Impossible World chords by Ron Sexsmith

Chords with lyrics

Album: "Exit Strategy of the Soul" (2008)

Intro:
D MajorD E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD

Verse 1:
D MajorD         E minorEm      A7A7
Lord if you will, lend me your ear
  D MajorD          F# minorF#m       G+G
It seems like this old world's beyond repair
  D MajorD            A augmentedA
But tell me does it have to be
    D MajorD        E minorEm        A7A7
Can we summon the will, come up with the faith
     D MajorD        F# minorF#m      G+G
There are those who say we haven't got a prayer
  D MajorD            A augmentedA
Nor have we the strength to bear
        D MajorD   E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD
This impossible world

Verse 2:
D MajorD         E minorEm      A7A7
Death if you will, give me your hand
  D MajorD             F# minorF#m    G+G
For there are some things I'll never understand
   D MajorD         A augmentedA
Could someone explain to me
D MajorD        E minorEm    A7A7
How many lives, how many tears
   D MajorD       F# minorF#m        G+G
Must fall before we learn we're going nowhere
  D MajorD         A augmentedA
Not unless we learn to share
        D MajorD
This impossible world

Chorus:
     G+G           D MajorD
Is that a tear in the eye of the storm
     G+G          D MajorD
A augmentedA hint of fear in the relative calm
  G+G           D MajorD        E minorEm       A augmentedA
It appears all attempts to feel so safe and warm are all in vain, oh

Verse 3:
   D MajorD        E minorEm    A7A7
When I was a child I opened my eyes
   D MajorD        F# minorF#m   G+G
And beheld a world of possibility
    D MajorD           A augmentedA
Though now all there seems to be
         D MajorD
Is an impossible world

Solo:
D MajorD E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD

Chorus:
        G+G           D MajorD
Still there's a song that I sing in my heart
     G+G            D MajorD
There's a light that I see in the dark
   G+G           D MajorD        E minorEm       A augmentedA
And a voice that has softly whispered to my soul do not be afraid

Verse 4:
D MajorD         E minorEm      A7A7
Lord If you will, lend me your ear
  D MajorD          F# minorF#m       G+G
It seems like this old world's beyond repair
  D MajorD            A augmentedA
Oh tell me does it have to be
          D MajorD
Such an impossible world

Outro: