Chords for Rich Mullins: Growing Young

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[Ab] _ _ I've gone so far from my home
I've seen the world and I haven't [Db] known
So many [Bbm] secrets _
[Ab] _ I wish [Eb] now I did not know
[Ab] _ They have crept into my heart
_ They have left it cold and lost
[Bbm] And bleeding _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] Bleeding and falling [Ab] apart
And everybody used to tell me [Db] big boys don't cry
[Ab] But I've been around enough to [Db] know that that was a lie
[Fm] I held back the tears in the eyes of [Db] a thousand
Prophet [Eb] called sons
[Ab] We'll be our children no more
We have [Db] sinned and grown [Ab] old
And our father still waits [Db] and he watches down the [Fm] road
See the crying boys [Ab] come running back [Eb] to his arms
_ _ And be [Ab] growing young
Na na na Growing young _
Na na na na
_ _ _ I've [Db] seen silver turn [Ab] to drugs _
Seen the very best there ever was
[Bb] And I tell you
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[Gb] It ain't worth what it _ [Ab] costs
And I [Db] remember my [Ab] father's house _
What I wouldn't give right now
Just [Bbm] to see him
_ [Ab] _ And hear him tell [Gb] me that he loved [Eb] me so much
[Ab] And everybody used to tell me big [Db] boys don't cry
[Ab] But I've been around enough to [Db] know that that was a lie
[Fm] I held back the tears in the eyes of [Db] a thousand
Prophet [Eb] called sons
We'll [Ab] be our children no more
We have sinned and grown old
And our father still waits and [Db] he watches down the road
[Fm] See the crying boys come running back [Eb] to his arms _ _ _ _
_ [F] And when [Db] I thought that I was all [Cm] alone
It was your voice I heard calling me [Db] back home
And [Fm] I wondered, my love
What was it [Gb] made me wait so long
[Eb] _ [Eb] And what kept [Db] you waiting for me all [Cm] that time
Is your love stronger than my foolish [Db] pride
Will [Fm] you take me back [Db] now
Take me back and [Gb] let me be [Eb] your _
[Ab] child
I've been broken now _
I've been saved
I've learned to cry and I've learned not [Db] to pray
And [Bb] I'm learning
[Bb] _ _
[Db] _ I'm learning [Gb] even [Eb] I can be changed
[Ab] And everybody used to tell me big boys don't cry
But I've been around enough to [Db] know that that was a lie
[Fm] I held back the tears in the [Db] eyes of a thousand
Prophet [Eb] called sons
We'll [Ab] be our children no more
We [Db] have sinned and grown old
[Ab] And our father still waits and he watches down the road
[Fm] See the crying boys come [Ab] running back to [Eb] his arms
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] Growing young Growing _ _ _ young _
Growing _ _ [Fm] young _ _ _
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