INTRO: C(add 9) C(9) F7M C(add 9) F7M G Am F I met God's Will on a Halloween night C G He was dressed as a bag of leaves Am F G It hid the braces on his legs at first Am F His smile was as bright as the August sun C G/B Am C/G When he looked at me F C As he struggled down the driveway, it almost G Made me hurt F7M C Will don't walk too good F7M C Will don't talk too good F7M C He won't do the things that the other kids do, G In our neighborhood [CHORUS] C F7M I've been searchin', wonderin', thinking? C F Lost and lookin' all my life C/G Am I've been wounded, jaded, loved and hated F G I've wrestled wrong and right F C He was a boy without a father Am F And his mother's miracle Am G/B I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin' C F I guess I would be still Dm G Yeah, that was until F7M C F7M G I knew God's Will Am F Will's mom had to work two jobs C G We'd watch him when she had to work late Am F And we'd all laugh like I hadn't laughed G Since I don't know when Am F Hey Jude was his favorite song C G/B Am C/G At dinner he'd ask to pray F C G And then he'd pray for everybody in the world but him [REPEAT CHORUS] [BRIDGE] F Before they moved to California C His mother said, they didn't think he'd live Am C/G And she said each day that I have him , F7M well it's just another gift F Am And I never got to tell her, that the boy G/B F Showed me the truth Dm7 In crayon red, on notebook paper, he'd written B flat G Me and God love you C F7M I've been searchin', prayin', wounded, jaded C F I guess I would be still Dm G Yeah that was until... Am F I met God's Will on a Halloween night C G C9 He was dressed as a bag of leaves CODA and SOLO: Am F7M