Melo de Amor 2008 ( Sem Vinheta ) Duane Stephenson - August Town Chords

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_ I [F#] work from the wise don't [G#m] try to make life on your own _
[B] _ _ remember [F#] that God just by [G#m] your side _ for I was [B] a _ soul who [F#] was lost _
[G#m] and my life was in _ dismay for [B] _ among [F#] evil forces in which I [G#m] played
_ _ _ guns [B] _ _ _ and [F#] ammunition _ _ [E] were my chosen way of life _
_ [B] _ with God's [F#] very people I chose
[E] _ _ to strive for all of [B] the lives that [F#] are taken _ [E] they can never be _ replaced _
_ [B] _ but
still [F#] judge I chose to remember [E] my faith _ though I [B] never _ lived like [F#] he wanted [E] I'm
still mindful of what he taught me so [B] now I beg and plea [F#] I'm on my bending _
knees [E] God father you rescued me I've [B] got the _ scars [F#] to show I barely [E] made it
along life's road cuz [B] when my life got dark [F#] he was the only spot he was [E] the
light at the end of the road _
_ [B] _ when I was [F#] a young boy _ [G#m] growing up in _ Augustown _ [B] we
_ had [F#] from the same parts [G#m] we were I'm all around _ [B] from _ _ _ [F#] _ _
from [G#m] _ _ rock up to jungle
12th [B] _ I'm right [F#] here to dread Ike's a river [G#m] all around _ _ _ and [B] then the football
ground [F#] became a battlefield and [E] my life seemed so surreal _
_ [B] _ _ people [F#] were falling all around [E] _ but Jah helped me to stand my ground [B] only Jah _ _ [F#] only Jah [E] would have helped me to stand my ground though I [B] never lived _ [F#] like he wanted _ [E] I was mindful of what he taught me so [B] now I beg and plea I'm [F#] on my bending knees
[G#m] God father you rescued me and I've [B] got the _ scars [F#] to show I [G#m] barely made it along life's road cuz when [B] my life got dark he [F#] was the only spot [G#m] the light at the end of the road _
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I've _ lived and [F#] I've learned I've [E] made mistakes along the _ way
_ [B] _ I beg for [F#] forgiveness _ [E] each day as I try to pray _
_ [B] _ so take it [F#] from me son _ [E] you can
change the world today _
_ [B] and I'm [F#] living proof _ [E] living proof that crime doesn't pay
for I [B] never lived [F#] like he wanted _ [G#m] I was mindful of what he taught me so now I
beg and plea I'm [F#] on my bending knees [G#m] cuz father he rescued me and I've got the [B] _ scars to [F#] show I [G#m] barely made it along life's road cuz [B] when my life got dark he [F#] was the only spot [G#m] the light at the end of the road
I [B] never _ lived [F#] like he wanted _ [E] I was mindful of what he taught me so [B] now I beg and plea I'm [F#] on my bending knees [E] cuz father you rescued me and I've got [B] the _ [F#] scars to show I [E] barely made it along life's road _ [B] cuz when my life got dark he [F#] was the only spot [E] the light at the end of the road
I [B] never lived like [F#] he wanted _ [G#m] I was mindful of what he taught me [B] I'm on my bending knees I ask [F#] the father please _ [G#m] father you rescued me and [B] I've got the scars [F#] to show [G#m] I barely made it along life's road _
as [B] my life got dark he was [F#] the only spot [G#m] the light at the end of the road
I [B] never lived the [F#] _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ way he wanted me to I [B] never lived
no [F#] _ _
I'm [G#m] passing my religion _ _ _ _
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