Chords for Dust On The Altar - Mcgruders

[Gm] _ _ [C] Here's a song that will take you back in [F] time and tell you how it used to be in the old church [Dm] of Dane Weld and [G] over at Shreveport.
I [C] hope you get the message.
Listen.
[F] _ _ _
[C] Let us go back a [F] while _
[C] to when I was [F] a child.
[C] Oh, how well [C#] I remember [Dm] the time _ [G] _
those old saints [Dm] would pray [G] till the breaking [Dm] of day.
[G] And not _ one soul [C] seemed to mind.
[F] _ _
[C] And the spirit would pull [Dm]
[C] till the altars were [F] full.
[Gm] That's how [C] it was in [F] the _ past. _
[G] But what once meant [Dm] so much [G] is now covered in dust.
[Dm] And the times [G] prompt me [C] to ask.
_ [Dm] _
[F] Does anyone [Am] pray _
[F] _ anymore?
[Am] Oh, [Dm] do [C] we [G] really care [C] for the lost? _ _
[F] There is no need [Am] denying [F] our children are dying [D] when just out of [Am] reach [G] stands a crawl.
_ [Dm] _ [Em]
[C] And we think we're [F] okay _ [C] and that we've gone [Am] mad.
[G#m]
[Gm] I'm afraid [C] we've got it [F] all wrong. _ _ _
[G] There's a need in our [Dm] day [A] for [G] a people to pray [Dm] till the dust [G] on the altar [C] is gone.
_ I wonder, [Gm] is there anybody in here tonight that believes [C] we need to get prayer back in our [F] school?
_ Do you think we need the family [Dm] altar back in our house?
[G] My God, we need prayer in [C] some churches, don't we?
[F] _ _
[C] We've learned to cover it [F] well [C] with those [F] stories we tell.
[C] How we're in [C#] _ revival [Dm] again.
_ [G] But when I try to [Dm] imagine, _
[G] still I cannot [Dm] fathom [G] this world _ dying [C] in sin.
[F] _ _
[C] And the message still burns.
Are we really concerned?
[Gm] Or have we [Em] grown [C] tired [F] of the _ lie? _
[G] We may fool [Dm] a few [G] by avoiding the truth.
[Dm] But the dust [G] on the altar _
[C] can't lie.
_ [Dm] _ [C]
[F] Does anyone [C] pray _
_ [Dm] anymore?
[F] Oh, [E]
[C] do we [Em] really care [C] for the lost? _ _
[F] There is no need [C] denying [Dm] our children [F] are dying [Am] when just [D] out of reach stands a crawl.
[G] _ _ _ [B]
[C] And we think we're okay _ and that we've gone [Am] [G#m] mad.
[Gm] I'm afraid [C] we've got it [F] all wrong. _ _ _
[G] There's a need in [Dm] our day [G] for a people to pray [C]
[Dm] till the dust [C] on the [G] altar [C] is gone.
_ _ [G] [Am] Why [G] should we fool [Dm] a few [G] by avoiding the truth [Dm] till the dust on the [G] altar [C] is gone?
_ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] Do you think we ought to pray? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _