Anthony Phillips

God If I Saw Her Now

Anthony Phillips


Tom: C

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Here is the simple but sweet chord progression to former Genesis 
member Anthony Phillips' gorgeous song "God If I Saw Her Now" 
from his album "The Ghost and the Geese", released in 1977.
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Tuning: Standard
Capo: 5th Fret

Intro:

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B|------3-------|------3-------|------3-------|-----3-------|
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D|-0------0-----|-0------0-----|--------0-----|-------2-----|
A|--------------|--------------|-2------------|-3-----------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|

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Verse 1:
                               "Rest     your  head
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  my love;                      Rest           your tired
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  limbs;                        Leave your     mind       at 
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   peace,                     at peace,                     at
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  peace,          What are you thinking now?"
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(Repeat for verses 2 and 3)

Verse 2:
"Thinking of a girl
As golden as the sun
She loved me not like you, like you, like you"
"Pray do you love me more?"

Verse 3: 
"It's hard to say for sure.
A child, sixteen, was I
Both virgins did we buy, we buy, we buy"
"You loved her more than me"

Interlude:

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B|---------3---3-----|---------3---3-----|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|
G|-------2-------2---|-------2-------2---|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|
D|-----0-----------0-|-----0-----------0-|-------------|-------------|
A|---0---------------|---0---------------|-3-----------|-2-----------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------| x4

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B|--2---2---2---2---2--|
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D|--0---0---0---0---0--|
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E|--3---3---3---0---0--| x2

Verse 4:
                                     "She left me one 
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  dark night                    She took my heart...
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(Repeat throughout verse, until the end of the song)

At the end of the song, play:

 "God if I saw her now."
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A|---2-------0-|
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"She left me one dark night
She took my heart for free
I've seen her not since then, since then, since then,
God if I saw her now."