I Thought You Were God Chords

Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set
I Thought You Were God
Tabbed by Chloe
 
I’ve just put the chords down but you can just fingerpick
– (in the verse it alternates mostly on the B and D strings).
 
It can be played on the 1st fret – A, D, E and F#m.
But it’s easier to play on the 3rd fret – G, C, D and Em.
Listen to the song to get the exact timing.
 
 
[Verse 1]
G                               C
Storeman, your eyes all watery white.
        D
"Another long long night?" and you say
         G                                 C     D
"Be careful riding that boy's bike in the dark."
                              Em
"Don't worry, I'm not going far."
 
[Chorus]
        C         D                     Em
I was very very young and terribly in love
    C          D                         Em         C
and not yet knowing that love alone may not be enough
  D                             Em          C
to undo all the silly things I thought.
D                     G
I thought you were God.
 
[Verse 2]
G                               C
The night sky is peeling back her sheets.
        D
The linen is lavender and underneath it I ride your bike.
         G                                 C     D
The bike bar's cutting into my crotch.
                              Em
I stand up and power-pedal on.
 
[Chorus]
        C         D                     Em
I was very very young and terribly in love,
    C          D                         Em         C
not yet knowing that love alone may not be enough
  D                             Em          C
to counter all the stupid things I thought.
D                  G/F#  G   D   G
I thought you were God.
G/F#  G   D   G
God
D   G   D   G
God
D   G   D   G
I thought you were God
G
I believed in you.
 
[Verse 3]
G                               C
We still talk, we still talk a lot
        D
since the alarming discovery that you were never God
   G                                       C        D
and we still laugh,but the laughter's more sincere,
                              Em
'cause it's speckled with your tears.
 
[Chorus]
        C   D                     Em
You were so young and terribly in love,
    C          D                         Em         C
and not yet knowing that love alone may not be enough
  D                             Em          C   D
to undo all the secret things I thought.
                   G
I thought you were God.
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