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Intro
C C7+ C7 F
C G7
C C7+ C7
There's a love so high (that you cannot get over)
F C
That same love's so wide (it'll take forever just to get round it)
G
But love died somewhere
E Am
Behind that cross you wear, you're afraid when you look at me
Bb
That ain't real love
G
Not the kind from above, hmm
Verse
C C7+ C7
But there's a friend of mine (that stays closer than a brother)
F C
Oooh, love laid down his life (so why do we still fight one another?)
Gm7 C
All this hate I see on the TV screen
F Em Dm
In my country ?tis of thee
G C
God help us to love, to love the way that you love me
Am Dm G C
Hmmm, God help us to love the way that you love me, oh oh
Bridge
Bb F C
This world is weeping, hurting, broken and begging for change
Oh yeah
Bb F Am
But still we marching, praying, dying, and things stay the same
A7
When will we see?
Dm
Till everyone's free
Em Am
There'll never be peace between you and me
Bbmaj7
God, your love is the cure
F
For the rich and the poor
D G7
God, please will you open our eyes?
C C7+ C7
'Cause I want a love so high (that you cannot get over)
F C
Oooh, I want a love so wide (it'll take forever just to get round it)
No, no, no, no, no
Gm7
But it don't come cheap
C Fmaj7 Em D
It takes everything to make love more than a dream
Outro
Dm C Em7
God help us to love (God help us to love)
Gm7 C F Am
God help us to love (This world needs your love)
Dm C Em7
We need your love (What we need now is love)
Gm7 C F
Fill us with your love, Lord (Unconditional love)
Dm C E7
We need your love (Rain down on us, your love)
Gm7 C F Am
Oh, we need your love (Fill us please with your love)
Dm G7 C Fm7 C
God help me to love the way that you love me
Written by Kirk Franklin