God If I Saw Her Now

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:

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

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

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

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

(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:

E|-----------2-------|-----------2-------|-------0-----|-------0-----|
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

E|--5---5---0---0---0--|
B|--2---2---2---2---2--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0--|
D|--0---0---0---0---0--|
A|--2---2---2---2---2--|
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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D|-----0-2-0---|
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."