God Give Me Strength Chords
God Give Me Strength by Burt Bacharach is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, Bm7, G, D, C#m7, F#, C#m, F#7, A, Em, F#m7 and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Bm Bm7 G D
Now I have nothing, so God give me strength
C#m7 F#
'Cause I'm weak in her wake
C#m F# F#7
And if I'm strong I might still brea
Bm Bm7 G
And I don't have anything to share
A
That I won't throw away into the air
G A
That song is sung out
Em A
This bell is rung out
Em F#m7 A
She was the light that I'd bless
Em F#m A
She took my last chance at happiness
G Bm Em D
So God give me strength, God give me strength
I can't hold onto her, God give me strength
When the phone doesn't ring
And I'm lost in imagining
Everything that kind of love is worth
As I tumble back down to the earth
G A
That song is sung out
Em A
This bell is rung out
Em F#m7 A
She was the light that I'd bless
Em F#m A
She took my last chance at happiness
G Bm Em D
So God give me strength, God give me strength
(Bridge)
God if she'd grant me her indulgence and decline
I might as well, wipe her from my memory
Fracture the spell, as she becomes my enemy
Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on my shirt
See, I'm only human, I want her to hurt
I want her
I want her to hurt
instrumental
Since I lost the power to pretend
That there could ever be a happy ending
G A
That song is sung out
Em A
This bell is rung out
Em F#m7 A
She was the light that I'd bless
Em F#m A
She took my last chance at happiness
G Bm Em D
So God give me strength, God give me strength