Chords for Rich Mullins: Elijah (1982)

_ [D] _ _ [G] Jordan is waiting [D] [Em] for me to cross through
[C] My heart is aging, [G] I can't tell
[D] So [G] _ Lord, I'm begging for [Em] one last favor [G] from you
[C] Here's my heart, [Am] take it [A] where you will
[D] _ _ [G] Would this life have shown me [Em] how we're mended and how we're [D] torn?
_ [C] This whole [Am] kingdom is lonely as [D] long as you're free
_ _ [G] Sometimes the gold is stony, [Em] and sometimes covered up with [Bm] thorns
[C] Don't think you can make [Am] it, or I wouldn't have to [A] be
But now that it's [Am] done, if they dress me [Bm] like a puppet
_ [C] _
[Bm] They ain't got the [Am] time, if they lay [Bm] me with my father
[C] My ashes scatter on the wind, I don't [G] care
When I leave, I want to drive like [C] _ _
[D] _ [Em] a train toward the view of my town
_ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Well, [G] it'll be like a candlelight [B] in Central Park
[B] _ _ [C] They won't break my [D] heart to say goodbye
[G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] There's people who've been friendly, [Em] but they'll never be your [Bm] friends
_ [C] Sometimes this [Am] has led me to the [A] ground _
[D] _ [G] Now that this is all ending, [Em] I want to hear your music once [Bm] again
This is the finest thing [Am] I've ever [A] found
[D] And _ [G] the Jordan is waiting, and they [Em] ain't never seen the other [D] side
_ But they say [Am] you can't take in the things [A] you have here
[D] _ _ [G] So on the road to salvation, I stick [Em] out my thumb and it gives me [D] right
And this music is [Am] always falling on my [D] ear
_ _ [Am] But these [Bm] people been talking, [C] they're still worried about [G] my soul
[Am] But I can't even tell you [Bm] how deep from here
[C] Till I'm sure it's my time to [G] end it
When I leave, I want to drive [C] like a train [D] _ [Em] toward the view of my town
[C] _ _
[D] _ [G] Well, it'll be [C] _ [G] like a candlelight in [E] Central _ [E] Park
[C] They won't break my heart to [G] say goodbye
[Am] There's people who've been friendly, but they'll [C] never be your friends
When I _ [D] _
[Em] leave, I want to drive like a train toward the view of my town
[C] Well, [E] it'll _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] be like a [B] candlelight in Central Park
_ _ [C] They won't [G] break my heart to [Am] _ _ say [D] _
[G] goodbye
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