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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 21:08:19 -0700
From: Jimmy Shaddock
Subject: TAB: So Help Me God by DC Talk
Artist: DC Talk
Song: So Help Me God
Album: Jesus Freak
Submitted by Justin Shaddock ([email protected])
INTRO:
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A—-2——————————–2—————————
E–0——–3———————–0——–3——————–
E–3–3–]] B–3–3–]] G–0–0–]] D–2–0–]] A–3–1–]] E——–]]
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G—10^12-8————–10^12-8—-8-^12-10–10^12-8————-
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A—————-10-8-6————————————10-8-6-
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G-10^12-8—-8——–7/8-8-8-8-8——-10-10-10-10-10-8-10-
D———10———-7/8-8-8-8-8–8-7–8–8–8–8–8–8-10-
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BRIDGE:
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G—————8—————9—————8-8–10-10-
D–8-X-X-X-X-X–8-(8)X-X-X-X-X–8-(8)X-X-X-X-X–8-8–10-10-
A–8-X-X-X-X-X–6-(8)X-X-X-X-X–6-(8)X-X-X-X-X–6-6–8–8–
E–6-X-X-X-X-X–6-(6)X-X-X-X-X–6-(6)X-X-X-X-X–6-6–8–8–
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CHORUS:
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D–8–8–8–8–8–8-10–7/8-8-8-8-8–8-7–8–8–8–8–8–8-10–
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G-7/8-8-8-8-8——–
D-7/8-8-8-8-8–8-7—
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LEAD-IN
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D———–10-8—————–10——————-10-8——–
A—————-10-8-6————————————10-8-6-
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E———————]] B————–11^13–]] G-10^12-8—-8——–]] D———10———-]] A———————]] E———————]]
BRIDGE
CHORUS
SOLO(This is my best version of the solo):
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B–/13b14-b21-21-24-b21b21-b17bb16-19p17——-17———-17-
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BRIDGE
CHORUS
CHORUS
END CHORUS VARIATION:
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D–7/8-8-8-8—-8-7–8–8–8–8–8–8-10–7/8-8-8-8-8–8-7–
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B–11-11-11-11-11————————-11-11-11-11-11——-
G–10-10-10-10-10-8-10–7/8-8-8-8-8——-10-10-10-10-10-8-10–
D–8–8–8–8–8–8-10–7/8-8-8-8-8–8-7–8–8–8–8–8–8-10–
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G-7/8-8-8-8-8———————-8~~————
D-7/8-8-8-8-8–8-7-8-10~~~~-8-9-10—————-
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B——————–11-11-11-11-11————————-
G–7/8-8-8-8———10-10-10-10-10-8-10–7/8-8-8-8-8——-
D–7/8-8-8-8—-8-7–8–8–8–8–8–8-10–7/8-8-8-8-8–8-7–
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B–11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-8——————–11-11-11-11-11——-
G–10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8–7/8-8-8-8-8——-10-10-10-10-10-8-10–
D–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–7/8-8-8-8-8–8-7–8–8–8–8–8–8-10–
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LYRICS::
VERSE 1:(NO GUITAR BACKUP)
Bombarded by philosophies that satisfy the surface.
I flee to something deeper at the risk of seeking purpose.
How can I hang in this enviromental state of being?
When everything I’m striving for, it’s nothing that I’m seeing.
BRIDGE1:
Won’t You take my heart, won’t You take my soul, won’t You come and
make me whole again.
You, You’ve got what I need and You’ll never retreat.
Unto You I will concede.
CHORUS:
So help me God,
To put my faith in You.
So help me God,
Before I come unglued.
Call it my addiction,
I can’t get enough of You.
So help me God,
To put my faith in You.
LEAD-IN
VERSE 2:(NO GUITAR BACKUP)
Infected by the skin I’m in that’s starving with desire.
And Jesus ain’t the latest thing to come across the wire.
I throw myself at mercy for I am the chief of sinners,
But daily taking up my cross has brought it’s share of splinters.
BRIDGE2:
You’re there when I call and You’re there when I fall, even though I
don’t deserve it all.
You, You light my way, through the night and the day, and from You I
will not stray.
CHORUS
SOLO
BRIDGE1
CHORUS X 2
