Chords for For the Children's Sake

I love you Lord, I love you Lord,
Huss of Cowery.
I love you Lord, I love you Lord,
_ Everything to me.
[Bm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [D] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ When [Gb] I look at my [E] children,
My [B] heart swells with [E] pride,
When I [B] think of what they are,
[Dbm] And all they have inside.
[E] Then I [B] look around me,
[Eb] And I see [Abm] evils rise in [E] tide,
It lets me [B] know I cannot [Dbm] leave,
I [Gb] must stand by their side.
[B] For the sake [Gb] of my children,
[E] I will [B] guard the gate,
[E] And if I must [B] stand alone,
I'm not going any [Gb] place.
[B] While entertainers preach perversion,
With their fingers in [E] our face.
I will lift the [B] Holy Bible,
[Dbm] Get down on [B] my knees.
[E] I will take a stand [B] for righteousness,
Whatever it [Gb] costs me.
[B] Our nations lost their values,
[E] Our leaders walked away.
So it's up to you [B] and me,
To rise [Gb] and stand,
For the [B] children's sake.
[E] _
[B] Many are starting to ask,
[Gb] What's happened to our young people?
[E] Teen pregnancy is at an all [B]-time high.
Sex, [E] drugs, and alcohol are words
[B] All too many of America's [Dbm] children have learned from experience.
And these statistics let [E] us know
This nation's young people [Ebm] have overdosed on violence
Through television, [Abm] movies, music, and video [E] games.
Kids killing kids down [Ebm] at the schoolhouse,
[Dbm] While God's people are falling asleep [Gb] in God's house.
Maybe the question we should be asking is,
[Abm] Where is the [Eb] church?
Where is the [E] church when a young person sits [B] in a pew,
Looking [Dbm] and longing for hope and help,
[B] Only to find a church [Bb] with no power,
No [Eb] tears, and no compassion.
[Abm] Oh God, we need [Eb] revival,
And the power [Dbm] of God back in our churches.
[Abm] Where are the preachers that used [E] to preach with an anointing,
[B] And the power of God reaching the [Bb] lives of these young people,
Before [Eb] the enemy does?
The Word of God says that [Abm] children are an heritage of [Eb] the Lord,
And it's our [Dbm] job to make sure that they have an [Abm] opportunity
To experience [Dbm] the power of God.
Where [E] are the parents when [Bb] youngsters sit for hours
Being taught [Eb] how to kill by violent [Abm] video games?
Where are the [Eb] parents when rock music blares [E] from stereos
In the [B] children's bedroom,
And they sit [E] surrounded by posters of [B] rock's most celebrated [Dbm] entertainers on their walls?
Mom, [Eb] dad, these songs promote rape,
Satanism, teen [Ab] sex,
And they glorify [Eb] the use of drugs and [Fm] alcohol.
Parents, there is no [Ab] excuse for your children's [Db] heroes
To be the demonic, [Ab] vulgar, perverted, [Bbm] lyric-singing,
Devil-promoting [Eb] rock stars of this [Db] generation.
Tear down the posters.
[Ab] Get rid of the CDs and [C] DVDs.
They have no [Fm] place in the home of a [Db] child of God.
And it is your [Ab] home,
And God expects [Bbm] you to keep it pure.
I [Eb] have too much invested in [Ab] my children.
I have loved them too much,
Prayed for [Db] them too long,
Walked the [Ab] floor and cradled their fevered bodies [C] at midnight
Too many [Fm] times to let a government that's [Db] lost its respect for God,
Or [Ab] a Hollywood that's focused on [Bbm] corrupting the morals of a [Eb] nation,
Or a rock star who [Ab] spits in the face of God,
Steal the minds of my children,
[G] Or tell me how they ought to be raised.
I will do my duty.
Oh, [C] for the sake of [G] my children,
[F] I will [C] guard the gate.
[F] And if I must [C] stand alone,
I'm not going [G] anyplace.
[C] While interfaithers preach perversion
With their fingers in [F] our face,
I will lift the [C] Holy Bible,
[Dm] Get down on [C] my knees.
[F] I will take a [C] stand for righteousness,
Whatever it [G] costs me.
[Ab] _
[Db] Our nations lost their [Gb] values,
Our leaders walked away,
So it's up to [Db] you and me
To rise and [Ab] stand
For the [Db] children's sake.
So [Gb] it's up to [Db] you and me
To [Ab] rise and stand
For the [Bbm] children's sake.
[Eb] _ _ [Gbm] For the children's
[Db] _
SAKE! _ _ _ _ _ _ _