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Hoseas Wife Tab

by Brooke Fraser


Note that it sounds like she's playing with 7s and 9s.  I didn't necessarily write them in. =/


Verse 1:
                (or 9)
I just spoke silence with the seeker next to me
               
She had a heart with hesitant, halting speech
                                                      
That turned to mine and asked belligerently, "What do I live for?"
           
I see the scars of searches everywhere I go
               
From hearts to wars to literature to radio
                 
There's a question like a shame no one will show,
            
"What do I live for?"

       
We are Hosea's wife
       
We are squandering this life
                                       
Using people like ladders and words like knives


Chorus:
                 
If we've eyes to see
                 
If we've ears to hear
                                                       
To find it in our hearts and mouths, the word that saves is near
                  
Shed that shallow skin
              
Come and live again
                     
Leave all you were before
                   
To believe is to begin


Verse 2:
           
There is a truth in little corners of our lives
            
There are hints of it in songs and childrens' eyes
       
It's familiar, like an ancient lullaby
           
What do I live for?

       
We are Hosea's wife
       
We are squandering this life
                                     
Using Bodies like money and truth like lies


Chorus:
                 
If we've eyes to see
                 
If we've ears to hear
                                                       
To find it in our hearts and mouths, the word that saves is near
                  
Shed that shallow skin
              
Come and live again
                     
Leave all you were before
                   
To believe is to begin



Bridge:
                     
We are more than dust
        
That means something
          
That means something
                 
We are more than just
                              
blood and emotions, inklings and notions,
               
atoms on oceans

       
We are Hosea's wife
       
We are squandering this life
                                             
Using people like ladders and words like knives


Chorus (2X):
                 
If we've eyes to see
                 
If we've ears to hear
                                                       
To find it in our hearts and mouths, the word that saves is near
                  
Shed that shallow skin
              
Come and live again
                     
Leave all you were before
                   
To believe is to begin



               
To believe is to begin
               
To believe is to begin
               
To believe is to begin




Hope it sounds good you : )
-Champita