Andrew Peterson

Come Back Soon(Chords)

Andrew Peterson

Key: C

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Intro 
C F C F G C F 

verse 1 
  C                       G         F 
I remember the day of the Tennessee flood 
    C                           G            F 
The sound of the scream and the sight of the blood 
   C                 G 
My son he saw as the animal died 
       F                      G 
In the jaws of the dog as the river ran by 
        Am    G    F 
I said, 'Come back soon.' 

Instrumental 
C F C F G C F 

verse 2 
     C                        G           F 
It's there on the page of the book that I read 
    C                   G            F 
The boy grew up and the yearling was dead 
   C                          G 
He stood at the gate with the angel on guard 
    F                         G 
And wept for the death of his little boy heart 
        Am   G    F 
I say, 'Come back soon.? 
Am   G    F     Am G F 
Come back soon 

G Am F We wake in the night in the womb of the world Am G F We beat our fists on the door G Am F We cannot breathe in this sea that swirls Am G F So we groan in this great darkness C F G For deliverance C F G Deliverance, O Lord
Instrumental C F C F G C F verse 3 C G F I sit on the bench at the bend in the trail C G F And I can feel in the fall the final exhale C G The trees of the field all wring their hands F G And the leaves go by like a funeral band Am G F I say, 'Come back soon.? Am G F Come back soon Instrumental Am G F (x2)
G Am F We wake in the night in the womb of the world Am G F We beat our fists on the door G Am F We cannot breathe in this sea that swirls Am G F So we groan in this great darkness Am G F Are we alone in this great darkness?
Outro G Am F Am G F G Am F verse 4 C G F If nature's red in tooth and in claw C G F Then it seems to me that she's an outlaw C G 'Cause every death is a question mark F G At the end of the book of a beating heart Am G And the answer is scrawled in the silent dark F G On the dome of the sky in a billion stars Am G But we cannot read these angel tongues F G And we cannot stare at the burning sun Am G And we cannot breathe with these broken lungs F G So we kick in the womb and we beg to be born Am F G Deliverance! Am F G Deliverance, O Lord! Am F G Deliverance! Outro C F C F G C F

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