#----------------------------------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: Thatalex Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 16:13:36 EDT Subject: c/church_of_rhythm/and_can_it_be.crd "And Can it Be" Lyrics & Music by Max Hsu, with additional lyrics by Jason Gregory. (both of Church of Rhythm). Copyright ? 1996 CorFour Music/ASCAP. >From the album -Not Perfect-. Copyright ? 1996 Pamplin Music. Transcribed by Alexander Chen [email protected] http://members.aol.com/thatalex/ Standard-tuned six-string acoustic, shuffle tempo in 4. [chords] F#m4,7 (244200) G#m6 (466400) A2 (577600) or (X02200) B4 (799800) or (224400) E (022100) C#m (446654) or C#m7 (446600) note: be sure to listen to the recording for the strum, a shuffle feel. [intro] F#m4,7 G#m6 A2 B4 [verse 1] E take me as I am C#m I lay down all I thought I should be A2 and I give up my walls of pride, (A2) - E hoping love will find me E take me as I am C#m never wanted to need Your love, A2 so alone and afraid to fall, (A2) - E praying love will find me [chorus] E - A2 G#m6 - F#m4,7 And can it be- that You love me this way? E - A2 You never ask me to be more than I could be G#m6 - F#m4,7 C#m F#m4,7 - A2 No more trying to be someone, and can it be C#m F#m4,7 - A2 yeah, and can it be [verse 2] E Take me as I am C#m Never good enough to be loved, A2 so I lived with my pain inside, (A2) - E hoping love will find me E Take me as I am C#m So tired of trying to make it alone, A2 so I'm taking this step of faith, (A2) E trusting You will find me [repeat chorus] [bridge] F#m4,7 In the mirror all I saw G#m6 was that I never measured up A2 I couldn't like myself, so C#m how could I understand Your love? F#m4,7 I thought love was something bought- G#m6 by being someone I was not A2 how could I know all You'd B4 ask is that I let You love me? [repeat chorus] (end on A2, precussion, and fade) Transcribed by Alexander Chen (04/23/98) [email protected] For more transcriptions and more, visit ... http://members.aol.com/thatalex/ (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.)