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I've spent my whole lifetime in a world where the sunshine
F Em Dm
made excuses for not hanging 'round
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I've squandered emotions on the slightest of notions
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and the first easy loving I've found
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Soon all the good times, the gay times and play times
F Em Dm Dm7
like colors run together and fade
G F Em Dm
Oh Lord if you hear me, touch me and hold me
G F Em Dm
and keep me from blowing away
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There've been times that I've trembled and my mind's remembered
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the days that just crumbled away
A G F#m Em
With nothing to show but these lines that I know
A D
are beginning to show in my face
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So Lord if you're listenin' you know I'm no christian
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and I ain't got much coming to me
A G F#m Em
But won't you send down some sunshine, throw out a lifeline
G A D
And keep me from blowing away
A G F#m Em
Lord if you hear me, touch me and hold me,
G A G D
and keep me from blowing away