Testimony Chords by Ferron

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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ There's [Ab] godlike and [C] warlike and strong like only some [Am] show
And there's sad like and mad [F] like and [G] had like we know
[Am] But by my [G] life _ [F] be I spirit _ and _ _ [Am] by _ my heart [F] be I woman
_ And _ [Am] by _ [G] my eyes [F] be I open _ and _ [Am] by _ my hands [F] be I hold
_ _ _ _ [Am] They say slowly [C] _ brings the least shock but no matter how slow I walk
There are [Am]
traces, empty [F] spaces and [G] doors and doors of [Am] logs
But by [G] my life [F] be I spirit [G] and _ _ [Am] by _ [G] my heart [F] be I woman
_ _ _ [Am] And by _ [G] my eyes [F] be I open and _ _ [Am] by _ my [G] hands [F] be I hold
You _ _ _ [Am] _ _ young [Ab] ones, you're the next [C] ones and I hope [Gb] you choose it well
[F] _ Though you try [Am] hard you may fall [F] prey to the [G] jaded jewel
[Am] But by _ [C] your life [F] be you spirit _ and _ _ [Am] by _ [C] your heart [F] be you woman
_ _ _ [Am] And by _ [C] your [G] eyes [F] be you open _ and _ [Am] by _ [C] your hands [F] be you hold _
There _ _ [Am] _ are [Ab] waters hidden from [C] us in the maze [Gb] we [E] find them [F] still
We take it to them, we take you young ones, may they take [G] their own and [Am] turn
And by _ [G] our lives [F] be we spirit _ and _ [Am] by _ [G] our hearts [F] be we women
_ And _ [Am] by _ [G] our eyes be [F] we open and _ _ [Am] by _ [G] our hands [Am] be we hold _
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