Chords for Smokie Norful and Kim Fields

_ _ _ [Gm] _ It's _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] so good to [Bb] make it this [Eb] far. _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] I think [Bb] I could take it [C] so far.
_ [Ebm] _
_ _ [Bb] There were moments [Eb] I wanted to [Bb] quit.
_ I [Am] said, [D] surely this is [Bb]
it.
But [C] I can't _ anymore.
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Bbm] _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ And [Bb] I watched [Cm] my so [Bb]-called friends _ turn _ them off.
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] And it hurt me [Ab] so much.
[Bb] I didn't have [C] words left to say.
Oh, _ _ _ [Bb] even when my day turns to night, _ [G] _
[D] nothing seemed [Bb] just right.
Lord, _ [Em] I [Eb] thank you [F]
for [Bb] my _ [Cm] life.
_ [Bb] _
[Gm] For my life.
[F] _ _
Lord, [Bb] I thank you.
Yes, [Ab] I. _
[Bb] _ For [Gm] everything.
_ _ In [F] you, _ [Bb] I've _ seen.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ And [Em] for _
_ _ [C] _ [Ebm] every moment, God, I know it was you [D] that carried me.
Yeah. _
_ I [Gm] thank [C] you.
[Gm] Thank you, Lord.
_ [F] [Bb] For my life.
[Eb] _ [F] _ I [Bb] watched him [Cm] take [Bb] my family from back there to here.
[Eb] _
_ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] Times were a little [Bb] rough.
God was [C] always near.
_ [Ebm]
Yes, he was.
And [Dm] at the moments [Eb] I [Bb] thought I'd fail.
_ I was [Am] reminded [Dm] of his [Bb] names.
So _ I held _ [C] on.
Grace of God, [Gm] I held on.
[Ebm] _ _ _ And [Bb] if I [Cm] never [Bb] live, if I never live to see [Eb] another _ day, [Am] [Bb] there is [Cm] nothing I [Bb] would change or [C] take, take away.
[Ebm] Oh, Lord, [Dm] I've had [Eb] so many [Bb] ups _ [Am] that they [D] thought I would weigh my [Bb] downs.
_ [C] Lord, I thank [Gm] you.
[F] Thank you, Lord, [Bb] for my [Eb] [Ab] life.
_ _ [Bb] _
I _ _ realize _ [Db] _ [Eb]
[F] some people [Bb] did [Dm] not _ [Bb] make [Ab] it.
_ [Bb] I could have [Gm] been one of [F] the ones who lost [Dm] my _ _ _ [Ab] way.
[Bb] There were [Em] _
times in [Ebm] my life I [D] almost went _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ crazy.
_ _ Oh, [D] _
_ [Gm] but I'm still [C] here. _ _
[Bb] _ [Dm] By the grace of God, I'm still _ [G] here.
_ Oh, my sister, [Bb] I'm [C] _ still here.
[Eb] And I'm [F] grateful for [Ab] my _ life.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ It may not [Eb] be _ _ [F] all [Eb] _ _ that I [Bb] had hoped for.
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] And [Gm] every dream, every [Eb] dream, every [Db] dream [Eb] has not [Ab] yet been _ [Bb] _ realized.
_ [Ab] Oh, but [Bb] I found joy.
[C] Because to see his face, [Ebm] Lord, to see your face one day, [Dm] I know all of this is going to be [G] worth [Bb] it.
_ _ [C] So I thank you.
[Eb] _ [D] Thank you, Lord, [Dm] for every door you opened, [D] every way that I know you laid.
[Bb] God, I [C] thank you.
[Gm] Thank you, [D]
Lord, _ [Dm] for keeping me, [G] for shielding [F] me, for protecting [Bb] me.
Thank you, [E]
Lord.
[Eb] _ _ [D] I _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] just _ [F] _
_ _ [Ebm] want to take the time [Bb] to tell [Gm] him, thank you, [C] Jesus.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
Oh, _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
_ for my _ [Bb] _ [Eb] life.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Ab] Oh, _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
thank you, Lord. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you, Jesus. _ _ _ _ _
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