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Make Something Beautiful

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[Intro]
B  F#  E/B  B  B  F#  E/B
[Verse 1]
When I'm Bat the point of E2breaking
at the place where I resBign,F#  E/B  
When I'm Bat the stage of E2shaking my head
as I look back on my liBfe,F#  E/B  
When I'm Bhalfway through the Gmgrieving, 
but not quite through the Eache,
When I cannot see the C#mending, 
  Eor which road I'm supposed to Btake,Bsus  
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F#All I B/D#know to Edo 
is F#lift my hB/D#ands to EYou
[Chorus 1]
Take Ball of my life, F#/A#all of my life,
     C#mAnd make something Ebeautiful.
I Bopen my hand, F#/A#trusting Your plan.
     C#mMake something Ebeautiful so all will B/D#see
Your wEork in F#me, as You make something BbeF#autiE/BfulB  B  F#  E/B  
[Verse 2]
When I'm Btired of E2pretending, 
and I can't recall mBy liF#nes,E/B  
Do I Bsay, I'm barely E2breathing, 
or just say, I'm doing BfineF#.E/B  
I adBmit there is a Gmyearning, 
for the hurting to Esubside,
But not at the risk of C#mmissing 
   Ewhat You're doing in my BlifeBsus  
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F#All I B/D#know to Edo 
is F#lift my hB/D#ands to EYou
[Chorus 2]
Take Ball of my life, F#/A#all of my life,
     C#mAnd make something Ebeautiful.
I Bopen my hand, F#/A#trusting Your plan.
     C#mMake something Ebeautiful so all will B/D#see
Your wEork in F#me, as You make something Gmbeautiful
Make something Ebeautiful
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Cause F#all I B/D#know to Edo 
is F#lift my hB/D#ands to EYou.
F#All I B/D#know to Edo 
is F#lift my hB/D#ands to EYou.
[Chorus 3]
Take Ball of my life, F#/A#all of my life,
     C#mAnd make something Ebeautiful.
I Bopen my hand, F#/A#trusting Your plan.
     C#mTo make something Ebeautiful
Take Ball of my life, F#/A#all of my life,
     C#mAnd make something Ebeautiful.
I Bopen my hand, F#/A#I'm trusting Your plan.
    C#mTo make something Ebeautiful, so all will B/D#see
Your wEork in F#me, as You make something bBeautF#ifulE/B  B  
Make something BsusbeautifBulBsus  B  
You make it BbeauF#tifulE/B  B  Bsus  B  Bsus  B  

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Make Something Beautiful

by Laura Story

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

E/B

C#m

Bsus

B/D#

F#/A#

[Intro]

B F# E/B B B F# E/B

[Verse 1]

B E2

When I'm at the point of breaking

B F# E/B

at the place where I resign,

B E2

When I'm at the stage of shaking my head

B F# E/B

as I look back on my life,

B Gm

When I'm halfway through the grieving,

but not quite through the ache,

C#m

When I cannot see the ending,

E B Bsus

or which road I'm supposed to take,

[Pre-Chorus 1]

F# B/D# E

All I know to do

F# B/D# E

is lift my hands to You

[Chorus 1]

B F#/A#

Take all of my life, all of my life,

C#m E

And make something beautiful.

B F#/A#

I open my hand, trusting Your plan.

C#m E B/D#

Make something beautiful so all will see

E F# B F# E/B B B F# E/B

Your work in me, as You make something beautiful

[Verse 2]

B E2

When I'm tired of pretending,

B F# E/B

and I can't recall my lines,

B E2

Do I say, I'm barely breathing,

B F# E/B

or just say, I'm doing fine.

B Gm

I admit there is a yearning,

for the hurting to subside,

C#m

But not at the risk of missing

E B Bsus

what You're doing in my life

[Pre-Chorus 2]

F# B/D# E

All I know to do

F# B/D# E

is lift my hands to You

[Chorus 2]

B F#/A#

Take all of my life, all of my life,

C#m E

And make something beautiful.

B F#/A#

I open my hand, trusting Your plan.

C#m E B/D#

Make something beautiful so all will see

E F# Gm

Your work in me, as You make something beautiful

Make something beautiful

[Pre-Chorus 3]

F# B/D# E

Cause all I know to do

F# B/D# E

is lift my hands to You.

F# B/D# E

All I know to do

F# B/D# E

is lift my hands to You.

[Chorus 3]

B F#/A#

Take all of my life, all of my life,

C#m E

And make something beautiful.

B F#/A#

I open my hand, trusting Your plan.

C#m E

To make something beautiful

B F#/A#

Take all of my life, all of my life,

C#m E

And make something beautiful.

B F#/A#

I open my hand, I'm trusting Your plan.

C#m E B/D#

To make something beautiful, so all will see

E F# B F# E/B B

Your work in me, as You make something beautiful

Bsus B Bsus B

Make something beautiful

B F# E/B B Bsus B Bsus B

You make it beautiful

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