Dear God chords by Asbury Cory

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
|D / / /|


Verse 1:
   D
Dear God,
          F#m                       G
I’ve been trying awful hard to make You proud of me
       D
But it seems
    F#m                      G
The harder that I try the harder it becomes
                       D
And I feel like giving up
D/F#        G
Most of the time

Verse 2:
    D
Dear God,
          F#m                        G
I’ve been chasing their approval and it’s killing me
      D
And I know
    F#m
The more I to try to prove
    G
The less I have to show
                     D
And I’m stuck inside my head
F#m         G
Most of the time


Pre-Chorus:
     Bm
If I pray a little harder
     A4
If I follow all the rules
  Bm                     A
I wonder could I ever be enough


Chorus:
  D         F#m
I try and I try
        G               D
Just to fall back down again
                 F#m
And I ask myself why
     G                D
Do I try to chase the wind
         Bm            A
I should lean into the mystery
      G                  A
Maybe hope is found in a melody
     Bm    A    G
So I wanna try again
      Bm        A    G
Yeah, I’m gonna try again


Verse 3:
     D
Dear child,
           F#m                          G
I hope you know how much I love you and I’m proud of you
         D
Please believe
    F#m                                G
The thoughts I have for you will never change or fade away
                          D
When you felt like giving up
                 G
I was there all alone


Pre-Chorus:
        Bm
I’m not scared of imperfections
                 A
Or the questions in your head
               Bm                    A
Just know that you have always been enough


Chorus:
    D             F#m
You tried and you tried
      G               D
And I saw you wrestle with
                 F#m
Every how, every why...
      G           D
I was right there listening
        Bm            A
So just fall into the mystery
     D
I’ll meet you in the melody
          Bm          A    G
So please try just to try again
   Bm              A    G
So child would you try again
   Bm            A     D
My child you can love again