
i dont wanna pray
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
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Tom : F
F
I love my God
God made love
F
I love my God
God made love
Bb
I love my God
God made hate
Bb
I love my God
God made hate
F
I love my God
God made good
[Refrão]
F
I love my God
God made good
Bb
I love my God
God made bad
Bb
I love my God
God made me, yeah
[Verse 1]
F
But I don't want to pray to my maker
Bb
I just want to be what I see
Dm C
Not just who I am but the pink in golden land
Bb
And a five mile sky over me
F C
Help me to the sun, hey I'm looking everywhere
Bb Dm C
See I'm looking to become not the prayer but the prayer
[Chorus]
F Bb
And now don't want to pray no
F C
I say I don't want to pray no
F Bb
And now I don't want to pray mhmm
C F
I don't want to pray
[Hook]
F
I love my God
God made love
F
I love my God
God made love
Bb
I love my God
God made hate
Bb
I love my God
God made hate
F
I love my God
God made good
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Verse 2]
F
But I don't want to pray to my maker
Bb
I just want to be feeling free
Dm C
Not like in a book or the leaves and trees that shook
Bb
From a word that means only not a thing
F C
Pardon God and mom What I'm saying isn't fair
Bb Dm C
See I'm looking to become not the prayer but the prayer
[Chorus]
F Bb
And now don't want to pray no
F C
I say I don't want to pray no
F Bb
And now I don't want to pray mhmm
C F
I don't want to pray
[Verse 3]
F
Not much good to talk, better to walk it
Bb
Not much good to take, better to give
Dm C
We are gone forgiven and forgotten of our sins
Bb
Yeah I promise you my friends all that dies will live again
F C
Pardon God and mom What I'm saying isn't rare
Bb Dm C
See I'm looking to become not the prayer but the prayer
[Chorus]
F Bb
And now don't want to pray no
F C
I say I don't want to pray no
F Bb
And now I don't want to pray mhmm
C F
I don't want to pray
[Hook]
F
I love my God
God made love
F
I love my God
God made love
Bb
I love my God
God made hate
Bb
I love my God
God made hate
F
I love my God
God made good
[Refrão] (repetir)
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