Fmaj7  F      C      G      Gsus2
e: 0      1      0      3      3
B: 1      1      1      0      1
G: 2      2      0      0      0
D: 3      3      2      0      0
A: 0      3      3      2      0
E: 0      1      x      3      3

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Alternate by lifting and pressing
down 1st finger on B string
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[Intro]
Fmaj7*

[1st Verse]
     Fmaj7
Dear God
                     F
Why is there so much pain
               C
And hunger and diseases
                          G
Why are people praying in vain
                    Fmaj7
And killing in your name
                   F
They justify their kill
                     C                                   G
And how can you just sit and watch the rich impose their will
                  Fmaj7
On people who are poor
                    F
And sleeping on the floor
                  C                                 G
Why do we have to lose the ones we love in times of war
                  Fmaj7
Why do we have to burn
                    F
Our fingers just to learn
                  C                         G         Gsus2
Why do we have to suffer getting nothing in return


[Chorus]
     Fmaj7
Dear God
                       F
Why don't you stop the violence
   C                                G
We hope, we pray, but all we get is silence
     Fmaj7
Dear God
                   F
Our prayers remain unanswered
     C                                G       Gsus2
As a hundred thousand children die of cancer
     Fmaj7*
Dear God


[2nd Verse]
     Fmaj7
Dear God
                  F
I think I'm going insane
                     C
The guilty crush the innocent
                   G
It's such a bloody shame
                    Fmaj7
It'll always be the same
                    F
And that will never change
                     C                              G
Now how can you just sit and watch them crucify the saints
                  Fmaj7
You want us to be loyal
                  F
You want us to be true
       C                       G
But I cannot remember getting any help from you
  Fmaj7
If it's true that Jesus
   F
He died for our sins
     C                                G                  Gsus2
Then why all these tsunamis and these hurricane winds


[Chorus]
     Fmaj7
Dear God
                       F
Why don't you stop the violence
   C                                G
We hope, we pray, but all we get is silence
     Fmaj7
Dear God
                   F
Our prayers remain unanswered
     C                                G       Gsus2
As a hundred thousand children die of cancer
     Fmaj7*
Dear God


[3rd Verse]
     Fmaj7
Dear God
                     F
Why is their so much grief
                     C
And rape and murder
                         G
How can you expect us to believe
                    Fmaj7
And get down on our knees
            F
Without any guarantees
                 C                                G
The afterlife is promised just to make us feel at ease
                      Fmaj7
So we won't cross the line
              F
And stand our time
                C                        G
Longing for the afterlife, waiting for a sign
                  Fmaj7
A sign that never came
                  F
If Jesus took the blame
                       C                          G        Gsus2
Then why are desperate people carrying a ball and chain


[Chorus]
     Fmaj7
Dear God
                       F
Why don't you stop the violence
   C                                G
We hope, we pray, but all we get is silence
     Fmaj7
Dear God
                   F
Our prayers remain unanswered
     C                                G       Gsus2
As a hundred thousand children die of cancer
     Fmaj7*
Dear God