Thank You God

"thank you god" by tim minchin tuning : standard F C i have an apology to make , Dm i’m afraid i’ve made a big mistake , Cadd4 C i turned my face away from you , lord . F C i was too blind to see the light , Dm i was too weak to feel your might , Cadd4 C i closed my eyes , i couldn’t see the truth , lord . E Am but then like saul on the damascus road , E Am you sent a messenger to me , and so , F i have had the truth revealed to me , Em please forgive me all those things i said , F i’ll no longer betray you , lord , G i will pray to you instead . A# F C and i will say thank you , thank you , thank you god . A# F C thank you , thank you , thank you god . C G thank you god , for fixing the cataracts of sam’s mum . i had no idea but it’s suddenly so clear , C C7 now i feel such a cynic how could i have been so dumb? F thank you for displaying how praying works , C a particular prayer in a particular church , D G thank you sam , for the chance to acknowledge this omnipotent ophthalmologist . C G thank you god , for fixing the cataracts of sam’s mum . i didn’t realise that it was so simple , C C7 but you’ve shown a great example of just how it can be done , F you only need to pray in a particular spot , C to a particular version of a particular god , D and if you pull that off without a hitch , G he will fix one eye of one middle - class white bitch . Am Fdim7 i know in the past my outlook has been limited , Am Fdim7 i couldn’t see examples of where life had been divinitive , F C but i can admit it when the evidence is clear , D G as clear as sam’s mum’s new cornea . that’s extremely clear! extremely clear! C G thank you god , for fixing the cataracts of sam’s mum . i have to admit that in the past i have been skeptical , C C7 but sam described this miracle and i Am overcome . F how fitting that the sighting of a sight - based intervention , C should open my eyes to this exciting new dimension . D it’s like someone put an eye chart on the wall in front of me , G and the top five letters say i - C - G - o - D . C G thank you sam , for showing how my point of view has been so flawed . i assumed there was no god at all but now i see that’s cynical , C C7 it’s simply that his interests aren’t particularly broad . F he’s largely undiverted by the starving masses , C or the inequality between the various classes . D he gives out strictly limited passes , G redeemable for surgery or two - for - one glasses . Am Fdim7 i feel so shocking for historically mocking . Am Fdim7 no , your interests are clearly confined to the ocular . F C i bet given the chance you’d eschew the divine , D G and start a little business selling contacts online . C G fxxk me sam , what are the odds that of history’s endless parade of gods , C C7 that the god that you just happen to be taught to believe in is the actual one and he digs on healing , F C but not the aids - ridden african nations , or the victims of the plague , or the flood - addled asians , D G but healthy , privately - insured australians , with common and curable corneal degeneration? Am Fdim7 this story of sam’s has but a single explanation : Am Fdim7 a surgical god who digs on magic operations . Am Fdim7 no it couldn’t be mistaken attribution of causation , Am Fdim7 born of a coincidental temporal correlation , Am Fdim7 exacerbated by a general lack of education , Am Fdim7 vis - A - vis physics in sam’s parish congregation . F C and it couldn’t be that all these pious people are liars . F C it couldn’t be an artifact of confirmation bias . F a product of group - think , Cdim7 a mass delusion , G Fdim7 an emperor’s - new - clothes - style fear of exclusion . Am Fdim7 no it’s more likely to be an all - powerful magician , Am Fdim7 than the misdiagnosis of the initial condition , Am Fdim7 or one of many cases of spontaneous remission , Am Fdim7 or a record - keeping glitch by the local physician . F C no , the only explanation for sam’s mum seeing : F C they prayed to an all - knowing super - being . F Cdim7 to the omnipresent master of the universe , G Fdim7 and he liked the sound of their muttered Verse . Am G so for a bit of a change from his usual stunt , F Em of being a sxxist , racist , murderous cunt , F Em he popped down to dandenong and just like that , F Cdim7 used his powers to heal the cataracts , G G# of sam’s mum . A of sam’s mum . - key change - D A thank you god , for fixing the cataracts of sam’s mum . i didn’t realise that it was such a simple thing . D i feel such a ding - A - ling , what an ignorant scum . G now i understand how prayer can work , D a particular prayer in a particular church , G in a particular style , with the particular stuff , D and for particular problems that aren’t particularly tough , G and for particular people , preferably white , D and for particular senses , preferably sight , G a particular prayer in a particular spot , Fdim7 to a particular version of a particular god . A and if you get that right , he just might , G take a break from giving babies malaria , D and pop down to your local area , E A D to fix the cataracts of your mum . A D hallelujah!