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Talking To Jesus chords by Elevation Worship, Maverick City Music

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (B major) Grandma used to pray out loud
By her bed every night
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 (B major) To me, it sounded like mumbling
Like she was out of her mind
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 (B major) She said, "Boy, this kind of praying
Is what saved my life
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 (B major) You outta try it some time"
And now I know she was right
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She was  (E major) talking to Jesus

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Pre-chorus 1

She was talking to Jesus

She'd been talking to Jesus

For all of her life

Verse 2
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 (B major) Mama used to drag me to church  (E major) 
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 (B major) Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights  (E major) 
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 (B major) Khaki pants and a polo shirt  (E major) 
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 (B major) Boy, I put up a fight  (E major) 
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 (B major) She said,
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"Son, one day you'll thank me  (E major) 
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 (B major) For having God in your life"  (E major) 
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 (B major) And yeah I know she was right  (E major) 
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 (B major) Yeah my mama was right
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'Cause now I'm  (E major) talking to Jesus

Pre-chorus 2
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 (B major) 
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She got me  (E major) talking to Jesus  (B major) 
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She got me  (E major) talking to  (B major) Jesus
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Yeah my  (E major) mama was  (B major) right
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'Cause now I'm  (E major) talking to Jesus  (B major) 
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Yeah I love  (E major) talking to  (B major) Jesus
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And I'll be  (E major) talking to  (B major) Jesus
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For the rest  (E major) of my  (B major) life
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 (E major) What a friend we

Chorus 1
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 (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
Don't you know
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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Oh-  (E major) oh-  (B major) oh, what a friend we have
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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Oh-  (E major) oh-  (B major) oh
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I've got  (E major) 3  of my own

Verse 3
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 (B major) now
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Trying to  (E major) raise them up  (B major) right
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My  (E major) oldest is fifteen  (B major) 
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And I remember  (E major) what that was like  (B major) 
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Trying to  (E major) deal with the drama  (B major) 
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Trying to figure out the  (E major) questions in  (B major) life
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And I've been  (E major) looking for a  (B major) way to show him
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How to  (E major) make it alright  (B major) 
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Then he walked  (E major) in my room

Verse 4
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 (B major) 
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While I was saying my pray (E major) ers the other  (B major) night
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He said, "I'll  (E major) come back  (B major) later
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I can tell you got a  (E major) lot on your  (B major) mind"
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I said it's  (E major) not an inter (B major) ruption
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You couldn't have picked  (E major) a better  (B major) time
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'Cause I was just  (E major) talking to Jesus  (B major) 
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Come over and  (E major) give it a try  (B major) 
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We started  (E major) talking to Jesus

Pre-chorus 3
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 (B major) 
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We started  (E major) talking to Jesus  (B major) 
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We started  (E major) talking to  (B major) Jesus
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Oh-  (E major) oh-  (B major) oh
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And now He's  (E major) talking to Jesus  (B major) 
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Thank God He's  (E major) talking to Jesus  (B major) 
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I hope He's  (E major) talking to  (B major) Jesus
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For the rest  (E major) of his  (B major) life
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 (E major) What a friend we

Chorus 2
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 (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
E 
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
E 
B 
Oh-  (E major) oh-  (B major) oh, what a friend we have
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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Oh-  (E major) oh-  (B major) oh
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There's no  (E major) wrong way to

Verse 5
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 (B major) do it
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There's no  (E major) bad time  (B major) to start
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It  (E major) don't have to sound  (B major) pretty
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Just tell Him  (E major) what's on your  (B major) heart
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'Cause it's  (E major) not a religion  (B major) 
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'Cause it's  (E major) more like a  (B major) friendship
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Just  (E major) talk to your Father  (B major) 
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Like  (E major) you are his  (B major) kid
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Just start  (E major) talking to Jesus

Pre-chorus 4
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 (B major) 
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Just start  (E major) talking to Jesus  (B major) 
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You can  (E major) talk to Jesus  (B major) 
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Oh, whenev (E major) er you  (B major) like
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Just start  (E major) talking to Jesus  (B major) 
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Just start  (E major) talking to  (B major) Jesus
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Just keep  (E major) talking to  (B major) Jesus
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For the rest  (E major) of your  (B major) life,  (E major) 

Interlude 1
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 (B major)  (E major)  (B major)  (E major) 
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 (B major) Oh, just talk,  (E major)  (B major) oh-oh  (E major) 
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 (B major)  (E major)  (B major) Just talk, just talk, just  (E major) talk
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to Jesus  (B major)  (E major)  (B major) 
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 (E major) What a friend we

Chorus 3
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 (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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Oh-  (E major) oh-  (B major) oh, what a friend we have
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have...
(so faithful, so true)
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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Oh-  (E major) oh-  (B major) oh, oh
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 (E major) Oh-

Interlude 2
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 (G sharp minor) oh,    (F sharp major) oh-  (E major) oh,
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oh-  (G sharp minor) oh,   oh-  (F sharp major) oh-  (E major) oh
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Oh the cross, too much for words  (C sharp minor) 
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 (G sharp minor) Just let it out, let it out, let it out  (F sharp major) right now
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 (E major) Let it out, let it out, let it out,
let it out right now
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F# 
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 (G sharp minor) Let it out, let it out, let it out  (F sharp major)  (E major) 

Chorus 4
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What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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Oh-  (E major) oh-  (B major) oh, He's so close, He's so close
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have...
(so faithful, so true)
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 (E major) What a friend we have in Jesus
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Oh-  (E major) oh-  (B major) oh, what a friend
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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 (E major) What a friend we  (B major) have in Jesus
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Oh-  (E major) oh-  (B major) oh

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Talking To Jesus

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