Chords for Andrew Peterson: "Come Back Soon" (Light for the Lost Boy)
Tempo:
78.15 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I remember the day the Tennessee flood, the sound of the scream and the sight of the blood.
he saw as the animal died, and the [C] jaws of the dog as the river ran by, [C] he said,
come back.
It's there on the page of the book that I read, the boy grew up and the yearling was dead.
stood at the gate with the angel on guard and wept to the death of his little boy heart,
[Am] come [G] [C] back soon.
[G] Then we awaken the night and the [C] womb of the world, we [G] beat our fists on the [C] door,
[C] sea that swirls, we crawl in this great darkness.
he saw as the animal died, and the [C] jaws of the dog as the river ran by, [C] he said,
come back.
It's there on the page of the book that I read, the boy grew up and the yearling was dead.
stood at the gate with the angel on guard and wept to the death of his little boy heart,
[Am] come [G] [C] back soon.
[G] Then we awaken the night and the [C] womb of the world, we [G] beat our fists on the [C] door,
[C] sea that swirls, we crawl in this great darkness.
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_ _ _ _ I remember the day the Tennessee flood, _ _ _ _ _ the sound of the scream and the sight of the blood.
_ My son he saw as the animal died, and the [C] jaws of the dog as the river ran by, [C] he said,
come back. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's there on the page of the book that I read, _ _ the boy grew up and the yearling was dead.
He _ _ stood at the gate with the angel on guard and wept to the death of his little boy heart,
he said, come [G] _ back [C] soon, _ _ [Am] come [G] _ [C] back soon.
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[G] Then we awaken the night and the [C] womb of the world, _ we [G] beat our fists on the [C] door,
[G] _ can't breathe in the [C] sea that _ swirls, we crawl in this great darkness.
[Em] Poor [C] deliverance, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ deliverance, oh lord. _
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So I sit on the bench at the bend in the trail, _ _ and I can feel in the fall the final exhale. _ _
_ The trees of the field all wring their hands and leaves go by like a funeral band,
[Am] they say, come [G] _ back soon, _ _ come _ [F] back [Am] soon.
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[Am] Then _ we _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] awaken the night and the womb of [C] the world, _ we beat our fists on the door,
_ [G] can't breathe [Am] in the sea [F] that swirls, [Am] we crawl in this [C] great darkness.
_ Are we alone in this great darkness?
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] If nature's red in tooth and in claw, _ _ seems to me that she's an outlaw.
_ Cause every death is [G] a question mark at [C] the end of the book of a beating heart,
and [Am] the answer's scrawled in [G] the silent dark, in [C] the dome of the sky and a billion stars.
[Am] But we cannot breathe, [G] these angel [C] tongues, we cannot stare at the burning sun,
[Am] and we cannot [G] breathe in these broken lungs, [C] so we kick it all when we beg to be born.
Deliverance, _ _ [Am] oh [C] deliverance, oh lord. _
Deliverance, _ oh [G] deliverance, oh [C] lord. _
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_ _ _ _ I remember the day the Tennessee flood, _ _ _ _ _ the sound of the scream and the sight of the blood.
_ My son he saw as the animal died, and the [C] jaws of the dog as the river ran by, [C] he said,
come back. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's there on the page of the book that I read, _ _ the boy grew up and the yearling was dead.
He _ _ stood at the gate with the angel on guard and wept to the death of his little boy heart,
he said, come [G] _ back [C] soon, _ _ [Am] come [G] _ [C] back soon.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Then we awaken the night and the [C] womb of the world, _ we [G] beat our fists on the [C] door,
[G] _ can't breathe in the [C] sea that _ swirls, we crawl in this great darkness.
[Em] Poor [C] deliverance, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ deliverance, oh lord. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So I sit on the bench at the bend in the trail, _ _ and I can feel in the fall the final exhale. _ _
_ The trees of the field all wring their hands and leaves go by like a funeral band,
[Am] they say, come [G] _ back soon, _ _ come _ [F] back [Am] soon.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] Then _ we _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] awaken the night and the womb of [C] the world, _ we beat our fists on the door,
_ [G] can't breathe [Am] in the sea [F] that swirls, [Am] we crawl in this [C] great darkness.
_ Are we alone in this great darkness?
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] If nature's red in tooth and in claw, _ _ seems to me that she's an outlaw.
_ Cause every death is [G] a question mark at [C] the end of the book of a beating heart,
and [Am] the answer's scrawled in [G] the silent dark, in [C] the dome of the sky and a billion stars.
[Am] But we cannot breathe, [G] these angel [C] tongues, we cannot stare at the burning sun,
[Am] and we cannot [G] breathe in these broken lungs, [C] so we kick it all when we beg to be born.
Deliverance, _ _ [Am] oh [C] deliverance, oh lord. _
Deliverance, _ oh [G] deliverance, oh [C] lord. _
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