I Thought You Were God Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

A♯Storeman, your eyes all watery wD♯hite.

"Another lFong long night?" and you say

"Be carefA♯ul riding that boy's bike in the dD♯ark." F

"Don't worry, I'm not going faGmr."

Chorus

I was veD♯ry very yoFung and terribly in loGmve

and D♯not yet knoFwing that love alone may nGmot be enougD♯h

toF undo all the silly things I tGmhought. D♯

FI thought you were GodA♯.

Verse 2

The night sky is peeling back her sheets.

And the linen is lavender and underneath it

I ride your bike, bike bars cutting into my crotch.

I stand up and power-pedal on.

Chorus

I was very, very young and terribly in love,

not yet knowing that love alone may not be enough

to counter all the stupid things I thought.

I thought you were God.

And I, I believed in you.

Verse 3

We still talk, we still talk quite a lot

since the alarming discovery that you were never God and

we still love, but the laughter's more sincere,

'cause it's speckled with your tears.

Chorus

You were so young and terribly in love,

not yet knowing that love alone may not be enough

to undo all the secret things I thought.

I thought you were God.