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Oh My God Tab

by Jars Of Clay


This is almost the same version of the song that is already on here, but the chords are 
with all the lyrics.

                       
Oh my God, look around this place,
          
Fingers reach around the bone,
                            
You set the break, you set the tone,
                            
Flights of grace, and future falls,
                             
In present pain, all fools      say,
                       
Oh my God

                    
Oh my God, why are we so afraid?
          
We make it worse when we don't bleed,
            
There is no cure for our disease,
                        
Turn a phrase, and rise again,
                             
Or fake your death, and only tell, your closest friends,
                       
Oh my God


                    
Oh my God, can I complain?
          
You take away my firm belief
            
And graft my soul upon your grief
                        
Weddings, boats, and alibis,

All drift away

      
And a mother cries

(no chords played until indicated)

Liars and fools, sons and failures,

Theives will always say
                   
Lost and found,   ailing wanderers,
               
Healers always say
                 
Whores and angels, men with problems,
               
Leavers always say

                   
Broken hearted, seperated,
               
Orphans always say
              
War-creators, racial-haters,
                 
Preachers always say
                          
Distant fathers, fallen warriors,

              
Givers always say
              
Pilgrim saints, lonely widows,
             
Users always say
                              
Fearful mothers, watchful doubters,
               
Saviors always say


Sometimes I cannot forgive
     
And these days mercy cuts so deep
 
If the world was how it should be
 
Maybe I could get some sleep
 
While I lay I dream we're better
  
Scales were gone and faces lighter
 
When we wake we hate our brother

We still move to hurt each other

(The chords for the rest of the song are as above)


Sometimes I can close my eyes
     
And all the fear that keeps me silent

Falls below my heavy breathing

What makes me so badly bent

We all have a chance to murder
  
We all feel the need for wonder

We still want to be reminded

That the pain is worth the thunder


Sometimes when I lose my grip
     
I wonder what to make of Heaven

All the times I thought to reach up

All the times I had to give up

Babies underneath their beds
  
Hospitals that cannot treat

All the wounds that money causes

All the comforts of cathedrals

All the cries of thirsty children
     
This is our inheritance

All the rage of watching mothers

This is our greatest offence



Oh my God, Oh my God,
Oh my God