Words and music by Bob Hartman
? 1986 Dawn Treader Music/Petsong Publishing (SESAC)

Intro: Bm7 Gmaj7
 
        Bm7 (x20202@1)                    Gmaj7It's (xx5432@1)so easy to lose the burden??take our eyes of the fields
Bm7 (x20202@1)                     Gmaj7Settle (xx5432@1)into apathy and forget what the harvest yields
        C#m7 (x4242x@1)                  (C#m7)
It's so easy to think we're finished with our labor for awhile
                      (C#m7)                       N.C.
Kick back and let somebody else go the extra mile
 
Au*   Cu   Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb F (133211@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)       C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)    DmJesus (xx0231@1)said go??into all the world, make disciples of all men
Au    Cu Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb  F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)      AWe (x02220@1)gotta go??to the highways, compel them to come in
 
CHORUS
   D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)    Bm (x24432@1)   G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)      BmAs (x24432@1)long as there's a tearful eye that cries alone at night
   D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)    Bm (x24432@1)  G (320003@1)       G/f#         AAs (x02220@1)long as there's a weary soul ready to end the fight
   G (320003@1)           G/f#    A (x02220@1)            Em7             D/F# (200232@1)    GAs (320003@1)long as there's an aching heart that still has strength to beat
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)      Bm (x24432@1)  GWe (320003@1)gotta take this message
F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm CBack (x32010@1)to the street
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1)FWe (133211@1)gotta take this message
     C (x32010@1)    DmBack (xx0231@1)to the street

Bm (x24432@1)                        Gmaj7It's (xx5432@1)so easy to stay untangled with everyone else's life
Bm (x24432@1)                               Gmaj7Don't (xx5432@1)get involved with strangers??don't get involved with strife
        Amaj7It's (x02120@1)so easy to save your own life??resting on what you've done
    (Amaj7)
But Jesus would leave the ninety-nine??to try to save the one
 
         Amaj7 (x02120@1)                           (Amaj7)
It's not easy to beat the system??it's not easy to face the heat
    A (x02220@1) N.C.   B (x2444x@1)    A (x02220@1) N.C. BBut (x2444x@1)somebody's got to take this message
G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)          BmBack (x24432@1)to the street
 
   D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)    Bm (x24432@1)   G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)      BmAs (x24432@1)long as there's a tearful eye that cries alone at night
   D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)    Bm (x24432@1)  G (320003@1)       G/f#         AAs (x02220@1)long as there's a weary soul ready to end the fight
   G (320003@1)           G/f#    A (x02220@1)            Em7             D/F# (200232@1)    GAs (320003@1)long as there's an aching heart that still has strength to beat
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)      Bm (x24432@1)  GWe (320003@1)gotta take this message
F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm CBack (x32010@1)to the street
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1)FWe (133211@1)gotta take this message
     C (x32010@1)    DmBack (xx0231@1)to the street
 
*"u" following a chord symbol should be read "unison," or "single note."