Its Tough To Be A God
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
Eb Abm
[Verse 1]
Eb
I hardly think I'm qualified
Abm
To come across all sanctified
Eb Abm
I just don't cut it with the cherubim
Eb
There again they're on their knees
Abm
Being worshipped is a breeze
E Dbm B Eb
Which rather suits us in the interim
[Chorus 1]
Abm
It's tough to be a god
E
Tread where mortals have not trod
Eb7 Eb Abm Bbm B
Be deified when really you're a sham
Gb B
Be an object of devotion
Gb B
Be the subject of psalms
Ab Dbm
It's a rather touching notion
Ab Dbm
All those prayers and those salaams
A
And who am I to bridle
Ab
If I'm forced to be an idol?
A B
If they say that I'm a god
Ab Dbm
That's what I am!
[Verse 2]
Eb
What's more if we don't comply
Abm
With the locals' wishes,
Eb Abm
I can see us being sacrificed or stuffed
Eb
So let's be gods, the perks are great!
Abm
El Dorado on our plate
E Dbm B Eb
Local feeling should not be rebuffed
[Chorus 2]
Abm
It's tough to be a god
E
But if you get the peoples' nod
Eb7
Count your blessings
Eb Abm Bbm B
Keep 'em sweet, that's our advice
Gb B
Be a symbol of perfection
Gb B
Be a legend, be a cult
Ab Dbm
Take their praise, take the collection
Ab Dbm
As the multitudes exalt
A
Don a supernatural habit
Ab
We'd be crazy not to grab it!
A B Dbm
So sign up two new gods for paradise
A B Db
Paradise!
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