Chords for Kara Jackson - why does the earth give us people to love? (Official Audio)

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[Am] _ Why does [F] the earth _ [Am] give us _ people [F] to love, _ [Am] then take [F] them away _ [Am] out of _ _ [F] reach? _ _ _
[Am] Why does [F] the earth make [Am] us fill up the [F] church, _ [Am] when the answers [F] are beneath [Am] our feet?
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[E] _ _ I've buried old [B] and young, _
[E] _ I've watched them lower his saint _
_ We're only awaiting our turn, [Am]
call that living
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[Am] Why _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F] does the earth _ [A] give us _ people [F] to love, _ [Am] then give [F] them a sickness [A] that kills?
_ _ [F] _ Then _
[Am] why _ does the earth make us pay for [F] the dirt? _
[Am] Are you saying [F] the dead pay [A] the [Am] bills?
_ [F] _ I've _
[Am] _ [E] _ buried [B] old and young, _
[E] _ I've watched them lower his [B] saint _ _
[E] We're only awaiting [B] our turn, _
[Em] call that [B] living
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_ _ _ [Dm] Like aiming [B] _
[Em] arrows at [F#m] my eye, [Dm] scraping the [F#] skin off my [Dm] thigh
I've trained [G] my [Em] corneas not [Dm] to cry, but [E] they will not [Em] obey [A] this time
[Em] No, they will not obey [B] this time
[C] When we could barely read, I stood beneath your latest [G] masterpiece
_ [F] You collected [Dm] colored [F] pencils and sharpened them when they got weak
[C] But just when you should sharpen me, the angels lie, [D] send you to [C] leave
[F] No trace, [Dm] no [F] teeth, _ lead me to the place you [B] sleep
_ [C] At the age of seventeen, your knees were [D] weaker than a [C] sheet
[F] And I was just [Dm] in [F] disbelief, the sight of you [Dm] was vanishing
_ _ [Cm] We were going [G] to start a [A] band, _ [C] _ hijack my [F] folks' minivan
_ _ _ _ Actualize [Dm] our silly [F] plans, the lifelines written in our [Am] hands
_ [C] I'll make a promise to you then, if we can never sing again
_ _ [F] Sing those high notes high, my friend
[B] I'll sing the low notes in the [D] end
_ [G] I'll sing the low notes
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