There is no verse/chorus splits to this song, it is a folk story and played the same through out. [Verse 1] Am F She kept on getting weaker, As day dragged into day, Am F The doctors gave no hope for her, She seemed to fade away, G Am My hours were filled with constant dread. Time became a knife, F E Am But slowly and relentlessly, cut the chord of life Am F There was a teacher in the region then, Some of us had heard, Am F That he healed a paralytic, By the power of just his word, G Am So with hope again rekindled, I went at once to see, F E Am If I could find a man named Jesus, From a town in Galilee [Verse 2] Am F I began to search the city, Soon I saw the crowd, Am F They were pressing in to touch him, And they called his name out loud, G Am But with the strength of desperation, I pushed them all aside, G Am I threw myself before him, And from my knees I cried, Am F Lord come and heal my daughter, Even now she's close to death, Am F Her fever's uncontrollable, She fights for every breath, G Am But God's given you the power Life is your's to give F E Am And if you'll just lay your hands on her I know that she'll live Am G she'll live------------ F E Am she'll li--------------ve [Verse 3] Am F He just begun to go with me, When a face I saw with fear, Am F Came towards me with the news I knew I didn't want to hear, G Am And although I tried to steal myself, I trembled when he said, F E Am "Why bother the teacher anymore, your little girl is dead." [Verse 4] Am F Then Jesus touched my shoulder, And he told me not to not to grieve, Am F The trembling stopped when he looked at me, and said, "Only believe." G Am Then he sent the crowds away Except his closest men, F E Am And they followed right behind us, As we started off again, Am F But we were still a long ways down the road, When I heard the sounds and cries, Am F of the mourners and musicians, As they strove to dramatize, G Am My grief they had no business with Beneath their loud disguise F E Am And my wife just sat their silently And stared through empty eyes [Verse 5] Am F Then Jesus asked the mourners, "Why is it that you weep?, Am F She isn't dead as you suppose, The child is just asleep." G Am It only took a moment, for their wails to turn to jeers! F E Am "Who does this man think he is Get him out of here!" Am F "But with authority I've never heard, in the lips of any man, Am F He spoke and every sound rolled out with the thunder of command, G Am And in the sudden silence, They all hurried for the door F E Am Wondering what the reasons were they'd ever come there for [Verse 6] Am F And then he called his 3 disciples, That were with him on the way, Am F He led them and my wife and me, To where our daughter lay G Am He took her by the hand, he told her, "Child arise." F E Am And the words were barely spoken, when she opened up her eyes, Am F She rose and walked across the room and stood there at our sides Am F My wife knelt down and held her close, And at last she really cried G Am And then Jesus told us both to see our daughter have some food F E Am But as to how her life was saved Not to speak a word Am F Not to speak a word Am F But I gotta tell somebody G Am I gotta tell somebody F E Am I gotta tell somebody What Jesus did for me
