[Verse 1]
F C
I've been tired and weary
C G
Heading back home
F C
Never thought it'd be so hard
Am G
Walking the narrow road
F C
Through all the toils and trials
C G
Lord You never left me
F C
So I'll follow closer, closer
G C F C G C
To where I wanna be
[Verse 2]
F C
A man's got to work
C G
But the problem has been
F C
I spent my whole life working
Am G
Instead of taking Your hand
F C
Lord won't You burn a - way
C G
All that keeps You from me
F C
I want You here closer, closer
G C
Than any - thing
[Chorus]
F C
So take me to the center of the fire
G C
Take me to the middle of the sea
F C
Take me through the darkest of nights
G C
You can be the lamp to my feet
F C
Walk me over mountains and valleys
G C
'till I'm only hanging by Your prayer
F C
If it brings me closer, closer
G C
You can take me any - where
[Verse 3]
F C
What I know about fire
C G
You use it to refine my heart
F C
What I know about the ocean
Am G
When You tell it to part it parts
F C
Even though the darkest of nights
C G
It draws me to my knees
F C
And it brings me closer, closer
G C
When I hear You speak
[Chorus 2]
F C
So take me to the center of the fire
G C
Take me to the middle of the sea
F C
Take me through the darkest of nights
G C
You can be the lamp to my feet
F C
Walk me over mountains and valleys
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'till I'm only hanging by Your prayer
F C
If it brings me closer, closer
G C
You can take me any - where
[Verse 4]
F C
There once lived a man
C G
Who loved his ene - mies
F C
The whole world mocked and laughed
C G
'cause of what they couldn't see
F C C G
He was closeness, the truth that sets us free
F C
He said "the poor shall be blessed"
G C
And that's what I wanna be
[Chorus]
F C
Take me to the center of the fire
G C
Take me to the middle of the sea
F C
Take me through the darkest of nights
G C
You can be the lamp to my feet
F C
Walk me over mountains and valleys
G C
'till I'm only hanging by Your prayer
F C
If it brings me closer, closer
G C
You can take me any - where
[Bridge]
F C
Blessed are the broken
C G
Blessed are the weak
F C
Blessed are the hungry and thirsty
C G
Blessed are those that seek
F C
Blessed are the lonely
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For they will have a love to spare
F C
Blessed are the poor in spirit
G C
Lord Your kingdom is theirs
F C
If it brings me closer, closer
G C
Take me any - where