Chords for Afraid To Read- Dawud Wharnsby (Lyrics)

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_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ How [G] many words she's read [A#] before She's consumed two thousand books or more
Musty pulp and glue Soundproof her tiny room
She cannot understand why this book in her hand
Fascinates her now so much She's almost shy to touch
[D] Don't think [G] about the words It's just a book, [A] paper and ink
[G] She reaffirms, reminds herself A book can't dictate what to think
It invites [A] intrigues or more than [G] Others on her shelf
Is it just [Am] another book?
She sits questioning herself
[A] Oh Allah, she's so afraid to read
_ [G] The wisdom [E] that's revealed May burrow in her mind
She'll be obliged to admit She'll be obliged to submit
But will [G] she be strong enough To live the truth [D] she finds?
Allah, [Am]
she's so [G] afraid to read
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The [D#] hall light is always on Every night that he is gone
He hears his mother toss in [C#] bed When he slips in at dawn
In [G] the bookcase by the stair He [E] can see it sitting there
Like [C] a waiting watchful wise man [F#m] Scolding him with care
In the morning [Am] will they fight About him feeding [C] out all night?
Will he resent their gift of love And [G] not admit that they [C] are right?
[N] All he wants is to fit in some place But must he compromise his faith?
He can't look himself Or his parents in the face
He [Gm] takes the book [F#] upstairs unread Sets it close next to his [G] head
Then counts the prayers he's missed And lays so hopelessly in bed
Oh Allah, he's [A] so afraid to read
_ The wisdom that's revealed [D] May burrow in his mind
[G] He'll be obliged [G] to admit He'll be obliged to submit
But will he be strong enough To live the truth he [D] finds?
Allah, [Am] he's so afraid to read
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_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] I sent an [G#] email to my [G] loved one Just the other day
Its sad communication Has evolved this way
[A#] We use so many words But have so [G] little to relay
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As angels scribble [G#] down Every [C#] letter that we [G] say
All the viral [F#] attachments sent [E] The passionate insults we vent
It's easy to be arrogant Behind user [D] passwords we invent
[Gm] But on the day the [Bm] scrolls are laid [Em] With every word [E] and deed displayed
[G] When we read our account I [D] know for one I'll be afraid
That [G] day I'll be [A] so afraid to read
_ [E] Every harsh word that I've spoken Every time that I have lied
I'll be obliged to admit I'll be obliged to [G] submit
Will I have strength owning up to Each deed I've tried to [D] hide?
Allah, [A] I'm so afraid to read
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