Gods Comic Chords

by Elvis Costello
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Fully expanded with chords for the entire song. Fixed errors. Added tabs for bass string runs. Added ending chords. Fixed spelling errors.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author j0hnnyCat [a] 113. Last edit on Feb 10, 2019

Chords

Em
B7
F#
G
A
Bb
B
C
D
Am7
E

Strumming

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[Intro 1]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-------2-------|0-------2-------|----------------|----------------|
B|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
G|0-------2-------|0-------2-------|----------------|----------------|
D|2-------1-------|2-------1-------|----------------|----------------|
A|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|----------------|0-------1---2---|
E|0---------------|----------------|0-----2-3-----4-|----------------|
 
 
[Verses]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3---------------|
B|0---------------|
G|0---------------|
D|0-----------0---|
A|2---------------|
E|3---2---0-------|
(This run is played during most G chords)
 
 
[Verse 2]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|0-0-2---3---0---|
(Run after the word "requiem")
 
 
[Bridge]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|------------0---|
E|----------3---3-|
(played before the C chord)
 
 
[Outro]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|1-------1-------|
G|0-------2-------|
D|2-------2-------|
A|3---2---0-------|
E|------------3---|
(Played in the C chord measure)
 
 
[Intro]
Em B7 Em B7 Em F# G A Bb B
 
 
[Verse 1]
Em            B7           Em     B7
I wish you'd known me when I was alive
G             C   D
I was a funny fellow
Am7             B7       C          B7
The crowd would hoot and holler for more
Am7      B7          C           B7
I wore a drunk's red nose for applause
G               C       D
 Oh yes I was a comical priest with a
G                        C            D
joke for the flock and a hand up your fleece
Em           B7               Em        D
Drooling the drink and the lipstick and grease paint
G                   C           D         C
 Down the cardboard front of my dirty dog collar
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 G B7       Em           B7           Em           D
    Now I'm dead now I'm dead now I'm dead now I'm dead
      G              C         D
 And I'm going on to meet my reward
        Em           B7           Em            D
 I was scared I was scared I was scared  I was scared
 G                 C   D              C          G B7
   He might have never heard of God's Comic
 
 
[Verse 2]
Em             B7     Em    B7
 So there he was on a water bed
G                     C       D
 drinking a cola of a mystery brand
Am7        B7       C     B7
reading an airport novelette
Am7          B7           C        B7   Em
listening to Andrew Lloyd Webber's requiem
G                     C      D
He said before it had really begun
G                C        D
I prefer the one about my son
          Em             B7         Em         D
I've been wading through all this unbelievable junk
    G                          C         D            C
and wondering if i should have given the world to the monkeys.
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 G B7       Em           B7           Em           D
    Now I'm dead now I'm dead now I'm dead now I'm dead
      G              C         D
 And I'm going on to meet my reward
        Em           B7           Em            D
 I was scared I was scared I was scared  I was scared
 G               C     D              C          G
   He might have never heard of God's Comic
 
[Bridge 1]
C         D
I'm gonna take a little trip
C        D
down paradise's endless shores
G
they say that travel broadens the mind
                       B7          E
till you can't get you head out of doors
 
 
[Intro 1]
Em B7 Em B7 Em F# G A Bb B
 
 
[Verse 3]
Em           B7          Em         B7
  Im sitting here on the top of the world
G                      C       D
  I hang around in the longest night
Am7          B7        C       B7
  Until each beast has gone to bead
Am7          B7      C         B7          Em
  and then i say god bless and put out the light
 
(rest 6 beats (snare))
 
G                          C         D
 While you lie in the dark afraid to breathe
G                                   C               D
and you beg and you promise and you bargain and you plead
G                             C     D
sometimes you confuse me with Santa Claus
G                  C       D
it's the big white beard i suppose
         Em        B7             Em           D
im going up to the pole where you folks die of cold
G                       C        D        C
  i might be gone for a while if you need me
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 G B7       Em           B7           Em           D
    Now I'm dead now I'm dead now I'm dead now I'm dead
      G                     C         D
 And you're all going on to meet your reward
         Em             B7             Em             D
 Are you scared are you scared are you scared are you scared
 G                C     D              C
   You might have never heard of God's Comic
 
 
[Outro]
(repeat 6 times)
Em B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em C
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Gods Comic – Elvis Costello
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3 comments
stefan.vesterlund
I'd say a Cadd9 makes a lot of sense at last line everywhere ...He might have [Cadd9]never [D]heard of... ... should have [Cadd9]given the [D]world to... Much easier to sing since the melody is goes d c b a there
+1
christophertterry
This is spectacular. Will play this live this weekend based on this.😎
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peterearle1011
Fabulous tab! A brilliant song by Declan/Elvis which deserves a wider audience...thanks for taking the time to set this out so accurately.
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