Hard To Get Chords by Rich Mullins

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[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ You live in heaven, _ [E] hear the _ prayers of [C] those of us who live [G] _
on [D] earth, _ _ _
Who [G] are afraid of being left [E] by those we love, [Gm] who get hardened in the _ [D] hurt.
_ _ _ _ [Am] Do you _ remember [G] when you lived [C] down here, with the [Gm] old [D] streets,
[Am] To find the [G] faith to _ ask for _ _ [C] daily _ bread?
_ _ [G] _ Did [A] you _ [C] forget about us, [Bm] do you ask [G] lonely _ ways?
_ [Am] Well I've [G] memorized _ every word [C] you said, _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am]
and I'm so [G] scared I'm holding my _ breath. _ _ _
_ While [C] you're up [G] there just [D] playing _ _ [Gm] _ hearts again.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ You live in radiance, hear [E] the prayers of those of [C] us who [Gm] live in skin.
_ [D] _ _ If you [G] have a love that's not as patient as [E] yours was, _ _ it leads to love now _ and [D] then.
_ _ _ _ [Am] Did you ever [G] know _ loneliness, _ was ever no _ [D]
need?
Do [Am] you remember just [G] how long a [C] night _ can get?
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] When you are [Em] barely _ holding on, [D] and your friends [Gm] fall asleep,
_ And [Am] don't see the [G] blood that's running in [C] your _ sweat.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Will [Am] those who mourn [G] be left _ _ [C] _
_ uncompressed?
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[Am] While you're up [G] there just [D] playing _ [Eb] _ _ [G] hearts again.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ I know you bore [G] our _ _ _ sorrows, _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] and I [D] know you [G] feel our pain. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
And I know that it [G] would not hurt enough, _ _ _ [C] _
_ even if it could be _ [D] _ explained. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ And I know [D] that I [Gm] am only dashing _ out _ at _ _ [C] the one who loves me _ _ most.
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ And after [Em] I have _ [C] figured this out, _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] what I really need to know,
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Is [G] if you _ live in eternity, hear [E] the _ prayers of [Gm] those of us who live in time.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] We can't see what's ahead, and we [C] cannot get free from what we've [Gm] left _ behind.
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_ I'm [A] _ reeling from these [G] voices that keep [C] _ screaming in [Gm] my ears.
[D] _ All [Am] these words of shame [G] and doubt, _ flame [C] and regret.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[Am] I can't see how [G] you're leading _ [C] me, [D] unless you've led [G] _
me here.
To [Am] where I'm lost enough [G] to let _ myself [C] _
be led.
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_ [Am] _ You've been [G] here all _ along, I guess.
[C] _ _
_ _ [G] It's just your [Am] ways and you [Gm] are just playing _ hearts _ again. _ _ _ _ _
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