August Town Chords by Duane Stephenson

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[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ I [F#] work from the wise don't [G#m] try to make life on your own. _
[B] _ _ _ Remember [F#] that judge just by [G#m] your side.
_ _ For I was [B] a soul who [F#] was lost and [G#m] my life was in dismay. _ _
[B] _ For among [F#] evil forces in which I [G#m] played. _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ Guns and [F#] ammunition _ _ [E] were my chosen way of life. _
_ [B] _ With God [F#]-fearing people I chose [E] to strive.
_ _ For all of [B] the lives that [F#] are taken _ [E] they can never be repaid. _
_ [B] _ But still [F#] judge I chose to remember [E] my faith.
_ _ Though I [B] never _ lived [F#] like he wanted.
[E] I'm still mindful of what he taught me.
So [B] now I beg and flee [F#] I'm on my bending knees.
[E] God's father you rescued me.
I've [B] got the _ scars [F#] to show.
I barely [E] made it along life's road.
Cause [B] when my life got dark [F#] he was the only spark.
He was [E] the light at the end of the road. _
_ [B] _ When I was [F#] a young boy [G#m] growing up in Augustan. _ _
_ [B] _ We ate [D#m] from the [F#] same pot.
[G#m] We were Indians all around. _
_ [B] _ From [F#] Gola to Coleridh Kona.
_ [G#m] From Rakka to Jungle to Akpaya.
[B] _ _ Bryce Hill to [F#] Dred Heighton River [G#m] all around. _ _ _
And [B] then the football ground [F#] became a battlefield.
[E] And my life seemed so surreal. _
_ [B] _ _ People [F#] were falling all around.
_ [E] But Jah helped me to stand my ground.
[B] Only Jah, _ _ [F#] only Jah [E] would have helped me to stand my ground.
Though I [B] never lived _ [F#] like he wanted. _
[E] I was mindful of what he taught me.
So [B] now I beg and flee I'm [F#] on my bending knees.
[G#m] God's father you rescued me.
And I've [B] got the _ scars [F#] to show. _
[G#m] Barely made it along life's road.
Cause when [B] my life got dark he [F#] was the only spark.
[G#m] The light at the end of the road. _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#] Never lived to please him.
[G#m] _ I never lived like I should.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ Father _ [B] you rescued me.
[F#] _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ I've _
_ [B] _ _ lived and [F#] I've learned.
I've [E] made mistakes along the way. _
_ [B] _ Now I beg for [F#] forgiveness. _
[E] Each day as I try to pray. _
_ [B] _ So take it [F#] from me son. _
[E] You can change the world today. _
_ [B] _ And I'm living [F#] proof. _
[E] Living proof that crime doesn't pay.
For I [B] never _ lived like he [F#] wanted. _
[G#m] I was mindful of what he taught me.
So [B] now I beg and flee I'm [F#] on my bending knees.
Cause [G#m] father he rescued me.
And I've [B] got the _ scars [F#] to show. _
[G#m] Barely made it along life's road.
Cause [B] when my life got dark he [F#] was the only spark.
[G#m] The light at the end of the road.
I [B] never _ lived [F#] like he wanted. _
[E] I was mindful of what he taught me.
So [B] now I beg and flee I'm [F#] on my bending knees.
[E] Cause father he rescued me.
And I've [B] got the _ scars [F#] to show. _
[E] Barely made it along life's road.
Cause [B] when my life got dark he [F#] was the only spark.
[E] The light at the end of the road.
Though I [B] never _ lived [F#] like he wanted.
[G#m] I was mindful of what he taught me.
I'm on [B] my bending knees.
I [F#] ask the father please.
_ [G#m] Father you rescued me.
And I've got [B] the scars [F#] to show. _
[G#m] Barely made it along life's road.
Cause [B] when my life got dark he [F#] was the only spark.
[G#m] The light at the end of the road.
I [B] never lived, _ [F#] never lived. _
I never [G#m] lived the way he wanted me to.
I [B] never lived.
_ [F#] Lord I tell you.
Now [G#m] I'm bouncing my release. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _