Trading My Sorrows Chords by Guy Penrod

_ [B] This is a song [D] I learned a long [F#m] time back,
[E] _ [A] but I feel like [D] doing this nowadays,
[A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] trading some old stuff in, _
[C#m] picking up some [A] new stuff _ that works.
♪ _ _ [D] I'm trading [F#m] my [E] sorrows, you [A] know it?
♪
♪ [D] I'm trading [F#m] my [E] shame.
[A] ♪
♪ I'm laying them down [E] for the joy [A] of the _ Lord.
♪
That's what I want, right [E] there.
Oh!
[A] _ [Dm] ♪ I'm trading [F#m] my [E] sickness.
_ [A] ♪
♪ [D] I'm [F#m] trading my [E] pain.
_ [A] ♪
♪ [D] I'm [F#m] laying them down [E] for the joy [A] of the _ [D] Lord.
[F#m] ♪ _
[E] _ [A] ♪ Yes, [D] Lord, yes, [F#m] Lord, yes, [E] yes, Lord.
[A] ♪
♪ Yes, [D] Lord, yes, [F#m] Lord, yes, [E] yes, Lord.
♪
♪ [A] Yes, [D] Lord, yes, Lord, [F#m] yes, [E] yes, Lord, [A] amen.
_ [D] ♪ That's [F#m] good.
[E] Sing it with [A] me.
♪ [D] I'm trading [F#m] my [E] _ [A] sorrows.
♪
♪ [D] I'm trading [F#m] my [E] shame.
[A] ♪
♪ [D] I'm [F#m] laying them down [E] for the joy [A] of the [D] Lord.
_ [F#m] ♪ Oh!
[E] _ [A] ♪ [D] I'm trading [F#m] my [E] sickness.
_ [A] ♪
♪ [D] I'm trading [F#m] my [E] _ [A] pain.
♪
♪ [D] I'm [F#m] laying them down [E] for the joy [A] of the _ [D] Lord.
[F#m] ♪ _
[E] ♪ I'm [A] saying yes, [D] Lord, yes, Lord, [A] yes, yes, Lord.
♪ Come on.
♪ Yes, [D] Lord, yes, [F#m] Lord, yes, [E] yes, [A] Lord.
♪
♪ Yes, [D] Lord, yes, Lord, yes, [E] yes, Lord, [A] amen, [D] amen.
_ [F#m] _ _
[E] ♪
♪ I [A] am pressed but not crushed, persecuted, not abandoned, ♪
♪ struck [D] [A] down but not destroyed.
[E] ♪
♪ I [A] am blessed beyond the curse for His promise [E] will endure, [A] ♪
♪ that His [D] joy is gonna be [F#m] my strength.
[E] _ _ ♪
♪ Though the sorrow may last for the night, [G] ♪
♪ His joy comes in [D] the morning.
[A] ♪
_ [D] _ _ ♪ [E] _ _ [A] _ [D] I am _ [F#m] _ _
[E] _ [A] laying them [D] down, I am lying [F#m] them down, [E] the joy [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _
[E] of the [A] Lord.
♪
♪ [D] I am laying [F#m] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [F#m] them down, [E] I am laying them down, the joy [A] of the _ [D] Lord.
[F#m] ♪
[E] _ _ [A] _ Lord [D] yes [F#m] Lord yes [E] yes Lord [A] yes [D] Lord yes Lord [F#m] yes [E] yes [A] Lord yes [D] Lord yes [F#m] Lord yes
[E] yes Lord [A] Amen
[D] Amen, _ Amen, [E] Amen, [A] Amen!
Yes [D] Lord, Yes [F#m] Lord Yes [E] Yes Lord
[A] Yes [D] Lord, Yes [F#m] Lord Yes [E] Yes [A] Lord
Yes [D] Lord Yes [F#m] Lord Yes [E] Yes Lord [A] Amen _ [D] Church.
[F#m] _ _
[E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[E] I'm [G] saying _ yes [D] _
Lord
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[E] Yeah [G] _ _ _ _ [D] Yes Lord
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G] oh
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] Alright [D] come [F#m] on _
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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