🎸 Intro: F 🎸 Verse 1: F Suppose you showed up Sunday F F To sing songs to your Savior F F And found the parking spaces Am7 D# Filled with folks red faced in anger
🎸 Verse 2: F With homemade signs opining F F “Your children must be saved F F ‘Cause your youth group leaders prey on them” Am7 D# And you feel afraid 🎸 Pre-Chorus: Am F Now the place you thought would still be safe F F No longer feels like home F And you understand they don’t believe D# F#m But why can’t they just leave you alone? 🎸 Chorus: F F D# Oh have I ever had that nightmare F#m Where my heart keeps breaking F But I can’t wakе F D# F#m And it’s taking all I’ve got not to fight them F I’m down on my knees, crying out F D# “Pleasе, Lord, release us” Am We’ve surveyed your rugged cross F D# F Don’t Do us like Jesus 🎸 Interlude: F F D# F F D# 🎸 Verse 3: F Suppose some senators decide F F Your worship is obscene? F F All-ages Sunday service Am D# Suddenly’s a felony 🎸 Verse 4: F F And you’re not sure if it’s safe to wear a cross F Or pause to pray F F Do you teach your kids in secret? Am D# Do you tell them to be brave? 🎸 Pre-Chorus: Am F Will you risk losing your children F F To expose them to the faith? F Do you cry and pace in anger? D# F#m Do you plead Amazing Grace? 🎸 Chorus: F F D# Oh have I ever had that nightmare F#m Where my heart keeps breaking F But I can’t wakе F D# F#m And it’s taking all I’ve got not to fight them F I’m down on my knees, crying out F D# “Pleasе, Lord, release us” Am We’ve surveyed your rugged cross F D# F Don’t Do us like Jesus 🎸 Bridge: Am F#m D# There’s gotta be a way we can all be free Am Bm I promise not to tread on you F D# F If you don’t tread on me 🎸 Outro: F D# F Can you wake me from this nightmare? F D# F Can you wake me from this, wake me from this nightmare? F D# F F D# F F D# F F D# F
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