Chords for Dreamer - Everything I Need (14) - Continental Singers - 1983

[C] Joseph sent food back [G] with his brothers, but he'd rather have sent [Bbm] himself.
He longed to see his [A] father and end the [C] masquerade.
And yet, had his brothers been [G] forgiven?
Had [Bb] the past really been forgotten?
Joseph [F] needed inner peace as he [C] went alone to pray.
Lord, I [G] need you [Bb] to be _ [F]
next to [C] me.
[D] I've been trying by [F] myself, struggling all [G] [C] along.
From the [G] very start, [Bb] I knew that I would [F] depend on you.
[C] Here I [D] am, depending.
[Dm] The [F] rest is up to you.
_ _ _ [Fm]
You're everything, [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [F]
you're everything [C] that shines [Dm] inside of me.
[G] _ [F] And I will [C] have the [Em] strength to [A] do [E] all you [F] ask of [C] me.
[Dm]
I will [C] always let you [F] be everything [G] I need for [C] you to be.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ [F] I made the long journey [Am] with my brothers back to Egypt,
but [C] I couldn't understand why the governor [D] had sent for me.
We [Dm] came upon the palace and I was awed [G] by its beauty.
I'd never seen [C] such wondrous sights in all my [G] memory.
The servants took [Bb] us to the banquet hall.
The governor [F] was to meet us.
We were [C] surprised to find that a lavish feast had [D] been prepared.
From [Dm] behind a satin curtain stepped the [G] governor in all his splendor.
[F] When he asked us how our father [C] was, I wondered why he cared.
[Dm] He'd arranged to have [G] us seated in the order of our ages.
[F] We couldn't understand, and [C] we were all astonished that he would even know.
[Dm] He looked at me [G] and said,
[F] You must be Benjamin, the youngest.
[C] Then he quickly turned and told us he had to [A] go.
[E] At [F] daybreak, we departed with [C] our loaded sacks of [Dm] grain.
We'd hardly left the town [C] when we were stopped by Pharaoh's men.
[F] They opened my sack and found [G] the governor's silver goblet.
[C] Then they arrested us and took us to his house again.
[F] My brothers fell [C] before him, and they begged him to show mercy.
[Dm] The governor made his servants [C] leave.
Emotion filled [F] his voice.
There's no [C] need to be afraid, he said.
[E] I am your brother [Dm] Joseph, and all [G] has been forgiven,
so forget the [F] past and rejoice.
[C] At first no one could believe their ears, [A] so he broke the [E] silence.
[F] Please don't [C] feel guilty.
[Dm] It's really me, Joseph.
[C] It was God who sent me here [F] alone,
to save lives during the [G] famine and preserve our family.
[C] Then we all embraced and wept, knowing [Bb] God's ways are [Ab] higher than our own.
You are the one who put the [Eb] stars up in the sky
[Gb] to brighten [F] up the emptiness [Eb] of space.
[Ab] _ [Em] [Fm] And you put a [E] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ [Db] little bright in [Ab] every day,
[Db] and I know that [Gb] I can [Db] say
[Eb] _
[Ab] you're everything [Eb] I need for [Fm] you to [Bb] be.
[Ab] You're everything [Eb] that shines [Fm] inside of me.
[Ab] _
And I will [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ [Fm] _ [Eb] leave _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ you to be [Bb] your _ _ being, [Eb] I'm leaving you to be your being. _ _ _ _ _