Held Chords by Natalie Grant

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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ Two [Bb] months is too [Eb] little They [Cm] let him go, they [Ab] had no [Bb] sudden healing
[Ab] To [Bb] think that [Eb] Providence would Take a [Cm] child from his mother [Ab] while she [Bb] prays
Is appalling Who [Ab] _ [C] told us we'd be [Eb] rescued?
What has [Cm] changed and why should [Ab] we be saved [Bb] From nightmares?
[Ab]
We're [C] asking why this [Eb] happens To [Cm] us who have [Ab] died to live
[Bb] It's unfair, this [Eb] is what it means [Gm] To be held
[Ab] How it feels when the [Eb] sacred is torn [Cm] from the light
[Gm] And you survive, [Ab] this is [Eb] what it is [Gm] To be loved [Ab] and to know
That the promise [Eb] was when [Cm] everything fell We'd be [Ab] held _ _ _
This [Bb] hand is bitterness [Eb] We want to [Cm] taste it
Let the [Ab] hatred numb [Bb] our sorrow [Ab] The [Bb] wise hand opens [Eb] slowly
To [Cm] lilies of the [Ab] valley and [Bb] tomorrow
This is [Eb] what it means [Gm] to be held [Ab] How it feels [Bb] when the sacred [Eb] is torn [Cm] from your light
[Gm] And you survive, [Ab]
this is [Eb] what it is [Gm] To be loved [Ab] and to know
[Bb] That the promise was [Eb] when everything [Cm] fell [Gm] We'd be [Ab] held
_ _ _ [C] If [Bb] hope is born of [C] _
[C] suffering [Dm] If [Bb] this is only [C] the beginning
Can [Dm] we not wait [A] for what I'm [F] watching for I'm [Bb] the savior _ _ _ _ _
This is [Gb] what it means [Bbm] to be held [B] _ [Db] When the sacred [Gb] is torn
[Ebm] And [Bbm] you survive, [B]
this is [Gb] what it is [Bbm] To be loved [B] and to know
[Db]
This was [Gb] when [Ebm] everything fell [Bbm] We'd be held
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_ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [B] _ _ [Db] _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bbm] _ [B] This is [Gb] what it means to [Bbm] be loved [B] And to know
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_ [Gb] When [Ebm] everything fell [Bbm] We'd be held
[B] _
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[Db] This is what [Gb] it means to [Bbm] be held
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