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            Standard Tuning, no capo.
[Intro]
F#m – D – A – E (8x)
[Verse]
   F#m       D
If God had a name
A               E
  what would it be?
              F#m              D
And would you call it to his face?
A             E                 F#m       D
  If you were faced with Him in all His glory,
A                E               F#m        D        
  E
What would you ask if you had just one question?
[Chorus]
     D    Dsus2
And yeah, yeah,
E  Esus  E
God is great
  D    Dsus2
Yeah, yeah,
E   E6   E
God is good
D     Dsus2   E  Esus  E
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
        F#m      D         A      E
What if God was one of us?
        F#m       D        A      E
Just a slob like one of us
        F#m     D       A
Just a stranger on the bus
          E             F#m    D    A    E
Tryin' to make his way home?
[Verse]
   F#m       D
If God had a face
A               E
  what would it look like?
          F#m          D
And would you want to see,
A               E                F#m       D
  if seeing meant That you would have to believe
A               E                F#m       D
  in things like heaven And in Jesus and the saints,
    A          E
and all the prophets?
[Chorus]
     D    Dsus2
And yeah, yeah,
E  Esus  E
God is great
  D    Dsus2
Yeah, yeah,
E   E6   E
God is good
D     Dsus2   E  Esus  E
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
        F#m      D         A      E
What if God was one of us?
        F#m       D        A      E
Just a slob like one of us
        F#m     D       A
Just a stranger on the bus
          E             F#m    D    A    E
Tryin' to make his way home?
          E             F#m    D   A    E
Tryin' to make his way home?
A            E           F#m       D
  Back up to heaven all alone
A            E           F#m       D
  Nobody calling on the phone
A              E             A     E
 'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome
[Solo]
A – E – A – E
F#m – D – A – Z (x4)
[Chorus]
     D    Dsus2
And yeah, yeah,
E  Esus  E
God is great
  D    Dsus2
Yeah, yeah,
E   E6   E
God is good
D     Dsus2   E  Esus  E
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
        F#m      D         A      E
What if God was one of us?
        F#m       D        A      E
Just a slob like one of us
        F#m     D       A
Just a stranger on the bus
          E             F#m   D    A    E
Tryin' to make his way home?
          E             F#m   D    A    E
Tryin' to make his way home?
       E             F#m      D    A    E
Like a holy rolling stone
           E           F#m    D    A    E
Back up to heaven all alone 
        
                