Friday, June 24, 2005

One of Us

 One Of Us  (Joan Osborne)

(Em or F#m; Capo 2)
Intro:  (with Riff):    Em C G D   8x

   Em                 C         G                      D
If God had a name, what would it be?
                             Em                  C        
And would you call it to his face,
G                     D
if you were faced with him?
   Em           C      G                             D
In all his glory, what would you ask,
                    Em              C+9            G   D
if you had just one question?

C+9                    D           
Yeah, yeah, God is great
C+9                 D
Yeah, yeah, God is good
C                       D       
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

                Em            C          G   D
What if God was one of us?
               Em         C           G   D
Just a slob like one of us?
                Em       C           G                       D                      Em   C  G  D
Just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home

    Em                C      G                                 D
If God had a face, what would it look like
                       Em                  C    
And would you want to see,
 G              D                                      Em        C   
if seeing meant that you would have to believe,
 G                      D                       Em                     C                 G          D
in things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints and all the prophets

C                     D           
Yeah, yeah, God is great
C                       D          
Yeah, yeah, God is good
C           D       
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah


               Em              C       G   D
What if God was one of us?
              Em        C              G   D
Just a slob like one of us?
              Em         C           G                       D                     Em    C    G    D
Just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home

                                           Em    C     G   D
Trying to make his way home...
                    D                    Em    C   G   D
Back up to heaven all alone...
                                         Em    C      G    D
Nobody calling on the phone...
                                                         C
Except for the Pope, maybe in Rome.

Solo    C    D       C      D     C    D    
            Em     C     G      D    (4x)

C                       D         
Yeah, yeah, God is great
C                     D               
Yeah, yeah, God is good
C                         D       
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

                                        Em            C       G   D
What if  [Begin Ohs] God was one of us?
             Em             C       G   D
Just a slob like one of us?
               Em       C              G                      D                      Em   C  G  D
Just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home
          Em             C              G       D
Just trying to make his way home...
                                 Em   C      G    D
Like a holy rolling stone
                                           Em   C     G     D
Back up to heaven all alone
                                                      C+9     
Just trying to make his way home...
                                          C+9
Nobody calling on the phone...
                                                          C+9  (end with riff)
Except for the Pope, maybe in Rome.