Too Late for Prayin'
Gordon Lightfoot
|_ _ _ | It was only yesterday when I heard the teacher say Patiently, "One and two makes three" we were children, you and me__ Let us pray__ for the ones they call__ the children of today |(320033) c2,1 b2,0 a3,2 g3,0 f4,3 e4,2 d4,0 | Nothing left__ but pro_-o_-mises__ nothing much__ is certain_ All we see is_ wa_ -ant_ and need_ across the board____ Why thank you Lord__ We're living in the glory of your care__________ Skies of blue__ have all turned brown__ to the sound__ of sighing Lord__ abide let us stem__ the tide__ of broken dreams__ Sometimes you seem__ to tell us it's too late_________ for praying__ |(320033) c2,1 b2,0 a3,2 g3,0 f4,3 e4,2 d4,0 | See the o__-cean wild__ and blue__ think of all__ that's in her__ She will not surren__-der to__ the likes of us__ But then she must__ They tell us, wise men tell us it's too late____________ For each child__ with eyes that smile__ there'll be ten more cryin'_ Lord__ abide let us stem__ the tide__ of helplessness__ But then, I guess__ we're livin' is it too late________ for tryin' |__ |_ _|__ |_ _ _ | |_ _ _ |__ |__ | Nothing here__ but grai-ins of sand__ nothin' much__ worth sa-vin' Guess we've all got pro-o_-blems_ of___ our own to bear__ And still we share__ Tomorrow__ could get better_ than today To the ones__ who loved in vain____ will you be__ beho-olden? Lord__ abide let us stem__ the tide__ of broken dreams__ Sometimes you seem__ to tell us it's too late_________ for praying__ |_ _ _ |_ _ _ |__ |_ _ _ | |_ _ _ |_ _ _ |__|_ _ _| |_ _ _ |_ _ _ |__ |_ _ _ |!