Intro:
B Ebm E F# (x2)
Verse:
Ab    
Father Father Father
Cm                              Eb
It's been a long time how are you doing?
Gm                            Ab   Eb
How is your son how are his children?
              Bb  Eb    Bb
I bet they're just like me
Ab                   
You must be tired tired tired
Cm                                  Eb
Of hearing prayers like mine no need to answer
Gm                     Ab    Eb
Nobody likes knowing that favors
               Bb   Eb  Bb
Are all they'll ever be

            Gm
But there's this girl this girl this girl this girl this girl
A   Ab
And I'd be the happiest backslider in the world
Ab                               Cm              Ab     Cm   Fm Eb  
If you would tell her it's your will for us to be together

(intro)

Father Father Father
You've seen me try and try to make her love me
I'd sell my soul to hear the one thing
She thinks she'll never say
But now it's Sunday Sunday Sunday
And her pretty voice is rising up to ask you
Like I once did like I'm about to
If you could show her the way

'Cause there's this girl this girl this girl this girl this girl
And I'd be the happiest backslider in the world
Ab                                Cm                Ab    Cm   Fm Eb
If you would tell her it's your will for us to be together
Ab   Cm   Fm  Eb  Ab  Cm  Fm Eb
I would never bother you again

(intro x 3)

Father you of all gods ought to know how little to expect from people
But I think you might be pleasantly surprised to see what this girl
Would bring out of me

There's this girl this girl this girl this girl this girl
And I'd be the happiest backslider in the world
                                                Ab   Cm   Fm   Eb
If you would tell her it's your will for us to be together
Ab   Cm Fm Eb  Ab   Cm   Fm       Eb      Ab      Cm    
I would never bother you again unless you want me to
Fm    Eb                  Ab       Cm     Fm     Eb    Ab
Hell we'll just both hang out with you in heaven when we die