Every Grain of Sand chords by Emmylou Harris
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Intro 1
(C major) (A minor) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (C major)
Verse 1
In the (C major) time of my confes (A minor) sion,
(C major) (G major) in the (C major) hour of my deepest need (A minor) (G major)
(C major) When the pool of tears be (A minor) neath my feet,
flood (G major) every newborn seed
There's a (C major) dyin' voice with (A minor) in me,
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) reaching out somewhere (A minor) (C major)
Toiling in the danger (A minor) and in
the (G major) morals of despair
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Verse 2
Don't (G major) have the inclination to look
(C major) back on any mis (G major) take
Like cain, I now behold this chain of
event (C major) s that I must (G major) break
In the (C major) fury of the mo (A minor) ment (C major) I can
see the master's (A minor) hand (C major)
In every leaf that trembles (A minor)
and in (G major) every grain of (C major) sand
Verse 3
Oh, (C major) the flowers of in (A minor) dulgence (C major)
(G major) and the (C major) weeds of yesteryear (A minor)
(C major) Like criminals, they have choked (A minor) the breath
of (G major) conscience and good cheer
The (C major) sun beat down upon (A minor) the steps
(G major) of (C major) time to light the way (A minor) (C major)
To ease the pain of (A minor) idleness
and the (G major) memory of decay
Verse 4
I (G major) gaze into the doorway of
temptation's (C major) angry (G major) flame
And every time I pass that way,
I (C major) always hear my (G major) name
Then (C major) onward in my (A minor) journey,
(C major) I come to understand (A minor) (G major)
(C major) That every hair is numbered (A minor)
(G major) like every grain of (C major) sand
Verse 5
I have (C major) gone from rags to (A minor) riches (C major)
(G major) in the (C major) sorrow of the night (A minor) (G major) (C major)
(G major) In the (C major) violence of a sum (A minor) mer's dream,
in the (G major) chill of a wintry light
In the (C major) bitter dance of loneli (A minor) (C major)
(A minor) ness (C major) fading into space (A minor) (C major)
In the broken mirror of (A minor) innocence
on (G major) each forgotten face
Verse 6
I (G major) hear the ancient footsteps like
the (C major) motion of the (G major) sea
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there,
other (C major) times it's only me (G major)
I am (C major) hanging in the (A minor) balance (G major) of
a (C major) perfect finished plan (A minor) (G major)
Like (C major) every sparrow fall (A minor) ing,
like (G major) every grain of (C major) sand
Every Grain of Sand
Emmylou Harris
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