What If God Was One Of Us Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my What If God Was One Of Us chord chart by Joan Osborne. This was a very popular song back in the 90s and you probably know now how I love 90s music.
This is definitely a great beginner song once you learn you C, G, Em and D chords. We will be using a capo on the 2nd fret.
The only tricky part is that the chords split a measure (2 beats per chord) so your chord changes have to be a little bit quicker to make this one work right. You can always do two down strums per chord to make things very simple instead of the 16th note strumming pattern below. Cmaj7 is just a C chord without the first finger.
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What If God Was One Of Us Strumming Patterns:
Strumming:
1 + 2 +a 3 + 4 + a
D DDU D D DU
Easier Strumming:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D DU D DU
What If God Was One Of Us Guitar Lesson:
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What If God Was One Of Us Chord Chart:
Capo on 2nd Fret
Intro: |Em C| | G D| (8 times)
Verse:
|Em C| |G D| | Em C|
If God had a name, what would it be And would you call it to his face
|G D | | Em C|
If you were faced with him in all his glory
|G D| | Em C | | G D|
What would you ask if you had just one question
Pre Chorus:
Cmaj7 | G D | Cmaj7 | G D |
And yeah yeah God is great Yeah yeah god is good
Cmaj7 D
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Chorus:
|Em C| | G D | |Em C| | G D |
What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us?
|Em C| | G D | |Em C| | G D |
Just a stranger on the bus Tryin' to make his way home
Verse:
|Em C| | G D | |Em C|
If God had a face what would it look like 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
Pre Chorus:
Cmaj7 | G D | Cmaj7 | G D |
And yeah yeah God is great Yeah yeah god is good
Cmaj7 D
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Chorus:
|Em C| | G D | |Em C| | G D |
What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us?
|Em C| | G D | |Em C|
Just a stranger on the bus Tryin' to make his way home
|G D| |Em C| |G D | |Em C|
He's trying to make his way home Back up to heaven all alone
|G D | | Em C |
Nobody calling on the phone
|G D | Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D
Except for the pope maybe in Rome
Solo:
|Em C| |G D| |Em C| |G D|
Pre Chorus:
Cmaj7 | G D | Cmaj7 | G D |
And yeah yeah God is great Yeah yeah god is good
Cmaj7 D
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Chorus:
|Em C| | G D | |Em C| | G D |
What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us?
|Em C| | G D | |Em C|
Just a stranger on the bus Tryin' to make his way home
|G D| | Em C|
Like a holy rolling stone
|G D | | Em C |
Back up to heaven all alone
|G D | Em(hold) C (hold) Em(hold)
Just trying to make his way home
C (hold)
Nobody calling on the phone
G(hold)
Except for the pope maybe in Rome
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