Chords for TobyMac discusses son’s death: ‘God gave His firstborn Son so I could see my firstborn son again’

A little under two years ago, [C#m] _ _
_ _ I lost my [F#m] firstborn son.
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_ _ [A] _ And I've been walking through the valley.
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_ I know some of you guys are [F#m] walking through the valley too.
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[D] A friend told me, _ [B] right after my son passed, [A] he said,
listen, boy, _ _ _ _ [C#] sometimes when you got nothing,
_ [C#m] man, you [F#m] feel it's as dark as it's ever been.
You [A] just have to reach up.
[D] You grab onto a promise and lie, [A] holding down close to your heart. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [F#m] He said, _ the [C#m] thing _ [D] is, _ _ sometimes we [A] reach up and grab onto something
that we thought God promised us, _ but maybe it's [C#] something he never promises at [C#m] all.
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See, [A] God didn't promise us that we [D] wouldn't face loss. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ He didn't promise us that we wouldn't [C#m] walk through a pandemic and lose our [F#m] jobs. _
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[D] He said, so if you reach up and grab onto a [E] promise that God makes,
that's sure [A] it's something that really promises. _
_ And that [C#m] is a promise that he will never leave us [F#] or forsake us.
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_ _ See, [C#m] God doesn't always [C#] take away the cold [F#m] from our experience [A] here.
_ But [D] he's right there with us.
And that's a promise.
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I just want to take a minute or two [C#m] to say thank you.
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_ _ [E] Looking at my family, we're [D] walking through that.
I have to tell you, I just want to say thank you [A] for your _ prayers.
I got so many prayers and I'm so [C#m] grateful.
_ Thank you for your [F#m] _
positive, loving [A] social media posts.
[D] _ _ _ _ We absolutely [A] felt surrounded by love.
And that is as the body [C#m] of Christ should be.
Thank you so much. _
Amen.
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ Hey, we thank you for your card and letters. _ _
Somehow better than my mailbox.
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[D] _ Listen, _ _ somebody said to [A] me along the way, he said,
we'll see [C#m] you in the next one. _
_ _ And you know [F#m] what?
I can say with perfect [D] confidence, I believe with all my heart that I will see you.
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_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] And the question is this.
[A] _ Why do I [D] get to see my son? _ _ _
Because it's [A] good or it's bad? _
_ No, [C#m] _ because it meant you.
_ You was [F#m] my wild child.
_ _ _ [E] And my good [D] doesn't outweigh my bad.
_ There's [E] only one reason I [A] get to see my son. _
It's that you.
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For God so loved the [F#m] world, _ _ that [E] he gave his only begotten son,
_ [Em] that [A] whosoever _ _ believes in him _ shall [C#m] not perish, _ but have [F#m] everlasting life.
_ _ _ See [D] the way I see _ _ it.
He _
_ _ [A] _ _ gave his firstborn son.
[C#] It's good I can see my firstborn son.
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