One of Us - God Smoked Cannabis Acoustic Guitar Lesson Osborne Rivers

Here is an acoustic guitar lesson on how to play One of Us originally by Joan Osborne but a parody of the song has been done by Bob Rivers called What if God Smoked Cannabis. This lesson has been done by James from the acoustic guitar duo Handsome Alvin, please check out our covers channel at:

http://www.youtube.com/aushandsomealvin

Capo 4th Fret, Original Capo 2nd Fret

Intro/Verse Chord Progression:

Em C; G D; (repeat 2 times Rivers version intro, 8 times for the Osborne version intro and 4 times for the verse of each version)

Strumming For Entire Song:

DU XU UDU (where X is a muted down strum)

or

DUDU UDU

Chorus Chord Progression:

C; D; C; D; C; D;
Em C; G D; (4 times)

Lyrics:

One of Us - Joan Osborne

Intro (0:17)

Hey, yeah, yeah

Verse 1 (1:03)
If God had a name, what would it be, And would you
Call it to his face, If you were faced with him in
All his glory, What would you ask if you had just one question

Chorus (1:24)
And yeah yeah God is great, Yeah yeah god is good
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah, What if god was one of us? Just a
Slob like one of us? Just a
Stranger on the bus, Just tryin' to make his way home

Verse 2 (2:03)
If God had a face what would it look like, And would
You want to see, If seeing meant that you would
Have to believe, In things like heaven and in
Jesus and the saints and all the prophets

Chorus (2:26)
And yeah yeah God is great, Yeah yeah god is good
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah, What if god was one of us? Just a
Slob like one of us? Just a
Stranger on the bus, Just tryin' to make his way
Home, He's trying to make his way
Home, Back up to heaven all
Alone, Nobody calling on the
Phone, Except for the pope maybe in Rome

Guitar Solo (3:22)

Chorus (3:57)
And yeah yeah God is great, Yeah yeah god is good
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah, What if god was one of us? Just a
Slob like one of us? Just a
Stranger on the bus, Just tryin' to make his way
Home, Just trying to make his way
Home, Like a holy Rolling
Stone, Back up to heaven all
Alone, Just trying to make his way
Home, Nobody calling on the
Phone, Except for the pope maybe in Rome

What if God Smoked Cannabis - Bob Rivers

Intro (0:00)

Verse 1 (0:11)
If god had long hair, and a goatee, And if his
Eyes were pretty glazed, If he looked spaced out, Would you
Buy his story, Would you believe he had an eye infection?

Chorus (0:33)
And yeah yeah god looks baked, Yeah yeah god smells good
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah, What if god smoked cannabis? Hit the
Bong like some of us, Drove a
Tie-dyed microbus, And he subscribes to rolling stone

Verse 2 (1:12)
If god made this place, in the beginning, Did he
Plant any seeds? Or did he put them there for
Adam and Eve, So theyd be hungry for the
Apple that the snake, was always offering

Chorus (1:34)
And yeah yeah god rolls great, Yeah yeah god smells good
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah, What if god smoked cannabis? Do you
Spose he had a buzz? When he
Made the platypus, When he created earth our
Home, Does he like Pearl jam or the
Stones? And do you think he rolls his
Own, Up there in Heaven on the
Throne, And when the saints go marching
Home, Maybe he sits and smokes a bong

Enjoy

James from Handsome Alvin

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[GrahamSk8]

I personally think it sounds better with the 2nd fret capo-ed, but nice tutorial non-the-less. keep it up!

[educationalmaterials]

Thanks, capo on the 2nd only works if you can sing it in that key

[bottoy124]

!!!!!!!!hey dude that was great.....!!!!!.

[educationalmaterials]

Thanks, much appreciated!!!!

[Hypnixio]

wow thank you, i will learn this song when i get my guitar!

[educationalmaterials]

Thanks, much appreciated!!!!

[Eefiebaby]

Thank you for your turtorial! Compliments to you......

[nausicaa51]

thank you

[tanman8014]

@educationalmaterials Buy AN electric tuner. Proper grammar can be very, very useful.

[educationalmaterials]

Buy a electronic tuner, cheap and very, very useful!!!!