{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1928203,"song":"A Prayer For Charleston","artist":"Steven Curtis Chapman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11431345-a-prayer-for-charleston-chords-by-steven-curtis-chapman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1928203?type=chord","rating":0.17381,"votes":0,"content":"This song was written by SCC in loving memory of the 9 African American brethren that \r\nleft this world on June 17, 2015, in the Charleston church shooting, in South Carolina. \r\n\r\nThe song, based on Romans 12:21, is originally played with Capo in another key, \r\nbut this version is to be played with the standard tuning, without capo.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Asus4[/ch] \r\nTears are falling in Charleston[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           \r\n...There're asking why, and no one has the answer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Asus4[/ch] \r\nOur hearts are breaking for Charleston[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n...so many lives, in a moment shattered[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus 1]:\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]Asus4[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nA thief came to steal and to kill and destroy[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Asus4[/ch]  \r\nBut the Story isn't over[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]     \r\n...You will not be overcome,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]     \r\n...You will not be overcome by evil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n...But you will overcome evil with good[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Asus4[/ch] \r\n...They were gathered in Charleston[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n...Cause they believed in a Kingdom coming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]Asus4[/ch] \r\nand while they are grieving in Charleston [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n...We won't forget the love that they were showing [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus 2]:\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                       [ch]Asus4[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n...When the thief came to steal and to kill and destroy[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Asus4[/ch]   \r\nCause that love will not be silenced [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]     \r\n...You will not be overcome,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]     \r\n...You will not be overcome by evil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n...You will overcome evil with good[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]     \r\n...Love will not be overcome,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]     \r\n...Love will not be overcome by evil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    \r\n...Love will overcome evil with good. . . [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Inter]:\r\n  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   \r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n...Love will overcome[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]:\r\n[tab][ch]D2[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nFather of mercies,  God of all comfort...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nComfort every broken heart, comfort every broken heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D2[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nFather of mercies,  God of all comfort[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nComfort all the broken hearts, comfort all the broken hearts[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]     \r\n...You will not be overcome,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]     \r\n...You will not be overcome by evil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n...You will overcome evil with good[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]     \r\n...Love will not be overcome,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]     \r\n...Love will not be overcome by evil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    \r\n...Love will overcome evil with good. . . [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]     \r\n...Your love will o---vercome[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]     \r\n...Love will always o--ver-come. . .[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLove will overcome. . . evil with good[/tab]","plain_text":"This song was written by SCC in loving memory of the 9 African American brethren that \nleft this world on June 17, 2015, in the Charleston church shooting, in South Carolina. \n\nThe song, based on Romans 12:21, is originally played with Capo in another key, \nbut this version is to be played with the standard tuning, without capo.\n\n[Verse 1]:\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus 1]:\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]:\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]:\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus 2]:\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Inter]:\n  G   D   Bm   A   \n\n\n\n[Bridge]:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]:","chords":["D","Asus4","G","Em7","A","Bm","D2"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}