God Only Cries Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][Em][G][C][Dsus4][G]
On an icy [C]road one night A

[Verse 1]
[D]
young man [Em]loses his [C]life
They marked [D]the shoulder with a [G]cross[D]
[G]An' his fam[Bm]ily gathers[C] round
[D]On a pie[B]ce of Hal[Em] lowed
[C]ground
Their hearts are heavy [Am]with
[Dsus4]their los[D]s[Em]
As [D]the tears fall from their [C]eyes
[D]The[Em]re's one who'll al
[D]ways sym[C]path[D]ise.[G]
God [D]only cries for the

[Verse 2]
[Em]living
[G]'Cause it's the living[C] that are
[D]left to carry [G]on[D][G]
An' all the [D]an gels up in [Em]Heaven
[G]They're not gri[C]eving because
[Dsus4]they're g[D]one
There's a [Em]smile on
their faces
'Cause they're [G]in a better [D]place than,
[C]mmm, bab[Bm]y, than, oh[Am][C][D][G]
God [D]only cries [G]for the [Em]living[G]
'Cause it's the liv[C]ing
that are [D]so far from [G]home.

[Verse 3]
[Bm]It still makes[C] me sad
[D]When I think of my Gra[Em]nd- dad
[C]I miss him eac[D]h and every day[G][D]
[G]But I know the[C] time will come
[D]Whe[B]n my [Em]own[Bm]
[C]gradnson
Wonders why I went [Dsus4]away[D]
[Em]Maybe we're not mean[D]t to under[C]stand
[D]Til[Em]l we meet up in[D]
the Promised [C]Land.[D][G]
God [D]only cries for the

[Verse 4]
[Em]living[G]
'Cause it's the liv[C]ing that are [D]left
to carry [G]on[Dsus4][D][G]
And all the [D]an gels up in [Em]Heaven
[Dsus4]They're n[D]ot grieving [C]because
they're [Dsus4]gone[D]
There's a [Em]smile on their faces
'Cause they're [G]in a better place than,
[C]oh, bab[G]y, than oh[Am][C][D][G]
God [D]only cries for the [Em]living
[G]'Cause it'[C]s the living
that are [D]so far [Em]from home[D]
[C]Yeah, we're so [D]far from home,
[G]Mmmm, Mmmm
[C][G]