Rich Mullins – Ready For The Storm (Guitar)

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Em
The waves crash in and the tide rolls out

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It's an angry sea but there is no doubt

         C
That the lighthouse will keep shining out

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To warn a lonely sailor

        Em
and The lightning strikes and the wind cuts cold

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Through the sinner's bones to the sailor's soul

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Till there's nothing left that he can hold

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Except the rolling ocean

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Oh, I am ready for the storm  Yes Sir, ready

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I am ready for the storm, I'm ready for the storm

    Em
Oh, give me mercy for my dreams

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'Cause every confrontation seems

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To tell me what it really means

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To be this lonely sailor

Em
when the sky begins to clear

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The sun it melts away my fear

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and I cry a silent weary tear

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For those that mean to love me

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Oh, I am ready for the storm  Yes Sir, ready

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I am ready for the storm, I'm ready for the storm

    Em
The distance it is no real friend

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And time will take its time

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And you will find that in the end

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It brings you me, this lonely sailor

    Em
And when you take me by the hand

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You love me Lord, you love me

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And I should have realized

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I had no reasons to be frightened

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Oh, I am ready for the storm  Yes Sir, ready

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I am ready for the storm, I'm ready for the storm