“I Talk To God” - Tom Russell featuring Maura O’Connell Chords

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_ _ _ _ I lock the gate, _ _ _ I leave the [F#m] world behind me
_ _ [Bm] I sleep out on the porch in summer where the [E] mountain lions can fight
I [A] talk to God, I talk to trees and birds and [F#m] anything that listens _ _ _
[Bm] The ghosts in Spanish oak trees, the ghosts of [E] lovers in my kitchen
They say [A] St.
Patrick, _ _ he drove [F#] the snakes right out of Ireland
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[Bm] The _ Irishman I married, he [E] had a _ rattlesnake inside him
He went [A] on down the road, _ all [F#m] the women that he had
I [Bm] chained the lock on my [B] front gate, _ [E] good God it made him mad
I talk [D] to God, _ _ I pray [G] to his [D] only son
I see [A] his hand in every sunrise when my [G] daily work's begun
_ And [F#m] I believe in love with every [E] dying [D] _ breath _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] Now and at [D] the hour of [E] my _ death _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh [A] yes God, I am angry
Oh [F#m] yes God, I am scared
_ Yes [Bm] _ God, I am lonely _
[E] Yes God, this is my prayer
The road [A] from anger to _ forgiveness _ [F#m] is a long and brutal journey
But I shall [Bm] pray to find forgiveness with [E] all the love inside me
I talk [D] to God, _ _ _ I pray [G] to his [D] only son
I see [A] his hand in every sunset _ when [G] my daily work is done
And I [F#m] believe in love with every [E] dying [D] _ _ breath _ _ _ _
[Bm] Now and at [D] the hour of [E] my death _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I talk to God _ _ _ _ _ _
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