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My God ( Police )
Intro: (A) Intro: (B)
G |---------2------------| |-----------------------|
D |-------2--------------| |-----5-5---------------| x8
A |---3-4------5---5-6-7-| |---7-------------------|
E |-5------------7-------| |-5---------------------|
Parte 1
G |----------------------| |-----------------------|
D |-----5-5--------------| x2 |------8-8--------------| x2
A |---7------------------| |---10------------------|
E |-5--------------------| |-8---------------------|
G |----------------------| |-----------------------|
D |-----5-5--------------| x2 |------8-8--------------| x2
A |---7------------------| |---10------------------|
E |-5--------------------| |-8---------------------|
G |----------------------| |-----------------------|
D |-------10-10----------| x2 |------5-5--------------| x2
A |----12----------------| |---7-------------------|
E |-10-------------------| |-5---------------------|
Parte 2
G |----------------------| |-----------------------|
D |-----5-5--------------| x2 |------8-8--------------| x2
A |---7------------------| |---10------------------|
E |-5--------------------| |-8---------------------|
G |----------------------| |-----------------------|
D |-------10-10----------| x2 |------5-5--------------| x2
A |----12----------------| |---7-------------------|
E |-10-------------------| |-5---------------------|
Parte 3
G |----------------------| |-----------------------|
D |-----2-2--------------| x8 |-----2,2-2-4-----------| H.Final
A |---4------------------| |---4-------------------|
E |-2--------------------| |-2---------------------|
Intro A (X2)
Intro B
Parte 1 (x2)
Intro A (x4)
Parte 2
Intro A (x4)
Parte 1
Intro 1 (x12)
Parte 3 Hasta el Final
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nick Wanna Be |
#1 by nick white at Mar 28, 1981 at 4:53 PM EST |
| [Stephen Holden—Rolling Stone 1983] In "O My God," Sting drops his third-world mannerisms to voice a desperate, anguished plea for help to a distant deity: "Take the space between us, and fill it up, fill it up, fill it up!" This "space" is evoked in an eerie, sprinting dub-rock style, with Sting addressing not only God but also a woman and the people of the world, begging for what he clearly feels is an impossible reconciliation. | |
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Jimmy Wanna Be |
#2 by Jimmy Rogers at Jun 30, 1981 at 7:10 AM EST |
| This is a great song. I dig the drumming and percussion in this. Copeland is pretty cool. | |
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Adam Average |
#3 by Adam at Jan 5, 1985 at 11:05 PM EST |
| IvoKent: Sounds good to me. :) | |
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Chris Average |
#4 by Chris Prescott at Nov 23, 1986 at 1:16 PM EST |
| The critics are right when they pinpoint [this] song as one of the weakest links on the album, mainly because it shows signs of self-plagiarism (hmm, haven't we already met that bassline before? 'Demolition Man'? 'Driven To Tears'?), but they miss one thing: Sting's total self-dedication. It's obviously the most personal and one of the most deeply felt cuts on the album, and while it lacks an immediate hook, it's so disgustingly sincere I don't have the heart to condemn the song. Besides, shoot, I really dig the bassline. [George Starostin] | |
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Killer Wanna Be |
#5 by Killer at Jul 6, 1992 at 8:33 PM EST |
| a really good tune, I remember this from my teenhood that uplifting bassline always got me goin' then the subject of this one is quite obvious and adressed the most direct way indeed 'the fill it up' part is really taking too, shouted while sounding almost desperate you feel the guts behind it close in the same spirit to Xtc's 'dear god'. amen... | |
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Jade Wanna Be |
#6 by Jade at Aug 1, 2000 at 8:58 PM EST |
| Here's an example where Sting gets the "pompous" label misapplied. He's written something here I think most people of faith have felt at one point or another -- a questioning of God and His authority. "How can I turn the other cheek" is angry and the idea that we somehow "take the space between us and fill it up" is a wonderful concept for a song. I really like this one. | |
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Clairvoyant Average |
#7 by Clairvoyant at Sep 11, 2000 at 6:36 AM EST |
| so why the "every little thing" lyrics in the end. Sting does this over the years to diffrent songs. Its a pretty demanding song telling God to get the ball rolling now by "filling in the Gap". I'm not sure Sting, as great as he is, has the right right, to demand God to do anything. I'm no religious freak or anything and I see what he's trying to say, but it comes off a little pompous. If you take out "fill it up" then he just sounds, understandbly, frustrated. Its still a very cool song though. | |
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Austin Average |
#8 by Austin Schrauben at Feb 1, 2002 at 12:47 PM EST |
| The album’s “O My God” then asks how God can seem to be so far away, allowing misfortunes and unfairness to exist in the world. [From Rock & Holy Rollers: The Spiritual Beliefs of Chart-Topping Rock Stars in Their Lives and Lyrics by Geoffrey D. Falk.] | |
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The Fever...The Average |
#9 by The Fever...The Focus x at Aug 25, 2005 at 9:52 AM EST |
| Wow! First of all I can't believe there aren't more postings for one of the most influential and underrated bands in the history of pop music. Well, I guess I just answered my own question with that remark - the keyword being "underrated". Whether it was Sting's haunting and infectious songwriting; Andy Summers understated, yet groundbreaking guitar licks; or Stewart Copeland's unmatched high-hat wizardry, the Police were an incredibly influential band with limitless talents. Their fusion of punk rock with reggae and jazz led the way for hundreds of other new wave bands, and influenced bands like No Doubt and Sublime. I have loved The Police my entire life yet I was born one year after their last album. This proves that their music is timeless and is relevant to any generation. I'm sure everyone knows the traditional super-hits like Don't Stand So Close to Me and Every Breath You Take, but the band was so much more than their great singles. Little do people know of their rough around the edges punk-influenced beginnings, as well as their fabulous instrumental (and also experimental) tracks. Every person that I have shown the Police to have been hooked on them - and I'm sure if more people listened to one of their albums right through they also would be hooked. Sorry about the rant but I feel it was necessary. This song is about Sting questioning his faith in God. He feels like no matter how good he is, or how faithful he is, God doesn't seem to notice. He also questions God's priorities when it comes to helping the world. The stanza about the fat man in the garden and the thin man at the gate might be a metaphor for the rich and the poor - the rich being fat man reaping the benifits of the garden while the the thin man is doing all the work protecting the "gate". Sting wants God to be closer and take notice to the world's blatent atrocities | |
