Gratitude chords by Nichole Nordeman

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

C             C
Send some rain, would You send some rain?
      F             C
'Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again
    F           C       Dm   G
And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade
     C           C
Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud?
    F              C
Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down
    C            F      Dm    G
Surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid
   Am       F
But maybe not, not today
Dm              Am
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
    F      G
And if that's the case . . .

(Chorus)

      C
We'll give thanks to You
   C
With gratitude
       F        C
For lessons learned in how to thirst for You
    C            F
How to bless the very sun that warms our face
    F   Dm  G  C
If You never send us rain

C          C
Daily bread, give us daily bread
     F        C
Bless our bodies, keep our children fed
     F          C    Dm     G
Fill our cups, then fill them up again tonight
C       C
Wrap us up and warm us through
    F         C
Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs
    C         F         Dm   G
Let us slumber safe from danger's view this time
  Am       F
Or maybe not, not today
Dm           Am
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
    F     G
And if that's the case . . .

(Chorus)

      C
We'll give thanks to You
   C
With gratitude
     F         C
A lesson learned to hunger after You
    C          F
That a starry sky offers a better view
   F    Am
if no roof is overhead
     F   Dm  G  C
And if we never taste that bread

Am            F
Oh, the differences that often are between
Am           F
Everything we want and what we really need

  C           C
So grant us peace, Jesus, grant us peace
F             C
Move our hearts to hear a single beat
    C     F    Dm     G
Between alibis and enemies tonight
Am      F
Or maybe not, not today
Dm           Am
Peace might be another world away
    F     G
And if that's the case . . .

(Chorus)

      C
We'll give thanks to You
   C
With gratitude
  F             C
For lessons learned in how to trust in You
      C              F
That we are blessed beyond what we could ever dream
  F        Am
In abundance or in need
      F       Am
And if You never grant us peace
   F   Dm  G  C