Chords for Randy Newman "God's Song"

One who we see all too rarely in this [E] country is the enigmatic Randy Newman.
[F] He's always been a reluctant performer [Eb] and he emerged initially as a writer of songs
before making the first of his own recordings midway through [Gm] 1968.
Randy Newman. _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ King Slew Abel, _ _ Seth knew not why.
[Fm] _ If the children of Israel are [Eb] supposed to multiply, _ _
_ [G] Why must any [C] of the children [Cm] die?
_ So he asked [G] the Lord, and the Lord said,
[Cm] _ _ [G] _ Man means nothing, _ he means [Cm] less to me.
_ _ [Fm] _
Then the [C] lowliest cactus flower, [Fm] the harmless yucca tree,
_ [G] _ Chases round this desert, _ cause he thinks that's [Ebm] where I'll be.
_ [G] _
That's why I love mankind.
[Cm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Cm] _ I recoil [G] in horror [Cm] from the foulness of thee,
[C] _ _ [Fm] _
From [C] the squalor and the [Fm] filth and the _ misery.
How [G] we laugh up here in heaven, _ the prayers you [Ebm] offer me.
_ _ [G]
That's why I love mankind.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Christians and the Jews _ were having a jamboree,
[Fm] _ The Buddhists and the Hindus [Cm] _ joined on satellite TV.
_ [G]
They picked their four greatest priests, and they began to [Cm] speak.
They said, Lord, a plague is on the [Gm] world. _ _
Lord, no man is free.
[Fm] _ Temples that were built to you, [Cm] have fallen into the sea. _
_ [G] Lord, if you won't take [C] care of us, [Gm] won't you please, please let [Cm] us be.
_ And the Lord [G] said, _ [Eb] and the Lord [G] said, _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ I'll burn down [G] your cities, _ _
[Cm] _ [G] how blind you [Cm] must be.
_ _ [Fm] _
_ Take from [C] you your children, and you say, [Fm] _
how blessed are we.
_ _ [G] Man, you really must be crazy, _ [Cm] put your [Ebm] faith in me.
[Eb] _ _ [G] That's why I love mankind.
[Cm] _
_ _ You really [Fm] need me.
[G] _
That's why I love mankind.
_ [Cm] _ _ _