Chords for Gaither Music pays tribute to Rev. Billy Graham: 1918 - 2018

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_ [C#] _ _ _ There is no way for anyone to [F#] describe the impact that Billy Graham has had in this city,
in our state, in our nation and throughout the world.
Of all _ those who bring this message
of peace [G#] from [D#] the Prince [C#] of Peace, Billy Graham is in the forefront.
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[G#] I've been privileged to [N] witness and see the Christ-like way [G#] that he invites persons of
every faith to come [C#m] together in prayer.
To help change the world is a spiritual gift
to all of us. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F#] _ the [N] scripture, _ Jesus tells us that the most important commandment is to love God
with all our heart.
_ _ And then he said that the second is, quote, like unto it, to love
your neighbor [A#] as yourself.
I [F] have seen him do that [F#] in private.
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_ _ [G#] _ _ _ What brings together a group of people from diverse backgrounds to a lodge in the mountains
and makes them feel free to talk about something as personal as their relationship with God?
[C#] _ And what impassions a couple like Billy and Ruth Graham to spend their entire lives telling
others across the world that they can know God too, really know him for themselves?
_ What causes George Beverly Shea or Cliff Barrows to sing their [G#] hearts out, to [A#m] put music into
the souls of someone who might not have a song? _
[C#] Why does it matter [G#] to them?
_ Think about
it this way.
_ _ When you're lost or [C#] lonely, far from family and feeling like the bottom has
dropped out of life, the best thing to do is go home.
But what if you left home a long
time ago, and now you feel your place at the table has surely been [F#] removed by now, and
the vacancy you left has long since been filled?
What if you're too embarrassed or too proud
[C#] to take the risk of showing up now in a place where you used to belong?
[F#] _ [C#] _ Now [G#] let's think
about the family.
_ No matter how many children are home, the truth is no one could ever fill
the [C#] empty place at the family's heart, left by one who is away. _
And just maybe [B] tonight,
[C#] the father is so lonely for you, he can hardly stand it.
_ He wants you to know, [G#] son, that
no matter where you've been, [C#]
and daughter, no matter how much foreign ground you've covered,
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he will never really rest at [C#] night until everybody's [G#] home. _
_ [Gm] So [F#] what you've experienced here on the
mountain is the [C#] family, gathered in a circle, taking hands, _ connecting with the father,
connecting with each other, drawing strength and [D] acceptance and [C#] encouragement and [F#] joy.
_ But they're hesitant to start the dance until you're in your place.
_ [G#] [C#] The circle is incomplete
without you.
So they tell family stories, they sing the well-loved songs, and they [G#] wait.
_ They just keep feeling that if they wait a bit longer, you'll come too.
_ _ [C#] Don't worry about
fixing up.
This is a come-as-you-are party.
But the gift they hope to exchange is you. _ _ _ _
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