Joshua James - Benediction
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Verse 1

F (133211@1)                    CBusted (x32010@1)wire and the tattered tongue
          Bb (x1333x@1)                 FSongs (133211@1)she wrote but she never sung
       F (133211@1)           CQuiet (x32010@1)eve of another year
             BbShe'll (x1333x@1)soon forget

Verse 2

F (133211@1)                  CHer (x32010@1)blackened lungs from the cigarettes
           Bb (x1333x@1)                    FHer (133211@1)mother smoke' when her father left
             F (133211@1)                 CShe (x32010@1)sings a song in this side of town
              BbTo (x1333x@1)change her mind

Chorus

Dm (xx0231@1)            Am (x02210@1)
And she said I have hope for others
        Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)  CFather, (x32010@1)I have given up
       Dm (xx0231@1)             Am (x02210@1)
'Cause I have hope for others
        Bb (x1333x@1)Bbm (x13321@1)        F (133211@1) Ab (xx1114@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C#Father, (x43121@1)I---I have given up

F (133211@1) Ab (xx1114@1) Bb (x1333x@1)Verse 3

Quart' to ten in the room below
Busted wares suppose they'll need to know
Close her eyes and hums a song
That made her smile

Verse 4

Grabs a note and reads aloud
"The passion new'd make a mother proud
I miss you so, it seems we all much going on"

Chorus
                Dm (xx0231@1)            AmCause (x02210@1)she wrote I have hope for others
            Bb (x1333x@1)           F (133211@1)CBut (x32010@1)Mother, I must go alone
     Dm (xx0231@1)            AmYes, (x02210@1)I have hope for others
        Bb (x1333x@1)Bbm (x13321@1)        F (133211@1) Ab (xx1114@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C#Mother, (x43121@1)I---I have given up.

Outro

F (133211@1)  Ab (xx1114@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)   C# (x43121@1)              F (133211@1)  Ab (xx1114@1)              Well I've, I've given up
Bb (x1333x@1)      C# (x43121@1)               F (133211@1)  Ab (xx1114@1) Well I, I, I, I have given up
Bb (x1333x@1)      C# (x43121@1)     F (133211@1)  Ab (xx1114@1) Yeah, I've given up
Bb (x1333x@1)       C# (x43121@1)              F (133211@1)  
 My love, my God, I've given up
      Ab (xx1114@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)         C#In (x43121@1)my heart, in my heart, in my heart,
      F (133211@1)          Ab (xx1114@1)         BbIn (x1333x@1)my heart, in my heart, in my heart
   C# (x43121@1)              F (133211@1)  AbI (xx1114@1)have, I have given up
      Bb (x1333x@1)         C# (x43121@1)         FIn (133211@1)my heart, in my heart, in my heart,
      Ab (xx1114@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)         C#in (x43121@1)my heart, in my heart, In my heart
                     FI (133211@1)have, I have given up

F Ab Bb C# (x4)

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