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That’s the Way God Planned It – Billy Preston
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Billy Preston
That’s the Way God Planned It (1971)
(Preston)
From: "The Concert for Bangla Desh"
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RIFF (coda chorus)
C G/B Am C7 F Bb
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----1-2-3-2-----|
D|----------------|--------2-3-5-2-|3-5---------3---|
A|3-2-3-5-2-------|--2-3-5---------|--------------5-|
E|----------5-3-4-|5---------------|----------------|
Bb C/E Gm F C/E Dm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|3-----2---------|----------------|
D|------------5---|--3-----2-------|
A|----------------|------------5---|
E|----------------|----------------|
(triplets)
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0
F/G 3-x-3-2-1-1
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
Bb/A x-0-3-3-3-x
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INTRO [2/4]
| C G | Am C/G | F C/E | F F/G |
VERSE
C Em
Why can't we be humble
Am C/G
Like the good lord said
F C/E
He promised to exalt us
F/G
But low is the way
VERSE
C Em
How (can) man be so greedy
Am C7
When there's so much left?
F C/E
All things God given
F/G
And they all have been blessed
CHORUS
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb Am Gm | F C/E Dm |
(triplets)
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb Am Gm | F C/E Dm |
(triplets)
VERSE
C Em
Let not your heart be troubled
Am C7
Let mourning sobbing cease
F C/E
Learn to help one another
F/G
And live in perfect peace
VERSE
C Em
If we just be humble
Am C7
Like the good Lord said
F C/E
He promised to exalt us
F/G
But low is the way
CHORUS
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way (yeah, yeah, yeah) He wants it to be
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb Am Gm | F C/E Dm |
(triplets)
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb Am Gm | F C/E Dm |
(triplets)
SOLO [2/4]
| C Em | Am C7/G | F C/E | F/G |
| C Em | Am C7/G | F C/E | F/G |
VERSE
C Em
I hope you get this message
Am C7
Where you won't others will
F C/E
You may not understand me
F/G
But Billy will love you still
CHORUS
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb Am Gm | F C/E Dm |
(triplets)
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb Am Gm | F C/E Dm |
(triplets)
CODA CHORUS from here on: with riff (see above)
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb Am Gm | F C/E Dm |
(triplets)
(double-time)
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb Am Gm | F C/E Dm |
(triplets)
CHORUS (instrumental, double-time)
| C G/B | Am C7 | F Bb |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb Am Gm | F C/E Dm |
(triplets)
CHORUS (double-time)
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 | F F/G Bb Bb/A |
That's the way God wants it to be
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bb Am Gm | F C/E Dm |
(triplets)
CHORUS (coda, instrumental, double-time
| C G/B | Am C7 | F Bb |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1
| Bb Am Gm | F C/E Dm | C
(triplets)
