Chords for If We Could See Beyond Today - Martha Reed Garvin

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But we are so human.
It's, I always like to say, it's easy to [Cm] have faith and trust
when things are going really well.
_ _ [Ebm] You know what I mean by that, [F] don't you?
_ _ When things are going [Cm] good, it's easy.
_ _ _ It's when we as humans _ think things are not going right,
that it's a little harder.
[Bb] And we want to say, why, God?
[Dm] _ And perhaps this is the song that has come to my mind
[D] and continually goes through my head and in my mind.
_ And it says, if we could see [Eb] beyond today as God [Bb] can see. _
_ _ Sing it with me. _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ If we could see beyond [Dm] today _
_ [Cm] as _ _ [Gbm] God [F] can _ _ see. _ _ _
[Cm] If all the [B] clouds [Eb] would roll [F] away, our [Bb] _ _ _ shadows _ flee. _ _ _ _
[Fm] Our present grief we [G] would not fret. _ _ _ _
[Cm] For each sorrow we [Ebm] would soon forget.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] For many joys are waiting [G] _ yet _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] for _ _ [F] you _ _ _ _ [Bb] and _ me. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
If [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] we could know beyond [Dm]
today _ [Db] _ [Cm] as _ _ God [F] doth _ _ know. _ _
[Cm] Why dearest treasures [Cm] pass away [Eb] and [Bb] tears [Gm] must flow.
_ _ _ [Fm] And why the darkness [G] _ _ leads to light.
_ _ _ _ Why [Cm] _
dreary [Eb] _ days [Ebm] will _ soon grow _ [D] _ _ bright.
[Gb] _
_ [Bb] Someday life's wrongs [Gm] will [Bb] be _ made right.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Faith _ _
_ [F] tells _ _ [Bb] us _ so.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ If [Bb] we could see, if we could know,
[Eb] we _ often _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F]
say.
But [Cm] God in love _ [F] availed to [Cm] throw [Eb] us _ _
[Bb] _ our _ way. _ _
[Ab] We cannot _ see [G] what _ lies before.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ And so we cling [Ebm] to him the [Gb] more. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He [Bb]
leads us till this life is o _ _ 'er. _ _ _ _
_ _ Trust [F] and _ _ [Bb] obey. _ _ _ _ _ _
My favorite line of the whole song,
[Fm] _
_ _ _ _ and I didn't sing it very well.
_ [G] _ _ _ We cannot [B] see what lies [Ebm] before. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And so we cling to [Db] him the more. _ _ _
_ That's what [Bb] it's all about, isn't it?
Trust and obey.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] You can understand why that song has meant so much to me.
_ _ And time and time again, when I'm alone,
or when I'm at my house at my piano playing, _
and I sing that phrase over and over.
We cannot see what lies before.
_ _ _ And [Ebm] so we cling