Sad Song #9 -- "Sweet Jesus" Chords

[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[G] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] There is [G] a river [F] running through [C] this town, _ [Dm]
it carries the [Em] _ [F] water. _
[A] There [G] isn't any way [C] to slow it down [Dm] _
or make [C] it stop.
_ [Am]
I [G] was a baby [F] when the big [C] bridge fell, [Dm] _
so I don't [Em] _ [F] remember.
_ [Am]
But I've [G] listened [C] to the stories well, [Dm] _
and so [C] I know.
They [Em] were falling _ _ to [C] the _ _ surface, _ [G] they [Em] were _ calling _ _ to [C] their [F] God.
And their [G] cry was, [Am] Sweet Jesus, _ _ [F] please won't [C] you catch us?
[G] _ Save us, Sweet [Am] Jesus, _ [C] _ [F] please won't [C] you hear us [Am] cry?
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ Fishing [G] for luck beneath [C] the bridge that day, _ [Dm] a man [Em] in his _ [F] eighties.
[Am] He saw [G] it happen and [F] began to pray [Dm] _ as he [F] dove in.
_ [Am] He found [G] a mother [C] and a baby boy, [Dm] _ they both [Em] wouldn't [F] make it.
[Am] The mama [G] handed [C] him her only joy, [Dm] _ he took [C] the child.
And he [Em] was swimming _ _ like he [C] was [F] twenty, _ [G] _
he [Em] made sure _ alive, _ then he [F] died.
And his thoughts [G] were, [Am] Sweet Jesus, _ please [F] won't [C] you catch us?
[G]
Save us, [Am] Sweet Jesus, [C] _
[F] please won't [C] you hear us [Am]
cry?
_ _ [G] _ _ He [Am] was _ _ [G] crying.
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] I miss my [G] mother [C] and the brave old man, [Dm] _ though I [Em] never [F] knew them.
[Am] They are the [G] soul [C] inside the man, I _ [Dm] _ _ bear [C] their dreams.
And [Em] I am walking _ _ in [C] their [F] footsteps. _ _
_ I [Em] am talking _ _ _ to [F] their God.
And my cry [G] is, [Am] Sweet Jesus, _ _ [F] please won't [C] you catch us?
[G]
Save us, [Am] Sweet Jesus, _ [F]
please won't [C] you hear us? _
[G] Sweet _ [Am] _ Jesus, _ [F] _
please won't [C] you catch us?
[G] _
Save us, [Am] Sweet Jesus, _ [F] please won't [C] you hear us [Am] cry?
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] We're all _ [G] crying, we're all crying.
_ _ [Am]
There [G] is a river [C] running through this town, [Dm] _
it carries [Em] the [Am] water. _ _
There [G] isn't any way [F] to [C] slow it down, [Dm] _ or make [F] it stop. _
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