One of us
Joan Osborne
Does God exist? Joan Osborne asked herself this question in the song "One of us".
Indeed, she went a step further, asking what would we do if we realize that God really is one of us, a slob who is in a bus trying to find the way home, in heaven. In fact I don't know, it would be incredibly unsettling for sure.
Original lyrics and chords of this evocative ballad are available below.
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Intro x8:
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If God had a name what would it be?
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And would you call it to his face?
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If you were faced with him in all his glory
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what would you ask if you had just one question?
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Yeah, yeah, God is great.
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Yeah, yeah, God is good.
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Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
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What if God was one of us?
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Just a slob like one of us
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Just a stranger on the bus
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Trying to make his way home
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If God had a face
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What would it look like? And would you want to see
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If seeing means that you would have to believe
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In things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints
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and all the prophets...
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Yeah, yeah, God is great.
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Yeah, yeah, God is good.
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Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
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What if God was one of us?
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Just a slob like one of us
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Just a stranger on the bus
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Trying to make his way home
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Just trying to make his way home
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Back up to heaven all alone
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Nobody call him on the phone
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'cept for the Pope maybe in Rome.
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Solo guitar x3:
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Solo guitar x4:
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Yeah, yeah, God is great.
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Yeah, yeah, God is good.
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Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
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What if God was one of us?
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Just a slob like one of us
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Just a stranger on the bus
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Trying to make his way home
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Just trying to make his way home
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Like an holy rolling stone
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back up to heaven all alone
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D2
Slow down and suspend till the end
just trying to make his way home
Nobody call him on the phone
'cept for the Pope maybe in Rome.
