Chords for Somebody Out There - Tommy Bates

_ _ _ [G] _ _ You're looking all these [Am] young people up here
_ reminds me of a song a
_ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] Young man and our church was saved and his [Am] entire family
_ In January, but in the month of May
_ [C] _
He took a ride in his [G] friends graduation gift a brand new car
[Am] _
_ They were hit head-on by a person who's [A] one paying attention
_ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Matt was [Am] six foot two
_ Worst size 12 shoe and I know that because at Children's Hospital
[F] _
All he has a [G] little nick on the back of his head.
You wouldn't think anybody would die because of a
[Am]
It's like [A] a little bang on the back of the head, but it hit right in the right spot and the brain began to [C] swell
Can you young people hear what I'm saying?
[G] _ Because I don't know where the monitor is.
I want to make sure you can hear [A] it
They need some monitor back there because some [E] from of these
Let them hear what's going on
[C] _
[F] _ Testing [G] one two, three.
Do you hear me now?
[Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [F] The high school he attended was so devastated [G] that _ they had [Am] to have a
_ [A] _ Assembly but the superintendent said now, you know the [F] rules in Kenton County
[G] You can talk about God
You can [Am] talk about heaven, but you can't talk about Jesus.
He's too absolute _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] You can't refer to the Bible because the [Am] Bible is
Too narrow you can talk about heaven, but you can't use the Bible
[A] _
[F] They called a Catholic [Dm] priest in a Baptist pastor
[D] And they called me the pastor of the [A] Pentecostal Church to come and do this [Am] memorial service
_ [A] about two days before
[F] God gave me an idea.
He said ask if you can sing
Because sometimes you can't preach it
[A] If you can't [Am] talk it
God will give you an opportunity to sing it
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ He's 11 o'clock in the morning over 700 students came [A] at their own free [C] will
_ Catholic priest did a very good job said all he could say about heaven and God
[G] The Baptist preacher did a very good job
Trying to comfort talking about heaven [Am] and God
_ They put a microphone on one of those school pianos to put a mic on my voice and this is what I sang
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ Somebody out [E] there
Heard and confused
[G] _ Innocent child _
being abused
[C] _ Somebody out [G] there
Whose heart
[Am] Is
Breaking into
_ [B] _ _ [Am] Somebody out there
Can't quite decide
[G] whether to live
Whether to die
_ [C] _ Searching for strength [G] to make it through their _ [Am] crisis in _ life
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G]
Our soul
_ [Dm] _ _ Embrace you [F]
tears from your eyes
[C] He's so hopeless [G]
you carry the burden [D] you
_ [Am] _ _ [D]
When _ _ [C] you don't have a prayer [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] there's somebody _ out there
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Somebody out there
Thought it was cool
[G] _ He'd taken chances
Thinking they'd never lose
[C] They're hooked on a feeling
[G] _
left
_ [Am] them
empty _
[A] Somebody _ [Am] _ _ out there
Feeling alone
[G] _ husband or wife
Being done wrong
[C] There's somebody out [G] there
Shattered from a [Am] broken
_ Home _
[A] _ Oh
[C] Somebody out [G] there
arms open wide
[Dm] _ Longs to embrace you [F] wipe the tears [G] from your eyes
[C] He's hopeful a hopeless
[G]
He'll carry the burden [D] you bear _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [F] When you don't have a prayer [G] _
there's
_ [Am] _ _ Somebody out there
_ [F] _ Since there weren't any restrictions [G]
on what you would sing I
_ [Am] Felt it was time to tell him who I was talking about.
I threw my head back.
This is what I said
[F] _ Jesus is his [G] name.
He's that [Am] someone
I _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F] tried him.
I know he's [G] true.
Don't leave me to what God can do
[Am] _ _ _ Jesus
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] He'll deliver by his power
[Am] _ _ _ Jesus
When [F] you don't have a prayer _ [G] _
_ there's somebody
_ Out [A] _ there _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _