Chords for GORDON LIGHTFOOT ~ Too Late For Prayin`~

_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
It was only [G] yesterday _ [Dm] when I heard [A] the [D] teacher say
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Patiently one and two [G] make three
[Em] We were [A] children you [F#m] and me
Let [Bm] us pray
[G] For the ones they call
[D] _
Children [A] [D] of today
_ [A] Nothing _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] left but _ promises
[G] _ Nothing [D] much is certain
_ All [A] we see [Bm] is [D]
one
to meet [E] across the board
[G] Why thank you [A] Lord [D] We're living
_ [G] in the glory _ [B] of your _ _ _ [A] care
Skies [F#] _ are blue [D] of all [E] turn brown
To the [A] sound of siren
_ [D] Lord abide [F#] let us stand [Bm] the [D] tide
[E] Broken dream _
[A] sometimes you [Em] see [D] the teller [G] it's too _ [D] late [A] _ [D] For praying
[A] See _ _ _ [D] _ _
the [F#m] ocean wild and blue
[G] _
Think of [D] all that's in her
_ She [A] will not [Bm] _ [D] surrender
To [E] the likes of us
[G] But then she [A] must [D] they tell us
[G] Wise men tell us [B] it's too _ late
[A] _ _ _ [F#] For each [D] child
_ [E] _ _ _
There'll be ten [A] more prior
_ [G] _
[D] Lord abide [F#] let us stand [Bm] the [D] tide _
[E] _ Of [Em] helplessness
But then I guess
[F#m] We're [D] living _ [G] is it too [D] late _ [A] _ [D] Or trying
_ [Bm] Nothing _
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[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] here, but grains of [G] sand
Nothing [D] much worth saving
_ Yes, [F#m] we've all [Bm] got [D] problems [E] of
Still _ [A] we share
_ [D] Tomorrow could [G] get better _ [B] than today
_ _ [A] _ _
_ [F#] To the [Bm] ones who loved [E] in vain
Will you be [A] _ _
_ [G] beholden?
[D] Lord abide [F#] let us stand [Bm] the tide
_ [E] of broken dream
[Em] Sometimes you see [D] the teller
[G] It's too _ [D] _ _ [A] late [D] For prayer
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