Book of Hope chords by Chip Taylor

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Verse 1
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Lead us not to bother one another,
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Just learn from each other every day.
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You know more about some things,
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I know more about others.
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We're sisters and
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brothers turning the page
This is a prayer for us
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from the book of hope
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The book of promises that matter most
And lead us not to worry
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about our differences
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The biggest difference
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is we are mostly the same
We speak a different language,
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we wear a different color
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We're humans, one another,
sharing the blame
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An d this is a prayer for us
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From the book of hope,
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that book of promises that matters
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most.
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Lead us not to worry about the children,
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just do it for the children.
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Do it for a friend,
there's something about a kind thing,
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when it's happening,
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it makes you to do another
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thing and say amen.
Amen.
This is a prayer for us
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from the book of hope.
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That book of promises that matter most.
This is a dream for us that we can find
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It's written in the book of hope
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in our minds
This is a prayer for us
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from the book of  hope
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That book of promises that matters most
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This is a dream for us that we can find
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It's written in the book of hope
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in our minds
Lead us not to bother,
lead us not to worry,
Lead us not to worry