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Benediction
Joshua James
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Joshua James - Benediction
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Verse 1
F C
Busted wire and the tattered tongue
Bb F
Songs she wrote but she never sung
F C
Quiet eve of another year
Bb
She'll soon forget
Verse 2
F C
Her blackened lungs from the cigarettes
Bb F
Her mother smoke' when her father left
F C
She sings a song in this side of town
Bb
To change her mind
Chorus
Dm Am
And she said I have hope for others
Bb F C
Father, I have given up
Dm Am
'Cause I have hope for others
Bb Bbm F Ab Bb C#
Father, I---I have given up
F Ab Bb
Verse 3
Quart' to ten in the room below
Busted wares suppose they'll need to know
Close her eyes and hums a song
That made her smile
Verse 4
Grabs a note and reads aloud
"The passion new'd make a mother proud
I miss you so, it seems we all much going on"
Chorus
Dm Am
Cause she wrote I have hope for others
Bb F C
But Mother, I must go alone
Dm Am
Yes, I have hope for others
Bb Bbm F Ab Bb C#
Mother, I---I have given up.
Outro
F Ab Bb C# F Ab
Well I've, I've given up
Bb C# F Ab
Well I, I, I, I have given up
Bb C# F Ab
Yeah, I've given up
Bb C# F
My love, my God, I've given up
Ab Bb C#
In my heart, in my heart, in my heart,
F Ab Bb
In my heart, in my heart, in my heart
C# F Ab
I have, I have given up
Bb C# F
In my heart, in my heart, in my heart,
Ab Bb C#
in my heart, in my heart, In my heart
F
I have, I have given up
F Ab Bb C# (x4)
End on Db.