Through My Prayers chords by The Avett Brothers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
A 
Hard to believe I won't see you again
Bm 
We  were just fighting
F#m 
when winter   began
G 
A 
The coldness of our words competing
with the wind from the north
D 

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Verse 2

Still they make me shiver

but in a very different way

F#m

The pages of the calendar kept turn ing away

I have some better words now,

but it's too late to say them to you

Verse 3
D 
My dream of all dreams and my
A 
hope of all hopes
Bm 
Is only to tell you and
F#m 
make sure  you know
G 
A 
How much I love you and how
much I always did
D 

Verse 4
A 
D 
And yes I know you loved me I
A 
could see it in your eyes
Bm 
And it  was in your struggle
F#m 
and it was in your mind
G 
A 
An d it was in the smile you gave
me when I was a kid
D 

Verse 5
A 
D 
Bm 
Feels like no one understands
A 
D 
Bm 
A 
And now my only chance
G 
A 
D 
Bm 
To talk to you is through my prayers
G 
A 
D 
I only wanted to tell ya I care

Interlude 1

Verse 6
D 
A 
Every night after and every day since
Bm 
I find myself crying
F#m 
when the memory hits
G 
Sometimes it knocks me down,
A 
sometimes I can just put it away
D 
A 

Verse 7
D 
Down in my mind where
A 
I don't care to go
Bm 
F#m 
The pain of a lesson is letting  me know
G 
A 
If you have love in your heart let
D 
A 
it show while you can

Verse 8
D 
Bm 
Yes now I understand
A 
D 
Bm 
A 
But now my only chance
G 
A 
D 
Bm 
To talk to you is through my prayers
G 
A 
Bm 
I only wanted to tell ya I care
G 
A 
D 
I only wanted to tell ya I care