If Your Prayers Don't Get to Heaven Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][C][F][C][G]
[F][Am][C][F][C][G]
[C]I'm [F]packing

[Verse 1]
[C]up,
I've gotta [Am]move
I'ma [F]blow a fifty-foot hole [C]hole through
[G]the dark clouds in our room
[Am]I'm making a change,
[C]I'm gon' starting tod[Am]ay
I'ma [F]roll these dice with a [C]song tonight,
I'm gonna [G]whip these blues [Am]away
And I'm gonna run so far
they'll [G]never find me [F]again

[Verse 2]
[F]But I ain't [C]leavin',
I ain't [Em]leavin' 'less I'm [Am]leavin' here with [F]you
[Am]I've [F]been pa[C]tient while [Em]I waited,
but [Am]I feel it's time [F]to move
[Am]You've been crying, yeah,
[F]I've seen you
Honey, [C]I've been crying [G]too
If your [C]prayers don't get to Heav[G]en,
I'm [Am]gon' keep them safe [F]for you
If your [C]prayers don't get [G]to Heaven,
I'm gon' [Am]keep them [F]safe 'til [Am]they do

[Interlude 1]
[C][F][C][G]
[F]I just

[Verse 3]
[C]wait in the cold, [Am]cold gray
But [F]I know like I've [C]been told, yeah,
mama [G]said, "Hold on[Am]to hope"
She whispers [C]sweet,
"There's a light [Am]an d glory"
But you [F]gotta burn that sound of the [C]voices out
that wanna [G]bring you to your [Am]knees
And you gotta run so far they'll
[G]never find you [F]again

[Verse 4]
[F]But I ain't [C]leavin',
I ain't [Em]leavin' 'less I'm [Am]leavin' here with [F]you
I've been pa[C]tient while [Em]I waited,
but [E]I feel [Am]it's time to mo[F]ve
[Am]You've been crying, yeah,
[F]I've seen you
Honey, [C]I've been crying [G]too
If your [C]prayers don't get to Heav[G]en,
I'm [Am]gon' keep them safe [F]for you
If your [C]prayers don't get [G]to Heaven,
I'm gon' [Am]keep them [F]safe 'til they [Am]do
[G]

[Verse 5]
[G]And [C]when I was [G]a child, a [Am]dream came to me
[F]Where every sou[C]l han[G]ging low
found its [Am]piece of dignity
[F]'Til that dre[Am]am gets to [F]Heaven,
you can [C]ride this train for [G]free
'Til that [Am]dream gets to [F]Heaven,
you can [C]ride this train on [G]me
And we're [Am]gonna run so far
they'll [G]never find us [F]again

[Verse 6]
[F]
But I ain't [C]leavin',
I ain't [Em]leavin' 'less I'm [Am]leavin' here with [F]you
I've been pa[C]tient while [Em]I waited,
[E]but [Am]I feel it's time [F]to move
You've been [Am]crying, yeah,
I've [F]seen you
Honey, [C]I've been crying [G]too
If your [C]prayers don't get to Heav[G]en,
I'm [Am]gon' keep them safe [F]for you
If your [C]prayers don't get to Heav[G]en,
I'm gon' [Am]keep them [F]safe 'til [C]they [G]do[Am][F]
'Til [C]they [G]do[C][G][Am][F]
[G]'Til they [C]do[G][C][G][Am][F]
[G]'Til [C]they[G][Am][F][Am]
[C][F][C][Am]

[Outro 1]
do
[Em][Am][C]
[G][C][F][Am]
[C][F][C][F][Am]
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