, 
the endless whining sounds. 
You‘ll be praying ‘til next Thursday, 
to all the Gods that you can count.