Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC A minorAm G+G
FF A minorAm G+G (x2)
FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm C majorC
I once knew your father well
A minorAm FF C majorC
He fought tears as he spoke of your mother's health
A minorAm FF C majorC
I guess a part of him just couldn?t return
A minorAm FF C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Forgiveness is a lesson he cursed you to learn
A minorAm FF C majorC
As your guardian I was instructed well
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
To make sense of God?s love in these fires of hell
A minorAm FF C majorC
No I don?t expect you to understand
A minorAm FF C majorC
Just to live what little life your broken heart can
Chorus:
FF A minorAm
Maybe your light is a seed
G+G
And the darkness the dirt
FF A minorAm
In spite of the uneven odds
G+G
Beauty lifts from the earth
FF C majorC FF C majorC
From the earth
A minorAm FF C majorC
From the earth
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
As the years move on these questions take shape
A minorAm FF C majorC
Are you getting stronger or is time shifting weight?
A minorAm FF C majorC
No one expects you to understand
A minorAm FF C majorC
Just to live what little life your mended heart can
A minorAm G+G
You?ll always remember the moment God took her away
FF A minorAm DmDm G+G
For the weight of the world was placed on your shoulders that day
Chorus:
(or you can do the chords to the first chorus)
C majorC
Maybe your light is the seed
G+G
And the darkness the dirt
C majorC
In spite of the uneven odds
G+G
Beauty lifts from the earth
FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
From the earth
FF C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
A minorAm C majorC
You?re much too young now
So I write these words down,
A minorAm FF C majorC
?Darkness exists to make light truly count.?