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Grief And Praise

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[Intro]
G C G
[Verse 1]
Oh you Gsisters encircled
CChildren of Gmine
You Chumble my heart
And Csharpen my Gmind
Though Gscattered and weary
The Dchange is Emupon us
We are Cbound till the end 
a Cfamily I Gpromise
[Chorus 1]
DAll that you love
will be Ctaken some Gday
By G/F#the  Emangel of death 
Or the Cservants of Gchange
In a Dflood water tide
Without Emrancor Dor Crage
Sing Cloud while you’re able
In Dgrief and in GpraiseC  G  
[Verse 2]
For Gso many years
We swam Cinto the Gtide
And we Cwould not abandon
HerCoic and Gkind
Shared our Gsweat and our shelter
Our Dbodies and Emblood
God Cspeed and good fortune
I will Cmiss you my Glove
[Chorus 2]
For Dall you hold dear 
will be Ctaken some Gday
By G/F#the  Emangel of death 
Or the Cservants of Gchange
In a Dflood water tide
Without Emrancor Dor Crage
Sing Cloud while you’re able
In Dgrief and in Gpraise
[Bridge]
Now G/F#we   Emmeet at the well of sorrow
Dug Amdown to the heart of the earth
To be Emjoined at its Dsource
To the Cspring of hopeG  
Drink Cdeep while you can
Give Dthanks for your thirst
[Solo]
G G C G C C C G G D Em C C C G
[Chorus 3]
For Dall that you love 
will be Ctaken some Gday
By G/F#the  Emangel of death 
Or the Cservants of Gchange
In a Dflood water tide
Without Emrancor Dor Crage
Sing Cloud while you’re able
In Dgrief and in GpraiseC  G  
[Reprise]
Sing Cloud while you re able
In Dgrief and in Gpraise

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Grief And Praise

by Glen Phillips

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/F#

[Intro]

G C G

[Verse 1]

Oh you sisters encircled

C G

Children of mine

You humble my heart

C G

And sharpen my mind

Though scattered and weary

D Em

The change is upon us

We are bound till the end

C G

a family I promise

[Chorus 1]

All that you love

C G

will be taken some day

G/F# Em

By the angel of death

C G

Or the servants of change

In a flood water tide

Em D C

Without rancor or rage

Sing loud while you’re able

D G C G

In grief and in praise

[Verse 2]

For so many years

C G

We swam into the tide

And we would not abandon

C G

Heroic and kind

Shared our sweat and our shelter

D Em

Our bodies and blood

God speed and good fortune

C G

I will miss you my love

[Chorus 2]

For all you hold dear

C G

will be taken some day

G/F# Em

By the angel of death

C G

Or the servants of change

In a flood water tide

Em D C

Without rancor or rage

Sing loud while you’re able

D G

In grief and in praise

[Bridge]

G/F# Em

Now we meet at the well of sorrow

Dug down to the heart of the earth

Em D

To be joined at its source

C G

To the spring of hope

Drink deep while you can

Give thanks for your thirst

[Solo]

G G C G C C C G G D Em C C C G

[Chorus 3]

For all that you love

C G

will be taken some day

G/F# Em

By the angel of death

C G

Or the servants of change

In a flood water tide

Em D C

Without rancor or rage

Sing loud while you’re able

D G C G

In grief and in praise

[Reprise]

Sing loud while you re able

D G

In grief and in praise

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