Don't You Want To Thank Someone Tab by Andrew Peterson

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Eb
Ab
Cm
Eb/Bb
Bb
Eb5
Absus2
Cm/Bb
Eb/G
Bbsus2

Intro 1

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Verse 1

Can't you feel it in your bones

Something isn't right here

Something that you've always known

But you don't know why

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Verse 2

'Cause every time the sun goes down

We face another night here

Waiting for the world to spin around

Just to survive

Chorus 1
Cm 
But  (C minor) when you see the morning sun
Eb/Bb 
 (E flat/Bb) Burning  through a silver mist
Ab 
 (A flat major) Don't you want to thank someone?
Don't you want to thank someone

Interlude 1

(for this?)

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Verse 3

Have you ever wondered why

In spite of all that's wrong here

There's still so much that goes so right

And beauty abounds?

Verse 4
Eb 
'Cause  (E flat major) sometimes when you walk outside
Ab 
The  (A flat major) air is full of song here
Eb 
The  (E flat major) thunder rolls and the baby sighs
Cm 
And the rain comes down  (C minor) 
Ab 
The rain comes  (A flat major) down

Chorus 2
Cm 
And  (C minor) when you see the spring has come
Eb/Bb 
And it  (E flat/Bb) warms    you like a mother's kiss
Ab 
 (A flat major) Don't you want to thank someone?
Don't you want to thank someone for
Eb 
 (E flat major)    this?
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To thank someone  (C minor)    for this
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 (B flat major)    don't                                 you want to thank someone
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Don't you want to thank someone  (A flat major)    for this?
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Verse 5
Eb 
I  (E flat major) used to be a little boy
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As  (A flat major) golden as a sunrise
Eb 
 (E flat major) Breaking over Illinois
Cm 
Ab 
When the corn was tall  (C minor)  (A flat major) 
Yeah, but

Verse 6
Eb 
 (E flat major)    every                                 little boy grows up
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And he's  (A flat major)    haunted                                 by the heart that died
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 (E flat major)    Longing                                 for the world that was
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Before the Fall  (C minor) 
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Chorus 3
Cm 
 (C minor) Oh, but then forgiveness comes
Eb/Bb 
It's a  (E flat/Bb) grace    that I cannot resist
Ab 
And  (A flat major) I   just want to thank someone
I just want to thank someone
someone

Interlude 2
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Absus2 
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 (E flat5) (for this) [Piano]  (E flat5)  (A flatsus2)  (A flat major) 
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 (E flat/G)     (E flat/G)     (B flat major) Cause
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Bridge 1
Cm 
 (C minor) I   can see the world is charged
Cm/Bb 
Bb 
It's  (C minor/Bb) glimmering with promises  (B flat major) 
Ab 
Absus2 
 (A flat major) Written in a script of stars  (A flatsus2) 
Eb/G 
Bb 
 (E flat/G) Dripping from prophets' lips  (B flat major) 
Cm 
But  (C minor) still, my thirst is never slaked
Cm/Bb 
I am  (C minor/Bb) hounded  by a restlessness
Ab 
I'm  (A flat major) eaten by this endless ache
Absus2 
Eb/G 
 (A flatsus2) But  (E flat/G) still  I will give thanks for this
Bb 
Cm 
'Cause  (B flat major) I   can  (C minor) see it in the seas of wheat
Cm/Bb 
I can  (C minor/Bb) feel     it when the horses run
Ab 
Absus2 
It's  (A flat major) howling in the snowy peaks  (A flatsus2) 
Eb/G 
Bb 
And it's  (E flat/G) blazing in the midnight sun  (B flat major) 
Cm 
 (C minor) Just behind a veil of wind
Cm/Bb 
A million angels  (C minor/Bb) waiting in the wings
Ab 
Absus2 
A  (A flat major) swirling storm of cheru (A flatsus2) bim
Eb/G 
Making  (E flat/G) ready  for the Reckoning
Bb 
Oh  (B flat major) 

Bridge 2

Oh how long, how long?

Oh, oh sing on, sing on

Verse 7
Eb 
And  (E flat major) when the world is new again
Ab 
And the  (A flat major) children of the King
Eb 
Are  (E flat major) ancient in their youth again
Cm 
Maybe it's a  (C minor) better thing
Absus2 
A  (A flatsus2) better    thing

Verse 8
Eb 
To be  (E flat major) more than merely innocent
Ab 
But to be  (A flat major) broken then redeemed by love
Eb 
 (E flat major) Maybe this old world is bent
But it's waking up
Cm 
Absus2 
 (C minor) And I'm waking up  (A flatsus2) 

Chorus 4
Cm 
'Cause  (C minor) I   can hear the voice of one
Cm/Bb 
Bbsus2 
He's  (C minor/Bb) crying   in the wilderness  (B flatsus2) 
Ab 
"Make  (A flat major) ready for the Kingdom Come"
Eb 
Don't you want to thank someone  (E flat major) for this?
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major)    To thank someone  (A flat major)    for this
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 (A flat major)    Halle
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Bridge 3
Eb 
 (E flat major) lujah!
Ab 
Halle (A flat major) lujah!
Eb 
Halle (E flat major) lujah!
Ab 
Hal-  (A flat major) lelujah

Interlude 3

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Interlude 4

[Kalimba]

[Strings]

Interlude 5

Come back soon

Outro 1
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