Stained Glass Ukulele chords by Danny Schmidt

STAINED GLASS

Intro:

Em  G  D     Em  C  D




Verse :
       Em              D               G                 Em
It was thirty days til Easter when the elm tree hit the church
      Em             D               G                Em
Thank God it fell on Friday cause at least no one was hurt
              Em              D              G
But there was fear it might delay the second coming of the Lord
          C                   G            D               Em
Cause the stained glass crucifixion was in stains upon the floor

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     Em             D              G                Em
They spent a day of cleaning and a day to board the hole
          Em                     D            G              Em
Where the stained glass once had cast a godly light upon the fold
     Em             D               G
But come the Sunday service all the faces now were gray
             C                G             D                 Em
And they commenced to take donations as the faithful knelt to pray




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But on Monday they discovered that the man who’d built the glass
        Em          D                  G            Em
Was the only man in town who could and sadly he had passed
        Em             D               G
But his father who was ninety said the tools were in the shed
         C              G             D               Em
And he’d kindly try and resurrect the window from the dead




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The congregation argued but the wise ones all rejoiced
             Em              D             G            Em
Cause in the one hand was solution, in the other was no choice
         Em                D                 G
So they gave the man their blessing and they gave his hand a shake
         C                G              D                  Em
And they gave him all the coins they had collected on their plates




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It was seven days til Easter and they’d seen neither hide nor hair
        Em                  D              G                 Em
So they came and knocked at supper time in hopes the man was there
      Em               D                  G
But a banging from the basement was ‘bout all that they could hear
    C                 G              D                  Em
And curses that might make the devil blush and wash his ears




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Come first thing Easter morning and to everyone’s good grace
    Em            D                G                Em
The man was up on ladders with the window nailed in place
       Em               D             G
It was covered in black velvet like a hood or like a veil
    C                    G               D            Em
He pulled the sheet and there it hung apocryphal and frail




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The seams had melted jagged, they were crooked like a spine
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The glass was rough like hands of man against the hands of time
           Em                 D                  G
There were bloodstains in the red and there were teardrops in the blue
            C               G                D               Em
He said: It may not be the best but it’s the best that I can do




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The chapel fell to silence, it was more than just surprise
           Em         D              G                   Em
As the monstrosity of color slid its tongue across their eyes
         Em            D              G
And they shivered from exposure like babies born again
         C              G                D               Em
Cause in every pane of glass was all the joy and pain of Man




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There was every fearful smile, there was every joyful tear
          Em             D                      G              Em
There was each and every choice that leads from every there to here
          Em         D                      G              Em
There was every cozy stranger and there was every awkward friend
               C            G                   D             Em
And there was every perfect night that’s left initials in the sand




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There was every day that’s filled so full the weeks would float away
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And there were all those days spent wondering what to do with all those days
          Em               D              G                 Em
There was every lie that’s ever saved the truth from being shamed
           C               G            D                Em
And every secret you could ever trust a friend to hide away




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There was the fortune of discovering a new face you might adore
         Em              D                 G               Em
And the thrill of coming home to find her clothes upon the floor
        Em            D         G               Em
And the prideful immortality of children in the home
          C                    G                     D              Em
That the storm can’t grind the mountain down, it can only shift the stones




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              Em              D                    G                Em
And there was everything your mouth says that your lips don’t understand
          Em                D                   G               Em
And every shape inside your head that you can’t carve with your hands
          Em       D                G              Em
And every slice of glass revealed another slice of life
   C             G            D                  Em
Emblazoned imperfections in a perfect stream of light


Bridge:
       C                   G           Em              C
It all flooded through the window like rapids made of fire
         Em                  D                                  Em
And then God rode through on sunshine and sat down cause he was tired
       D
He was tired.




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       Em              D                G             Em
As the thunder and the hardwood settled back into its place
Em              D                G                Em
God removed his veil to show the scars across his face
     Em                  D             G
And some folks prayed in reverence and some folks prayed in fear
   C                   G           D              Em
As all the shades and chaos in the glass became a mirror