Chords for Jim Hill - Precious Memories [Live]

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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] I could hear the music playing as I climbed the hill from school. _
The fallen [D#] leaves would crunch beneath my [A] feet.
_ The smell of [Fm] wood smoke _ rising [C] from that old brick [D] kitchen [Gm] hearth
[D#] would cause my steps to hurry to the beat.
_ _ The katydids and crickets [F] _
and [A#] the bullfrogs on the pond
would keep the rhythm like a country band. _
_ And I couldn't keep from [A] singing as I bounded through the door
and [F] Mom would grin and say, now [C] aren't you [Dm] grand? _ _
[F] The last few notes of _ angel band would finish _ as I stopped
to peek at what was _ simmering on the stove. _
Then _ soon and very soon would play as I began [Gm] my chores.
[F] _
I'd milk the [A#] cows by, Lord, I'm coming home.
_ _ Daddy played guitar on winter evenings by the fire
_ [F] and Mom would call us kids around to sing
the sweet, sweet songs of Zion in four [A#]-part harmony.
[F] _ My, how we made that big old farmhouse [A#] ring. _ _
_ _ It seems [F] _ _
as I remember we just sang our lives away.
_ _ [G] We learned the Word [Dm] of God [F] to gospel [C] tunes.
_ We [F] took in strangers, _ fed the poor, _
and loved our neighborhood and looked for Jesus
morning, night, and noon. _ _ _
Now looking back I see that _ [A#] my home was like a giant loom
_ on which [F] our work and play and rest were strung. _ _
And the [Dm] shuttle of love that [G] we shared
was tossed between the [C] hours.
_ [G] _ _
The [C] silver threads, _ the songs we [F] all had sung,
_ the _ [A#] memories, _ [F] the experiences, _ _ [A#] the laughter and the pain
_ are blended [F] tightly _ in the lovely weave
_ _ and holding us securely [C] _ is [Dm] the song of [G] Jesus' [F] love.
_ [A#] And this will be the [F] tapestry I leave.
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_ _ [Dm] Precious [F] _ _ _ _
memories, [A#] _ _ _ _ _
unseen _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
angels
_ stand _ _ _ _ [Dm] from _ _ somewhere [G]
to _ [C] my _ _ soul.
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_ _ _ [A#] In [F] the _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ air _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] sacred, [F] _
at _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
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_ peace, _ _ at _
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peace.
_ _ [A#] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ The _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ breath _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ sacred _ _ seems _ _ [C] unclosed.
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_ _ _ _ [B] I [F#] travel _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ on life's _ [F#] pathway,
_ _ _ knowing _ _ _ _ _ not [D#m] what _ [G#] the years [C#] may _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ hold.
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As _ I [B] _ _ [F#] ponder, _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ hope _ grows [F#] fonder.
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_ Precious _ [C#] _ [F#] memories _
_ _ [C#] flood [F#] my _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ soul. _
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At _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ peace, _ _ _ at _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _
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peace.
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_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] The breath sacred seems _ _ unclosed. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
Prayer _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#]
sacred _ _ _ seems [C#] [F#] unclosed.
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