August Town Chords by Duane Stephenson

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
Now,
[E] a _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] word _ [F#] from the wise.
Don't [G#m] try
to make life on your _ own.
[B] _ _ _ Remember [F#] that just [G#m] by your side.
_ For I [B] was a soul who [F#] was lost
[G#m] and my life was in dismay. _
_ [B] _ _ For among [F#] evil forces in which I [G#m] played. _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ Guns and [F#] ammunition _
_ [E] were my chosen way of life. _
_ _ [B] _ With God [F#]-bearing people I chose [E] to strive _ _ _
for all of [B] the lives that [F#] I'd taken.
_ [E] They can never be _ replaced.
_ _ [B] _ But still [D#m] God chose to remember [E] my face. _ _
Though I [B] never _ lived [F#] like He wanted,
[E] I'm still mindful of what He taught me.
So [B] now I beg and plea, [F#] I'm on my bending knees.
_ [E] God, Father, you rescued me.
I've got the [B] _ scars [F#] to show.
I [E] daily made it along life's road.
Cause [B] when my life got dark, [F#] He was the only spark.
He [E] was the light at the end of the road.
_ _ [B] _ When I was [F#] a young boy,
[G#m] growing up in Augustan, _
_ _ [B] _ we ate [F#] from the same pot.
[G#m] We were items all around.
From [B] _ _ _ [F#] Gola to Colour and Corner.
[G#m] _ From [G#] Ruckus to Jungle 12th Prior.
[B] _ _ Bryce [F#] Hill to Dred Heights and River, [G#m] all around. _ _ _ _
And [B] then the football ground [F#] became a battlefield
[E] and my life seemed so surreal.
_ _ [B] _ _ People were [F#] falling all around,
[E] _ but you helped me to stand my ground.
[B] Only God, _ _ [F#] only God
[E] would have helped me to stand my ground.
Though I [B] never _ lived [F#] like He wanted,
_ [E] I was mindful of what He taught me.
So [B] now I beg and plea, I'm [F#] on my bending knees.
[G#m] Cause Father, you rescued me.
And I've [B] got the _ scars [F#] to show.
I [G#m] daily made it along life's road.
Cause [B] when my life got dark, He [F#] was the only spark.
[G#m] The light at the end of the road.
_ _ [B] _ _ Never [F#] lived to please Him.
[G#m] _ _ Never lived like I should.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Father, [B] you rescued me.
_ [F#] _ _
_ [G#m] Oh yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ I've lived and [F#] I've learned.
I've [E] made mistakes along the way.
_ _ [B] _ Though I beg for [F#] forgiveness,
_ [E] each day as I try to pray.
_ _ [B] _ So take it [F#] from me, son.
_ You [E] can change the world today.
_ _ [B] _ And I'm [F#] living proof,
_ [E] living proof that crime doesn't pay.
For I [B] never _ lived [F#] like He wanted.
_ [G#m] I was mindful of what He taught me.
So [B] now I beg and plea, I'm [A#] on my bending [F#] knees.
[G#m] Cause Father, you rescued me.
And I've [B] got the _ scars [F#] to show.
I [G#m] daily made it along life's road.
Cause [B] when my life got dark, He [F#] was the only spark.
The [G#m] light at the end of the road.
I [B] never _ lived [F#] like He wanted.
_ [E] I was mindful of what He taught me.
So [B] now I beg and plea, I'm [F#] on my bending knees.
[E] Cause Father, you rescued me.
And I've [B] got the _ scars [F#] to show.
I [E] daily made it along life's road.
Cause [B] when my life got dark, He [F#] was the only spark.
[E] The light at the end of the road.
Though I [B] never lived [F#] like He wanted.
[G#m] I was mindful of what He taught me.
I'm on [B] my bending knees.
I [F#] ask the Father, please.
_ [G#m] Father, you rescued me.
And I've got [B] the _ scars [F#] to show.
I [G#m] daily made it along life's road. _
As [B] my life got dark, He [F#] was the only spark.
[G#m] The light at the end of the road.
[B] I _ _ _ never [F#] lived, _ I never [G#m] lived [D#m] the [G#m] way He wanted me to.
I [B] never lived, _ [F#] Lord I tell you.
No [G#m] one's blessing my religion. _ _
_ [B] So I_
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _