Chords for Angie Smith - Author of "I Will Carry You"
Tempo:
155.9 bpm
Chords used:
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Eb
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
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[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb] I was about 18 weeks along in my pregnancy and we got the diagnosis that she had several
what they considered incompatible with life.
And it was in the winter, I remember they actually scheduled a termination for [G] that
you'll have a very different shape when you go home
[Fm] because [Gm] this is something we need to [Eb] do.
there was no point in [Gm] carrying her because she couldn't
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb] I was about 18 weeks along in my pregnancy and we got the diagnosis that she had several
what they considered incompatible with life.
And it was in the winter, I remember they actually scheduled a termination for [G] that
you'll have a very different shape when you go home
[Fm] because [Gm] this is something we need to [Eb] do.
there was no point in [Gm] carrying her because she couldn't
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] I was about 18 weeks along in my pregnancy and we got _ the diagnosis that she had several
issues with her body that made her what they considered incompatible with life. _
_ _ And it was in the winter, I remember they _ actually scheduled a termination for [G] that
day or the next [Bb] day and they just said, you'll have a very different shape when you go home
[Fm] because _ [Gm] this is something we need to [Eb] do.
Basically from a human [Bb] perspective, there was no point in [Gm] carrying her because she couldn't
survive the [Bb] diagnosis. _ _ _
_ _ But we really, [F] of course that wasn't something that we felt like we [Gm] wanted to do and we wanted
to _
[Bb] give God the chance to perform a miracle.
So we decided to carry her _
[F] _ and it was an amazing [Bb] time when I was pregnant with her because
we [Eb] made the girls a [Bb] really big part of it [F] and we kind of [Gm] sat them down and said, [Bb] we
don't know how long we're going to have [F] with Audrey but we have her right now [Bb] _
and so we're
going to live life [Gm] with her.
[Eb] And we asked them what they would want [Bb] to do _
[F] while we had her [Gm] and one of our daughters
[Eb] really wanted to show her Cinderella's [Bb] castle.
So we scheduled a trip for a few weeks and we took them to Disney World and we have some
really special memories and several pictures of that trip and Ellie [Gb] talking to my stomach
and pointing to the castle and telling Audrey this is what she had told her about.
_ [Gm] And we [Bb] have rolls of film of my stomach [G] in various places [Gm] where they said this [Bb] is Audrey
at the ballet, this is Audrey at the library.
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] We loved her, she was a part of our family knowing that we probably wouldn't get to bring
her home [F] to the crib we had set up. _ _
[Gm] _ I ended up having [Bb] a C-section.
I delivered her on April 7th _ and she [F] lived for about two and a half hours.
[Bb]
So during that time we had the chance to bring our [Eb] girls and introduce [Bb] them and let them hold her.
_ _ It was really, I think Todd would say the same, [F] it was one of the most peaceful days
of my life.
The Lord really _ _ _ [Eb]
showed up and was really with us through it [Bb] all, as difficult as it was.
We all [F] as a group, I just remember singing hymns over her and [Eb] praying for her.
I had told the nurse [F] that I would like for her to be very subtle because they would come
in and check the heartbeat [Bb] every so often and it was slowing down pretty rapidly.
I just asked her if she could be subtle about it because the girls were around and I didn't
want to alarm them.
We had prepared them but that can be a very scary [F] thing.
_ There was a time about two [Bb] and a half hours after she was born that the [Eb] nurse came in
and my [F] daughters were all on the bed with me and they [Gm] were all looking at [Bb] her.
The nurse just took her heart rate [F] and kind [Bb] of looked at me and just nodded her head. _ _ _
[F] _ So [Bb] I knew that she was gone at that point. _
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ It was incredibly difficult but there was something so profound about that moment and
recognizing [F] even then [Bb] that I had been a witness to someone leaving [Eb] my arms and going [F] straight
to the Lord.
_ [Gm] _ I [F] did explain to the girls a few minutes [Gm] later _
[Eb] that she had left.
[Bb] I feel like we had [F] prepared them very [Gm] well for it.
[F] It wasn't a scary moment.
[Gm] They just [Eb] _ _ knew, [Bb] this is what mommy told you.
It really was after all of those months, of course, [F] as a mother [Gm] anticipating that.
That's the [C] moment that you just _ can't imagine ever going through.
[Gm] _ I [C] felt like the Lord was [F] so faithful in giving us [Eb] peace in that _ what really could [Bb] have been
one of the most traumatic experiences.
We definitely grieved it later but I'm so grateful that during that time with her we
were able to really [F] enjoy her [Bb] and love her.
In a short amount of time.
_ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] I was about 18 weeks along in my pregnancy and we got _ the diagnosis that she had several
issues with her body that made her what they considered incompatible with life. _
_ _ And it was in the winter, I remember they _ actually scheduled a termination for [G] that
day or the next [Bb] day and they just said, you'll have a very different shape when you go home
[Fm] because _ [Gm] this is something we need to [Eb] do.
Basically from a human [Bb] perspective, there was no point in [Gm] carrying her because she couldn't
survive the [Bb] diagnosis. _ _ _
_ _ But we really, [F] of course that wasn't something that we felt like we [Gm] wanted to do and we wanted
to _
[Bb] give God the chance to perform a miracle.
So we decided to carry her _
[F] _ and it was an amazing [Bb] time when I was pregnant with her because
we [Eb] made the girls a [Bb] really big part of it [F] and we kind of [Gm] sat them down and said, [Bb] we
don't know how long we're going to have [F] with Audrey but we have her right now [Bb] _
and so we're
going to live life [Gm] with her.
[Eb] And we asked them what they would want [Bb] to do _
[F] while we had her [Gm] and one of our daughters
[Eb] really wanted to show her Cinderella's [Bb] castle.
So we scheduled a trip for a few weeks and we took them to Disney World and we have some
really special memories and several pictures of that trip and Ellie [Gb] talking to my stomach
and pointing to the castle and telling Audrey this is what she had told her about.
_ [Gm] And we [Bb] have rolls of film of my stomach [G] in various places [Gm] where they said this [Bb] is Audrey
at the ballet, this is Audrey at the library.
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] We loved her, she was a part of our family knowing that we probably wouldn't get to bring
her home [F] to the crib we had set up. _ _
[Gm] _ I ended up having [Bb] a C-section.
I delivered her on April 7th _ and she [F] lived for about two and a half hours.
[Bb]
So during that time we had the chance to bring our [Eb] girls and introduce [Bb] them and let them hold her.
_ _ It was really, I think Todd would say the same, [F] it was one of the most peaceful days
of my life.
The Lord really _ _ _ [Eb]
showed up and was really with us through it [Bb] all, as difficult as it was.
We all [F] as a group, I just remember singing hymns over her and [Eb] praying for her.
I had told the nurse [F] that I would like for her to be very subtle because they would come
in and check the heartbeat [Bb] every so often and it was slowing down pretty rapidly.
I just asked her if she could be subtle about it because the girls were around and I didn't
want to alarm them.
We had prepared them but that can be a very scary [F] thing.
_ There was a time about two [Bb] and a half hours after she was born that the [Eb] nurse came in
and my [F] daughters were all on the bed with me and they [Gm] were all looking at [Bb] her.
The nurse just took her heart rate [F] and kind [Bb] of looked at me and just nodded her head. _ _ _
[F] _ So [Bb] I knew that she was gone at that point. _
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ It was incredibly difficult but there was something so profound about that moment and
recognizing [F] even then [Bb] that I had been a witness to someone leaving [Eb] my arms and going [F] straight
to the Lord.
_ [Gm] _ I [F] did explain to the girls a few minutes [Gm] later _
[Eb] that she had left.
[Bb] I feel like we had [F] prepared them very [Gm] well for it.
[F] It wasn't a scary moment.
[Gm] They just [Eb] _ _ knew, [Bb] this is what mommy told you.
It really was after all of those months, of course, [F] as a mother [Gm] anticipating that.
That's the [C] moment that you just _ can't imagine ever going through.
[Gm] _ I [C] felt like the Lord was [F] so faithful in giving us [Eb] peace in that _ what really could [Bb] have been
one of the most traumatic experiences.
We definitely grieved it later but I'm so grateful that during that time with her we
were able to really [F] enjoy her [Bb] and love her.
In a short amount of time.
_ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _