#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 10:39:56 -0500 Subject: CRD Too Late For Prayin'/ Gordon Lightfoot Too Late For Prayin' Gordon Lightfoot Intro: C F Gsus4 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 Gsus4 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 /B Am /G D/F# All we see is want and need across the board. G/F Why thank you, Lord C F Gsus4 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 Gsus4 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 /B Am /G D/F# She will not surrender to the likes of us G/F But then she must. C F Gsus4 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 Gsus4 G C But then, I guess, we're livin'. Is it too late for tryin'? Am F Gsus4 G C, Em F Gsus4 G C Em F C Nothing here but grains of sand; nothin' much worth savin' C /B Am /G D/F# Guess we've all got problems of our own to bear G/F And still we share. C F Gsus4 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 Gsus4 G C G Sometimes you seem to tell us it's too late for prayin' Em F Gsus4 G C, Em F Dm7 G, Em Am F Gsus4 G C.
