Chords for Jens Lekman - To Know Your Mission

A Mormon missionary [F#m] walks through Vaux _ [Bm] _ -Soleil
_ [A] _ _
_ [A] Through [G] a clear as [F#m] crystal Gothenburg _ [Em] morning _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Removing his suit jacket, [B] loosening [D] his tie
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] Wiping the sweat from [G] his neck and the sleep [A] from his _ eye
_ _ _ _ [D] It's _ 1997, [F#m] the last [Bm] morning of _ August [A] _ _ At [G] the corner of 7 [F#m]-Eleven he hears [Em] the broadcast
_ _ _ _ _ [A]
Another saint is lost, Lady [D]
Di's returned [G] to _ [D] Stardust
[Em] He listens [F#m] to the tragic [G] _ [E] news _ [A]
Followed by the top [D] ten Jews _
Oh, [B] oh, _ yes, [D] yes, _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ yes [D] _
[B] Oh, oh, _ [D] yes, _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ yes, yes
[D] Well, knif-bop that [F#m] ee-ga-la-chum [Bm]-ba-wum-ba _ [A] On _ [G] the other side of [F#m] the street he passes [Em] Cafe Java
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m]
No one listens [G] to that crap, [F#m] oh Coffee and hair [G] dye, gray, ben and black
[Em] All so [F#m] sure of _ [G] everything [E] except [A] one _ _ question
_ What's [D] our mission?
_ _ [Bm] _ _ What [G] are we _ [A] here for?
Who [F#m] are we serving?
_ [Bm] _ _ What [G] can we _ _ do?
_ What's [D] our mission?
_ _ [Bm] _ _ What [G] are we here [A] for?
Who [F#m] are we serving?
_ [Bm] _ _ What [G] can we do?
_ _ _ _ _ [C]
Sits to a [G] teenage boy leaning against [D] the fence
_ _ _ _ [C] Takes his headphones off and [G] introduces himself [A] as yes
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _
Riffling through [G] the book of Mormon [F#m] says it's way too early [G] in the morning
[Em] Instead of talking [F#m] about [G] religion
[E] Can we [A] just talk about how it feels to know [D] your mission?
_ _ [Bm] _ To know [G] what you're _ here [A] for
To know [F#m] who you're serving
_ [Bm] _ To know [G] what to _ do
[A] _ [Em] To know [D] your mission
_ _ [Bm] _ To know [G] what you're _ here [A] for
To know [F#m] who you're serving
_ [Bm] _ To know what [G] to do
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] To have a dream, _ _ a GPS in your [C#] heart
A _ _ _ _ path [Bm] to follow _ through _ _ _ _ [G] the dark
_ _ _ [Em] Well, the answer's [D] I write songs sometimes
_ _ But they're [A] kinda bad _ _ _ _
So if that [Em] doesn't work out
I wanna be a social worker just [A] like my dad _
_ _ _ I just wanna listen to [D]
people's stories
_ _ _ _ Hear what [A] they have to say
_ My friends say just be a [Em] shrink then
_ But I don't [Bm] know
I don't think I'll have the _ grace
_ [B] _ But in [A] a world [D] of mouths
_ _ _ I want to [A] be an _ ear _
If there's [Em] a purpose to all this
Then that's why God [D] puts me _ _ _ [Bm] here
I know what [G] I'm here [A] _ for
I [F#m] know who I'm serving
[Bm] _ _ I'm [G] serving _ you
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ I'm [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] serving you
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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