When I Sang Chords by Cherie Call

[Eb] There were pictures [Ab] everywhere
And my teacher said [C] that [Ab] this was his house
[Db] So I knew he must be there
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ And even though I [Eb] never saw his [Ab] face
I knew he walked the halls
[Gb] And I knew [Eb] that he could hear
When [Bbm] I sang
That I could be his [Eb] sunbeam
That I could love [Ab] my neighbor
That I could fold [Db] my arms and bow [Ab] my head
And I [Bbm] knew that he was just around [Eb] the corner
In the light behind [Ab] the stained glass
I wasn't quite sure [Db] where
[Eb] But he was always [Ab] there
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
When my freckles went [Ab] away
_ And all the dresses and [Fm] the lace [Ab]-trimmed socks
Began [Db] to get too small
[Eb] I saw [Ab] churches everywhere
[Eb] I saw so many [Ab] children go [F] in sight
And [Ab] I wondered if [Db] he knew my name [Eb] at all
But [Bbm] I sang
That I would be my [Eb] brother's keeper
And I felt the tempest [Ab] raging
I kept [Db] singing, peace, peace, be [Ab] still
And [Bbm] I hoped that he was still around [Eb] the corner
In the light behind [Ab] the stained glass
I searched [Db] everywhere
And [Eb] he was always [Ab] there
_ And [F] I [Ab] stand all amazed
_ [Bb] Confused at the grace he gives to [Eb] me
With all [Ab] the ways I wonder
A pilgrim and [Fm] a stranger
[Ab] But in the distance I [Bb] can always see
The [Bbm] light that [Bb] kindly [Eb] leads
_ _ _ I [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] am [Eb] older [Ab] now
But every day I try [Fm] to be [Ab] a little more
Like the child I used to be
[Eb] _ [Ab] And I think the times I start [Eb] to feel that way [Ab] the most
Are the moments that I pray
When I raise my [Eb] voice to [Bbm] sing
Praise the Lord [Eb] Almighty
The King of [Ab] creation
_ Somehow I know that he Can [Bbm] hear
By the way my spirit [Eb] trembles
He's just around [Ab] the corner
In the light behind [Db] the stained glass
[Ab] It doesn't matter [Bbm] where _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] He is always there _ _ _
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