These Times That Try Men's Souls chords by Strongarm

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Verse 1
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This is all
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that I believe,
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To bear witness to my calling,
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My life escapes me,
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my days they shorten,
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These final breaths to testify.
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Verse 2
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To face these years is adversity in itself,
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Calm passed long ago to
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revel times foretold,
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Before is the open book
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another page,
Pieces fall into place.
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Take heed to discern the times,
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of the signs.
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Verse 3

These times that try men's souls.

Verse 4
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Whereby we know,
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this life is like a shadow,
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And assuredly death
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shall stand to greet the soul.
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The years, they've coursed
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the storm that's been up rising,
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Since the days of old building,
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and now approaching.
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He sees not

Verse 5
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his shadow,
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who   faces the sun .
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For his eyes burn and melt as wax,
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The price paid for living in light,
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Is that of gold in the crucible,
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Ever melting, straining, striving,
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to  be made pure.

Verse 6

Purity escapes me,

remembrance breaks me down.

Though my knees become weak, I

Verse 7
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will cause my foot an  other step.
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To carry the task, bleeds my hands but,
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they are kept.
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Re  membrance breaks me down,
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But I will survive until it is the last time.