Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: A Difficulty: Novice Intro: A D A D Verse: A E There were photographs I wanted to take F#m D E Things I wanted to show you D F#m Sing sweet lullabies, wipe your teary eyes D A E Who could love you like this? A E People say that I am brave but I'm not D E Truth is I'm barely hanging on F#m D But there's a greater story E Written long before me A E Because He loves you like this
Chorus: A D So I will carry you F#m E A While your heart beats here D Long beyond the empty cradle E Through the coming years A D I will carry you F#m E D All my life F#m E D And I will praise the One Who's chosen me E A To carry you Bridge: D Such a short time A Such a long road E All this madness D But I know That the silence A E Has brought me to His voice And He says Verse: A E I've shown her photographs of time beginning F#m B E Walked her through the parted seas D F#m Angel lullabies, no more teary eyes D E Who could love her like this? Chorus: A D I will carry you F#m E A While your heart beats here A D Long beyond the empty cradle E Through the coming years A D I will carry you F#m E D All your life F#m E D And I will praise the One Who's chosen Me E A D To carry you Outro: A D A