Category: tenor

capo 2

    C                          
  I know about the Paradise          
F                G
under God’s  Kingdom,
    C   
And I believe with all my heart 
     F                G
that better days will come.
    Am                G
But sometimes in this life, for me,
     F              C
It’s hard to see the things unseen,
   Dm              Em
To feel the love I know is there
F                           G
when my heart is in despair.
      F              G
But I know Jehovah’s near.

           C               Em
So I say a prayer from the heart.
     F           C
When worries overtake my mind,
F                       G
On his strength I can rely.
         C                 Em
I’m not alone; I know he’s there.
  F                 C
I have his words of comfort
         F                  G
And true friends who really care.
          F           C      Em      Am
Yes, each day has its own anxieties.
              F             C
So I take one day at a time;
        F              C
Leave tomorrow until tomorrow;
F               C        F   G    C
Peace is what I find One day at a time.

   C
So take these words I’ve said, my friend,
    F           G
And know that I care.
C
Focus on the joys in life,
        F               G
Not the burdens that we bear.
Am               G
Think about what God has done.
   F                 C
To show his love, he gave his Son.
   Dm                Em
So never doubt; keep trusting him.
   F                              G
He gave his best so we could live.
   F                G
So don’t give in to fear.

      C                    Em
Say a prayer from the heart.
     F               C
When worries overtake our mind,
F                         G
On his strength we can rely.
           C               Em
We’re not alone, for he is there.
   F                 C
We have his words of comfort
         F                  G
And true friends who really care.
          F           C      Em    Am
Yes, each day has its own anxieties.
            A        C
So take one day at a time;
        F              C
Leave tomorrow until tomorrow;
F                   C
Peace is what we’ll find
    F   G    C
One day at a time​—
    F   G    C
One day at a time.

D A C G
I really don’t blame him he chose not to call
he’d been there for hours crouched in the hall
he sent me the message my heart tore in two
said someone was dead he said it was you

there should have been bells
so everyone would know
’cause the silence is killing me
since you had to go

Why didn’t I see you were so lost?
Would have done anything, paid any cost
But I never asked, and you never said
And some days I wish, it was me instead

chorus

no matter how black there’s always hope
but it’s hard to see at the end of your rope
in the middle of love now there’s a hole
silence so loud taking its toll

chorus x2

His mother picked up his sister from our house. She said he’s not answering his phone we have to go.

His mother, young enough to be my daughter, cut him down.

His sister ran to the neighbor, my friend: he’s dead he’s dead.

My friend knelt over him in the hallway for two hours doing CPR until the paramedics came. Two hours.

The paramedics worked for two hours before they gave up.

My friend texted me. He just didn’t have the strength for the phone call.

I told my wife. She cried.

We talked. We told our daughter. She cried. Her first death.

My wife said I have to be there. We went over.

We hugged everybody. Everybody hugged everybody.

There was no crying left.

Three months later I wrote this song.

I finally cried.

There’s a place I hate go
On the back side of the ridge
And as a result it can suffer some neglect
But now and then I remind myself
It’s better to make the ride
Than to wait until the whole thing’s wrecked

I saddle up right early
’cause I pack the night before
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El Aguila picks his way
Through the starless Bible black
And the sun will be rising by the time we’re there

El Aguila hates this ride
Almost as much as me
But he knows when there’s a job, you gotta get it done
His temperament is different
Every time we climb this hill
He knows his usual tricks won’t help him n

Two strands of barbed
Let the little stuff pass
Just keeps the bigger critters getting through
Some little kid
Wants to fish down in my stream
I’m pretty sure I’ll never miss a fish or two

There’s a place I hate go
On the back side of the ridge
And as a result it can suffer some neglect