Key: Ab major
Verse 1
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Tell me friend,
Why doesn't he who worked the
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tell me friend if you understand why doesn't
he with power to raise the dead
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just make you whole again it would be so easy
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for him I watch you and in sorrow
C#m
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question why then you my friend in perfect
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faith reply didn't he say he
C#m
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sent us to be tested didn't he say the way
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well and whole, if we but patiently endure.
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After the trial, we will be blessed,
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B
C#m
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but this life is the test.
Why when you pray
in faith for healing
Why doesn't he who healed
the lame man
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it would be so easy for him I watch you and in
C#m
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sorrow question why then you my
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friend in perfect faith reply didn't he say
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B
he sent us to be tested didn't he
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say the way would not be sure but didn't he
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C#m
say we could live with him forever
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more well and whole if we but patiently en
C#m
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C#m
dure after the trial we will be blessed
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B
C#m
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But this life is the test.
Why must you loved ones stand with
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C#m
empty arms and ask the question why?
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Help me know, so I can go on
How when your love and faith sustain me
From the depths of sorrow, I cry
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C#m
in my soul arise
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Didn't he say he sent us to be tested?
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Didn't he say the
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way would not be sure?
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C#m
But didn't he say we could live with him forever more,
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C#m
well and whole, if we but patiently endure?
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C#m
After the trial, we will be blessed,
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B
E
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but this life is the test.
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