Death You Terrible Thing chords by Caroline Cobb

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

*Slow 62bpm, in 6/8


Verse 1:
Bm             G                      D
I remember the sounds in his hospital room
Bm                 G                        D
Saw his heart give out after what he′d been through
Bm             G                    D
I remember the words when they said he was gone
Bm         A                  Bm
The way we cried, how it felt so wrong


Chorus:
   G                   A
Oh death, you terrible thing
             Bm                 A                 G
I know in my bones it's not the way it′s supposed to be
       G                    A
But oh death, where is your sting?
                Bm                 A              G
'Cause I have a God who knows, who sits and weeps with me
             Bm               A            G
And I have a steady hope that all will be redeemed
                      Bm      G      D
But you're a terrible thing

Interlude:
Bm      G         D


Verse 2:
Bm            G                      D
I can see her crying on the bathroom floor
Bm            G                D
The baby they loved isn′t there anymore
G        A                 Bm
In the ICU, in the highway crash,
          F#m                  G
The chemo drip and the heart attack
                A                     Bm
In the gone too young, in the getting old
          Bm         F#m   G
The empty chair, the quiet home
   A         Bm
Oh Lord, how long?


Chorus:
   G                   A
Oh death, you terrible thing
             Bm                 A                 G
I know in my bones it's not the way it′s supposed to be
       G                    A
But oh death, where is your sting?
                Bm                 A              G
'Cause I have a God who knows, who sits and weeps with me
             Bm               A           G
And I have a steady hope that all will be redeemed
                      Bm      G      D
But you're a terrible thing


Interlude:
Bm      G         D


Verse 3:
Bm         G                    D
I can see Jesus hanging on that cross
Bm          G                      D
His shallow breathing, his failing heart
G             A                       Bm
I can see Him weeping at his friend′s tomb
            F#m             G
I know He's weeping with me too
G              A              Bm
I can see Him rising from the grave
             F#m           G
I know he′ll wipe my tears away
G         A        Bm
But until then, we wait


Chorus:
   G                   A
Oh death, you terrible thing (You terrible thing)
             Bm                 A                 G
I know in my bones it's not the way it′s supposed to be
       G                    A
But oh death, where is your sting? (Where is your sting)
                Bm                 A              G
'Cause I have a God who knows, who sits and weeps with me
             Bm               A            G
And I have a steady hope that all will be redeemed
                      Bm      G         D
But you're a terrible thing


Outro:
             Bm      G      D
You terrible thing