From 2005 album Beneath These Stars
YouTube https://youtu.be/JL9eRq60DvA
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/4EjkuJQMi4rYskJLLimrb6?si=4ca836b6d66d4990

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D/F# 200232
Use 3rd version of Dsus4/A in chord chart x00033
Use 6th version of Em7 in chord chart 022030
Use 2nd version of Bm7 in chord chart x24232 Strum once
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[Intro]
D    Dsus4/A    Em7    Asus A

D    Dsus4/A    Em7    Asus A


[Verse 1]
D             D/F#   Bm
 A little boy at the end of a day
Em7                       A7    Asus A
Knelt by his bed to say a prayer
    D                   D/F#      Bm
And Father up in Heaven heard the prayer he prayed
    Em7                                 A7  A7sus A
And listened to each word with greatest care


[Chorus]
N.C.
The boy said,
 C                                  A7             A
“Please bless that tomorrow I won’t have to take a bath,
    D                           D/F#  Bm
And bless that they will cancel school for snow”
    Em                   A               A#dim         Bm    D/F#   Em7
And God had the power to protect him and never let him grow
    A7        D     Dsus4/A   Em7   Asus A
But He said, “No”


[Verse 2]
D                D/F#    Bm                       Em7
 A young man was holding tightly to the hand of a girl
                   A7 A7sus A
Who had to say goodbye
    D                     D/F#  Bm
And as she walked away he had to whisper a prayer
            Em                          A7 A7sus A
As he fought every tear that filled his eyes


[Chorus]
N.C.
He whispered,
 C                            A7                    A
“Please can you make her turn around and change her mind?
         D                        D/F# Bm
It’s the deepest hurt that I have ever known”
    Em                      A            A#dim         Bm    D/F#  Em7
And God had the power to protect him and never let him grow
    A         D
But He said, “No”


[Bridge]
              G              A          G      A       D
And there are yeses that our father can hardly wait to give
             G               Em7            Asus     A
And they are packed in every crevice of the lives we live.
    D/F#      G                  A             A#dim            Bm7  D/F#
And sometimes God will pour down miracles and amazing twists of fate
    Em7                            A7sus     A7     G   A/C#
And other times He chooses just to whisper, “Wait”


[Verse 3]
D*                          Bm7*
 And how many times have I prayed for blue skies,
   Em7*                     Asus* A*
So no one has to cancel the game
      D                          G   A    D
And I feel so abandoned when the sky gets dark
D/F#  Bm              D/F#                A7 A7sus A
Never knowing all the ones who prayed for rain



[Outro]
C                        Asus          A
Usually the story’s even trickier than this
     D                             Bm
With solutions that only God could know
           Em7                      A
But if you ask Him if He’s ever overlooked you
   A#dim     A        Bm   D/F#   Em7
Or ceased to love you so…
A*          D   Dsus4/A   Em7  A   D
He’ll say, “No”