_ _
B _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ I'm gonna sing just as long as it takes for a
E song to make sad and
B despairing free.
I'm gonna keep making music that carries the
C# secret that Jesus is
F# liberty.
B I'm gonna turn off the sound that would drag people
E down to the bitter
B despondency.
With a sweet happy tune he's coming
F# soon for his children like you
B and me.
G#m _ .
F# It's a song that will carry a message
B along through the densest of
F# foggy nights.
And a tune is the rope that can throw a man hope when he's going down
C# for the third time.
F# It's a sweet melody that can cut your heart
B free from the tings of a
F# past defeat.
You can suddenly see through the sweet
C# harmony a path for your
F# wandering feet.
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B I'm gonna sing just as long as it takes for a
E song to make sad and
B despairing free.
I'm gonna keep making music that carries the
C# secret that Jesus is
F# liberty.
B I'm gonna turn off the sound that would drag people
E down to the bitter
B despondency.
With a sweet happy tune he's coming
F# soon for his children like
B you and me.
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A#m F# Don't tell me the world is a hopeless old
B place and I might as well
F# just give in.
Through the doom and gloom life's a waiting room for the blow that'll
C# do us all in.
F# I can't sympathize when before my eyes is a
B hope shining
F# bright as day.
I gotta follow the song that keeps drawing me
C# on with my feet dancing
F# all the way.
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B I'm gonna sing just as long as it takes for a
E song to make sad and despairing
B free.
I'm gonna keep making music that carries the
C# secret that Jesus
F# is liberty.
B I'm gonna turn off the sound that would drag people
E down to the bitter
B despondency.
With a sweet happy tune he's coming
F# soon for his children like
B you and me.
_ .
C# I'm gonna sing just as long as it takes for
F# a song to make sad and
C# despairing free.
I'm gonna keep making music that carries
D# the secret that Jesus
G# is liberty.
C# I'm gonna turn off the sound that would drag people
F# down to the bitter
C# despondency.
With a sweet happy tune he's coming
G# soon for his children like
C# you and me.
Yeah, with a sweet happy tune he's coming
G# soon for his children like
C# you and _ _ _ _ _ me.
_ I'm gonna sing just as long as it takes for a song to make
F# sad and
C# despairing free.
I'm gonna keep making music that carries the
D# secret that Jesus
G# is liberty.
C# I'm gonna turn off the sound that would drag people
F# down to the bitter
C# despondency.
With a sweet happy tune he's coming soon for his children like you and me.
Yeah, with a sweet happy tune he's coming
G# soon for his children like
C# you and me.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _
Am _ _ _ .