What God Wants, Part I — Roger Waters
Chords and lyrics for What God Wants, Part I by Roger Waters (key of F).
Verse 1
Notes: Power chords unless noted
Intro
[G]What God wants God gets God help us all
[G]What God wants God gets God help us all (God gets)
[G]What God wants God gets God help us all (what God wants God gets)
[G]What God wants God gets God help us all
Chorus
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G] [F] [G] [D] [F] [G] [F] [G] [D] [F]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G] [F] [G] [D] [F] [G] [F] [G] [D] [F]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G] [F] [G] [D] [F] [G] [F] [G] [D] [F]
[G] [F] [G] [D] [F] [G] [F] [G] [D] [F]
[G] [F] [G] [D] [F] [G] [F] [G] [D] [F]
Verse I
The [G]kid in the corner looked at the priest
And fingered his pale blue Japanese [G][F][G]guitar[F][G][F][D]
The [G]priest [D]said, [F] [G]God wants goodness, God wants light, God wants mayhem,
God wants a clean fight
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
Pre-Chorus
Don't [Em]look so surprised
It's only [Csus4]dogma[C]
[Em] The alien prophet [Csus4]cried[C]
The [F]beetle and the [Em]springbok
Took the [D#]Bible from its hook
The [Dsus4]monkey in the corner
Wrote the [D]lesson in his book
Chorus
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
Verse Ii
[G]God wants peace, God wants war, God wants famine, God wants chain stores
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G]God wants sedition, God wants sex, God wants freedom, God wants semtex
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
Pre-Chorus
Don't [Em]look so surprised
I'm only [Csus4]joking[C]
[Em] The alien comic [Csus4]cried[C]
The [F]jackass and [Em]hyena
Took the [D#]feather from its hook
The [Dsus4]monkey in the corner
Wrote the [D]joke down in his book
Chorus
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
Verse Iii
[G]God wants boarders, God wants crack, God wants rainfall, God wants wetbacks
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[G]God wants voodoo, God wants shrines, God wants law, God wants organised
crime
[G]God wants crusade, God wants jihad, God wants good, God wants bad
Outro
[F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [F#]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [F#]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [F#]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
[F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [F#]
[G]What [F]God [G]wants[D] [F] [G] [F]God [G][D]gets[F]
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