Madonna - God Control: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "God Control" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn God Control Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Madonna

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "God Control" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Dm          F        C     Dm
Everybody knows the damn truth
Our nation lied, we lost respect
When we wake up, what can we do?
Get the kids ready, take them to school
Everybody knows they don’t have a chance
To get a decent job, to have a normal life
When they talk reforms, it makes me laugh
They pretend to help, it makes me laugh
I think I understand why people get a gun
I think I understand why we all give up
Every day they have a kind of victory
Blood of innocence, spread everywhere
They say that we need love
But we need more than this

We lost God control
We lost God control
We lost God control
We lost God control

D#
This is your wake-up call
               Dm
I'm like your nightmare
I'm here to start your day
D#
This is your wake-up call
Dm
We don’t have to fall
D#
A new democracy
Dm
God and pornography

A new democracy

Chorus:
D#
People think that I’m insane
The only gun is in my brain
Dm
Each new birth, it gives me hope
That’s why I don’t smoke that dope
D#
Insane people think I am
Brain inside my only friend
Dm
Hope it gives me birth each new
That dope I don’t smoke, it’s true

D#                            Dm
Everybody knows the damn truth
D#                            Dm
Everybody knows the damn truth (Wake up)
We need to wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up
We need to make up, make up, make up,
make up, make up, make up, make up,
make up, make up, make up
It’s a hustle, yeah
It’s a hustle
It’s a con
It’s a hustle
It’s a weird kind of energy, a bizarre
thing that happens to be
An abnormal fraternity, and I feel more
than sympathy
We got to wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up
We need to make up, make up, make up,
make up, make up, make up, make up, make up,
make up, make up

Chorus:
People think that I’m insane
The only gun is in my brain
Each new birth, it gives me hope
That’s why I don’t smoke that dope
Insane people think I am
Brain inside my only friend
Hope it gives me birth each new
That dope I don’t smoke, it’s true

Everybody knows the damn truth
Everybody knows the damn truth
We got to wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up
(Wake up)
Ah (Ah), Ah (Ah)

A new democracy!

Everybody knows the damn truth
Our nation lied, we’ve lost respect
When we wake up, what can we do
Get the kids ready, take them to school
Everybody knows they don’t have a chance
Get a decent job, have a normal life
When they talk reforms, it makes me laugh
They pretend to help, it makes me laugh

We lost God control
We lost God control
We lost God control
We lost God control
We lost God control

(Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up)


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C

Guitar chord C

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "God Control" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "God Control" by Madonna.

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