Chords for Amy Grant If These Walls Could Speak

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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] You know life just speeds by.
[Dm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ It's a good moment spent _ reminiscing.
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_ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[F] One _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[F] fourth of [Dm] July, _ [Bb] _
[Eb] after [A] the fireworks had gone [Eb] off, _ [F] _ and my [Bb] big kids were young,
_ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
I [Fm] sat out on the front porch in [Bb] my great-grandmother's rocking chair.
_ [F] _ _
_ [Eb] She was long [Bb] since [Fm] gone, passed away when I was 20.
[Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] _ But I hadn't [Ebm] seen her in quite some time, and I just didn't want her memory [Gm] to fade.
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And I sat out there by [Eb] myself, and I [F] thought,
I'm going to try [Bb] to draw to [F] mind _ [Bb] every memory [Ebm] I have of my great [F]-grandmother.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
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_ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] I'm [F] _ going to [Bb] remember the smell of [Eb] the wallpaper [F] when you walked in that [Eb] front door,
[F] _ and that [Bb] old house.
[Eb] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Eb] _
[Dm] I'm going to walk up the stairs, [Eb] _
visit [F] all those places [Eb] I played when I was a [F] kid.
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[Eb] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] I'm going to remember [F] the way she smiled, [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ the way she laughed.
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_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] Memory is such [Eb] a powerful thing.
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[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ No [Eb] wonder Jesus [F] said, when you eat [Bb] and drink, [Eb] _ _ [F] remember me.
[Eb] _ _ [F] No _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [A] _ wonder the [Eb] thief on the [F] cross, _ _ dying [Bb] next to [F] Jesus, said, _
[Gm] _ [Dm] when you get to paradise, _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ remember [Eb] me.
_ [F] _ If [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] these old [F] _
[Cm] walls, _ [Dm] _ if _
_ [Eb] these [F] old walls could [Bb] _ _ speak
[Eb] of [Bb] things that they [F] _ remember [Gm] well, _ _ [Cm] _
stories [Bb] and [Dm] faces dearly [Eb] _ held,
_ [Cm] a couple [F] in love [Bb] living week [F]
[Eb] to week, [Bb] _ [C] rooms [Bb] full of _ laughter. _
If these [Cm] walls _
_ [F] could _ speak.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] If these old [F] _ _ [Cm] halls, _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] if hallowed [F] halls [Bb] could _ talk,
_ [Eb] these [Bb] would have a [F] tale [Gm] to tell, _ [Cm] of sun [Bb] going down and [Dm] dinner [Eb] bare,
_ _ _ _ [F] children playing [Bb] in hide [Eb] and _ [Bb] seek, [C] from [Bb] floor to rafter.
_ [Eb] If [Bb] these [Cm] _ walls _ [Bb]
could speak,
_ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
they would tell [Bb] you that I'm _ sorry
_ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ for being _ [Bb]
cold [F] and [Bb] blind and _ _ weak.
_ _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ They would tell you [Bb] that [Gm] it's only _ that I have [Dm] a [Eb] stubborn streak.
[Bb] _
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[Cm] If these walls [Bb] could _ speak. _ _
[Dm] If _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
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_ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] these [F] old _ [Cm] _ _ [F] fast _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] window [F] _
[Bb] panes were _ eyes,
[Eb] I guess they [Bb] would [F] have seen [Gm] it all, _ _
[Cm] each [Bb] little tear [Dm] and sigh [Eb] and _ [Bb] footfall, _
[Cm] [Bb] every [F] [Bb] dream that we [F] came [Eb] to _ [Bb] seek or [E] _ [Bb] followed _ after.
_ If [Cm] these _ walls [Bb] could _ _ [F] speak,
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ they would tell [Bb] you, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] [Eb] more _ _ _ [Cm] than I could [Bb] ever _ pay. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
Here's someone [Dm] who [Gm] really loves you, _ _
don't [Dm] ever [Eb] go away. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Gm] [Cm] That's what these walls [Bb] would _ _ _ say. _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [A] They [Eb] _
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_ would tell [F] you _ [Bb] that I owe _ _ _ [F] you,
[Bb] _ [Eb] _
_ _ more [Cm] than I could [Bb] ever _ _ pay.
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ Here's someone who _ [Gm] really loves you,
_ don't [F] ever [Eb] go _ _ [F] away.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Cm] That's what these walls [Bb] would say. _
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[Eb] _ _ [Bb] That's _ [Cm]
[Bb] what [Eb] these walls [F] would _ [Bb] say. _ _
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_ That's [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
what these _ walls _ _ would say.
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