Reaching Chords by Carolyn Arends

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_ _ _ _ There's a time I can recall
[A] Four years old and three feet tall
Trying to touch the [F#m] stars in the cookie jar
[D] Both were out of [E] reach
_ [A] Later on in my high school
Seemed to me a little cruel how the right words to say [D] always seem to stay
Just [A] out of reach
[F#m] Well, I should [C#m] not have thought it strange [D] that [A] growing causes [E] growing pains
[D] Cuz the more we learn [A] the more we know we don't know [E] anything
_ [A] But still it seems a [D] tragic fate
[A] Living [F#] with this quiet [A] ache the constant [F#m] strain for what remains
[D] [E] Just out [A] of reach
_ _ _ [F#m] We are reaching for [D] the future
We [E] are reaching for [A] the past
And [D] no matter what [A] we have we reach for more
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[F#m] We are desperate to [D] discover what [E] is just [F#m] beyond our grasp
[D] Maybe that's [E] what heaven is for
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] There are times I can't forget
Dressed up in my Sunday best
Trying not to squirm and to maybe [D] learn
Better what the preacher [E] preached
_ [A] Later [D] lying in the [A] dark
Felt a stirring in my heart and though I long to see what could not be seen
[E] I still [A] believe
[F#] I guess I shouldn't think [A] it odd
Until we see the [F#m] face of God
[D] The yearning deep within [A] us tells us [E] there's more to come
_ [A] So when we taste of the divine
It leaves us hungry every [F#] time
[A] One more taste of what awaits when [E] heaven's gates [A] are reached
_ _ [E] We are [F#m] reaching for [D] the future
We [E] are reaching for the [A]
past [D] and no matter what we [A] have we reach for [E] more
_ [E] _ We [F#m] are desperate [D] to discover [E] what is just beyond [F#m] our grasp
[D] But maybe [E] that's what heaven [F#m] is for
I [D] believe that's [E] what heaven _ [A] is for _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There's a time I can recall
Four years old and three feet tall
Trying to touch the stars in the cookie jar
[D] Both [E] were out [A] of reach _ _ _ _
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