Intro
F C G Am
[Verse]
F C G Am
I left Wichita on a cracked western road
F C G
For Missouri and all of her caverns
F C G Am
To hide like an outlaw from what I have heard
F C G C
There are some things in life I don't want to learn
F C G Am F
But I am not Lewis or Clark; I am only a man
C G
Who gets lost in his questions like
F C G Am
"Why doesn't love heal when we need it most?"
F C G C
Will somebody give me the answer I need?
[Chorus]
Am F G Am
I'd sing hallelujah, if I could recall what it means
F G
And just who I am praising
Am F G Am
I don't think that I can express it in words
Am F G C
So I let the melody do all my speaking
[Verse]
F C G Am
Just when I think I am safe and secure
F C G
There's that haunting again in my conscience
F C G Am
The ticking, the tapping of cold memory
F C G C
Like a steel radiator that's run out of steam
F C G Am
We're pushin' and pullin', we hold ourselves down
F C G
It starts with the small things
F C G Am F
So I will keep trying to become the man that you need
C G C
And remember you taught me to sing
[Chorus]
Am F G Am
And I'd sing hallelujah, if I could recall what it means
F G
And just who I am praising
Am F G Am
I don't think that I can express it in words
Am F G C
So I let the melody do all my speaking
[Bridge]
C Am
Take what you need
F C
Don't take any more
C Am
Oh, take what you need
F C
Don't take any more
[Chorus]
Am F G Am
I'd sing hallelujah, if I could recall what it means
F G
And just who I am praising
Am F G Am
I don't think that I can express it in words
Am F G C
So I let the melody do all my speaking