Keep Me God Chords by Iris Dement

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It _ _ _ _ was a long _ time ago, I was a _ girl about twelve years old.
On my back, staring up into the dark summer sky.
_ _ _ I [Eb] said God, tomorrow I can't _ _ [Bb] get close to [D] you, just as [Gm] close to me.
[Eb] And [Bb] that night I prayed, [F] _ he'd move back, he'd [Bb] move back.
_ _ _ _ Now I don't _ know just where God lives, ain't all that sure just exactly who God is.
_ I don't know if there's a church that deserves to take God's name.
_ _ I [Eb] just know when I look around, _ _ _ [Bb]
there's [D] one or something [Gm] that is bigger than [Eb] me.
And [Bb] I call that God.
[F] And then I prayed, [Bb] he died. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm in a plane up in the sky, a storm surrounds us every fall.
And below _ the big black ocean's all that I can see.
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And all at once I realize _ _ [Bb]
if I live [D] or even [Gm] if I die, _ [Eb] [Bb] just so long, [F] _ just as long as [Bb] you truly die.
_ _ _ _ _ Now my _ days draw to an end, and I've said goodbye to my family and friends.
And the _ tide that turned my life is standing _ _ _ still.
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As I turn my thought up and _ [Bb] back to you, I'm [D] gonna be asking, [Gm] be my [Eb] man.
[Bb] He made God.
[F] He made God.
[Bb] He made God.
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