IntroFVerse 1Bbsus2Bb
We don't have much here, but you're welcome to it all
CBbF
The preacher told the stranger at the door
Bbsus2Bb
Come sit down by this fire - let the coffee warm you up
CBbF
I can't say I've seen it rain this hard be - fore
DmCBb
The stranger said “I saw your sign as I was walking down the road”
DmCBbC
“And I figured that a church might be the safest place to go”
ChorusFC
Well, son, crosses sure get heavy and we've all got one to bear
DmCBb
And if you're looking for a shelter from the storm
You'll find one here
FCA
They sat and talked for hours there in that empty church
DmC
About how life's unfair sometimes
BbF/AGmCBsusB
Trying to make sense of how God works. The preacher said
Verse 2FBbsus2Bb
“I lost my son one summer - and he was only twenty five
CBbFA drunk driver crossed that double yellow line
Bbsus2Bb
And I prayed so hard to Jesus, to save my only son
CBbF
It seems all I do these days is question why
DmCBb
Now I stand here every Sunday, and preach to everybody else
DmCBbC
And I talk a lot about for - giveness, but I can't do it my - self”
ChorusFC
Son, crosses sure get heavy and we've all got one to bear
DmCBb
I don't know why I'm telling you all this, or if you even care
FCA
They sat and talked for hours there in that empty church
DmC
About how life's unfair sometimes
BbF/AGmCCsusC
Trying to make sense of how God works
Verse 3FBbsus2Bb
Tears filled the stranger’s eyes he said “I know I've changed a lot.”
CBbFFsus
I might be hard for you to recog – nize
FBbsus2Bb
But late one summer night I'd had too much to drink
CBbFEsus
I got be - hind the wheel and changed both of our lives
DmC
And 'I'm sorry' just ain't good enough
Bb
When you hurt someone like that
DmCBbC
And if I could, God knows I'd give my life to bring him back"
ChorusFC
Preacher, crosses sure get heavy and we've all got one to bear
DmCBb
And I'm here to ask for - giveness if you even care
FCA
They sat and talked for hours there in that empty church
DmC
About how life's unfair sometimes
BbF/AGmCCsusCF
Trying to make sense of how God works
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