Key: C
C
F
G4
G
C
It was only yesterday when I heard the teacher say
Em
F
Dm7
G
Em
Patiently, "One and two makes three" We were children, you and me
Am
F
G4
G
C
G
Let us pray... for the ones they call the children of today
C
Em
F
C
Nothing left but promises, nothing much is certain
C
Am
D/F#
All we see is want and need across the board.
G/F
Why thank you, Lord
C
F
G4
G
We're living in the glory of your care
E
Am
C/G
D/F#
G
Skies of blue have all turned brown to the sound of sighing
G/F
C
E7
Am
C/G
D/F#
Lord, abide; let us stem the tide of broken dreams
G/F
C
F
G4
G
C
G
Sometimes you seem to tell us it's too late for praying
C
Em
F
C
See the ocean wild and blue; think of all that's in her
C
Am
D/F#
She will not surrender to the likes of us
G/F
But then she must.
C
F
G4
G
They tell us, wise men tell us it's too late
E
Am
C/G
D/F#
G
For each child with eyes that smile, there'll be ten more cryin'
G/F
C
E7
Am
C/G
D/F#
Lord, abide; let us stem the tide of helplessness
G/F
C
F
G4
G
C
But then, I guess, we're livin'. Is it too late for tryin'?
Am
F
G4
G
C,Em
F
G4
G
C
Em
F
C
Nothing here but grains of sand; nothin' much worth savin'
C
Am
D/F#
Guess we've all got problems of our own to bear
G/F
And still we share.
C
F
G4
G
Tomorrow could get better than today
E
Am
C/G
D/F#
G
To the ones who loved in vain, will you be beholden?
G/F
C
E7
Am
C/G
D/F#
Lord, abide; let us stem the tide of broken dreams
G/F
C
F
G4
G
C
G
Sometimes you seem to tell us it's too late for prayin'
Em
F
G4
G
C,Em
F
Dm7
G,Em
Am
F
G4
G
C.