Intro: Bm7Gmaj7Verse 1Bm7Gmaj7
It’s so easy to lose the burden——take our eyes of the fields
Bm7Gmaj7
Settle into apathy and forget what the harvest yields
C#m7 ( C#m7 )
It’s so easy to think we’re finished with our labor for awhile
( C#m7 ) N.C,
Kick back and let somebody else go the extra mile
Pre-ChorusA * CDmA#F/CDmCFCDm
Jesus said go——into all the world, make disciples of all men
ACDmA#FCFGA
We gotta go——to the highways, compel them to come in
ChorusDABmGDABm
As long as there’s a tearful eye that cries alone at night
DABmGG/F#A
As long as there’s a weary soul ready to end the fight
GG/F#AEm7D/F#G
As long as there’s an aching heart that still has strength to beat
DABmG
We gotta take this message
FCDmCDmC
Back to the street
FCDmA#F
We gotta take this message
CDm
Back to the street
Verse 2BmGmaj7
It’s so easy to stay untangled with everyone else’s life
BmGmaj7
Don’t get involved with strangers——don’t get involved with strife
Amaj7
It’s so easy to save your own life——resting on what you’ve done
( Amaj7 )
But Jesus would leave the ninety-nine——to try to save the one
(to Pre-Chorus & Chorus ->Bridge)
BridgeAmaj7 ( Amaj7 )
It’s not easy to beat the system——it’s not easy to face the heat
A N.C, BA N.C, B
But somebody’s got to take this message
GABm
Back to the street
ChorusDABmGDABm
As long as there’s a tearful eye that cries alone at night
DABmGG/F#A
As long as there’s a weary soul ready to end the fight
GG/F#AEm7D/F#G
As long as there’s an aching heart that still has strength to beat
DABmG
We gotta take this message
FCDmCDmC
Back to the street
FCDmA#F
We gotta take this message
CDm
Back to the street
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