Chords for Bob Bennett - 11 - Singing For My Life - Songs From Bright Avenue (1991)

I don't think [C] I'm supposed [F] to tell you just how much [C] this means to [F]
me
And how I can't [C] uncross the [F] lines between this thing I do [Gm] and the man I'm supposed [F] to be
[Bb] There's a question [C] in the back [Dm] of my [Bb] mind, [F] who knows what is really true?
[Am] I [Bb] sing these [C] songs and you listen [Dm] to [Bb] me, but who's [C] doing the favor [F] for _
[Bb] whom?
_ [F] I am singing for [C] my life, [F] I am _ singing, [D] _ singing, _ [F] _ [Bb] singing for [C] my life _ [F] now _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ Seems [C] almost all of my [Bb] life I've held on [C] to this piece [F] of wood
_ And sometimes [C] I am tempted [F] to think it's the only time [G] that I [C] can do [F] any good
[Bb] Sometimes [C] when I stand [Dm] up to [Bb] play, [F] I am a lonely [G] and desperate man
[F] These songs are the only [C] prayers [D] I can [Bb] pray, and sing them just [C] as hard [F] as I [Bb] _ can
[F] I am singing for [C] my life, I [F] am singing, _ [C] _ singing, _
[F] _ [Bb] singing for [C] my life _
[F] _ now
[Bb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ And in the middle of the congregation,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ voices are raised and hearts [F] are pure
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ I carry a deep dark secret,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ even now [F] I am so unsure
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] And [F] then I pray, oh Lord, [C] come and tear [Dm] me apart, [F] may the words in my [G] mouth fall to my heart
You remind me why [C] I live [Dm] and breathe, [Bb] is it not to [Gm] know you, [C] is it not to [F] _
[Bb] believe?
_ _ _ _ _ I [Am] am [Bb] singing for [C] my life, I [F] am singing, _ _ [Bb] singing, _ _ [Bb] singing for [C] my life _
[F] now
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] Oh, [F] I am singing for [C] my life, I [Bb] am [F] singing, _ [G] _ singing, _
[F] _ [Bb] singing for [C] my life now
_ [F] _ Oh, _ I [F] am [Bb] singing for my life, [C] I [Bb] am [F] _ singing, [D] _ singing, _
[F] _ [Bb] singing for [C] my life [Am] now
_ [Bb] _ [C] Oh, _ [F] I am singing for [C] my life [F] now _ _ _ _ _ _ _