Sleeping at Last – Uneven Odds (Guitar)

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I once knew your father well

          Am                  F         C
He fought tears as he spoke of your mother's health

        Am                F         C   
I guess a part of him just couldn’t return

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Forgiveness is a lesson he cursed you to learn

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As your guardian I was instructed well

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To make sense of God’s love in these fires of hell

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No I don’t expect you to understand

Am                                 F           C
Just to live what little life your broken heart can

F                     Am
Maybe your light is a seed

                    G
And the darkness the dirt

F                      Am
In spite of the uneven odds

                     G
Beauty lifts from the earth

         F       C   F   C
From the earth

       Am       F      C
From the earth

      Am                   F              C       G
As the years move on these questions take shape

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Are you getting stronger or is time shifting weight?

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No one expects you to understand

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Just to live what little life your mended heart can

                           Am                  G
You’ll always remember the moment God took her away

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For the weight of the world was placed on your shoulders that day

F                     Am
Maybe your light is a seed

                    G
And the darkness the dirt

F                      Am
In spite of the uneven odds

                     G
Beauty lifts from the earth

         F       C   F   C
From the earth

       Am             C
You’re much too young now

Am                       F           C
“Darkness exists to make light truly count.”