The Prophet Chords by Michael Card

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_ _ _ [A] [G] Looked at right in the [F] middle of the belly of a whale
[G] [Am] A [G] wheel on fire in the [Am] middle of the sky
_ _ [Dm] _ [G] Abandoned baby [A] kicking on the side of [Am] the road
[F] The wife has [D] died but you're [A] denied the right to cry
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_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ Three men walk out [F] protected from a furnace of flame
[G] [A] One man cries [D] out from a [F] mighty well
_ [C] _ [Dm] See a [G] man in the myrtles and women with a wind in [Am] their wings
[F] Understand [G] what these [Am] serdlets can tell
_ _ [Dm] I [G] am the prophet [Am] and I smolder and burn
[Dm] I scream and [G] cry and wonder [Em] why you never seem [Am] to [G] [Dm] learn
To [G] hear with your own ears [C] with your own eyes [D] to see
_ [F] I [G] am the prophet [Am] won't you listen to me
_ [F] I [G] am the prophet [Am] won't you listen to me
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_ _ I [G] hold out hope to [F] everyone who hears and [G] understands
[Am] The word of God can [F] echo in the voice of a man
[Dm] He's the [G] shadow of a great rock in the [Am] dry and weary land
[F] With the [G] names of the ones he [A] loved carved into [Am] his hands
[Dm] I [G] am the prophet [Am] and I smolder and burn
[Dm] I scream and [G] cry and wonder [Em] why you never seem [Am] to [G] [Dm] learn
To [G] hear with your own ears [C] with your own eyes [D] to see
[F] _ I [G] am the prophet [Am] won't you [G] listen [Am] to me
_ [F] I [G] am the prophet [Am] won't you listen to me
The _ [F] _ _ [G] _
[F] sorrow and his anger [Am] my eyes weep his tears
[Em] His life [F] a [G] light [Am] in me
_ _ _ I [F] am the sword that [Am] cuts his people apart
_ [A] I speak the word that [E] comforts their faithless [Dm] hearts
I [G] am the prophet [Am] and I smolder and burn
[F] I scream and [G] cry and wonder [Em] why you never seem [Am] to [G] [Dm] learn
To hear [G] with your own ears [C] with your own eyes [D] to see
_ [F] I [G] am the prophet [Am] won't you listen won't you listen [Dm] to me
[G] The prophet [Am] I smolder and burn
[Dm] I scream and [G] cry and wonder [Em] why you never seem [A] to [G] [Dm] learn
To [G] hear with your own ears [C] with your own eyes [D] to see
_ [F] I [G] am the prophet [Am] won't you listen to me
_ [F] I [G] am the prophet [Am] won't you listen to me
_ [F] I [G] am the prophet
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