God Only Knows Chords
by John Prine
God Only Knows by John Prine is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G, E, G/F# and G/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
D A G
D A G
Verse
D A
God only knows the price that you pay
G D
For the ones you hurt along the way
D A
If I should betray myself today
G D
God only knows the price I pay
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
Verse
D A
God only knows the way that I feel
G D
Is only a part of the way I feel
D A
If I can't reveal the way that I feel
G D
Then God only knows the way I feel
D A G
God only knows
D A G D
God only knows
Bridge
G D
Now I lay me down to sleep
G D
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
G D
If I should die before I wake
E A
I pray the Lord my soul to take
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
Instrumental
D A G AA
D A G G/F# G/E A
D A G AA
D A G G/F# G/E A
Verse
D A
God only knows when I'm not true
G D
To the things that I say, and the things I do
D A
And if I can't be true to the things that I do
G D
God only knows the way I feel
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
D A G
God only knows
D A G G/F# G/E A D
God only knows