[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I heard your stories
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Mother she read by my bed.
A E C#m B E
Stories of faith and deliverance grief and repentance too
[Verse 2]
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I heard your whispers
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My father he kneeled by my head
A E C#m B E
Whispers of strength and weakness grace and forgiveness too
[Chorus]
C#m A E
Would you forgive me for being your son
B
I was a bad one
C#m A E
Would you forgive me for loving you with
B
the barrel of a gun
C#m B E
After all I was a bad one
[Verse 3]
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Angels are singing sweet lullabies
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as you let me freely roam
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I've sinned with the best of them
C#m B E
Now your son is coming home
[Chrous 2]
C#m A E
Would you forgive me for being your son
B
I was a bad one
C#m A E
Would you forgive me for loving you with
B
the barrel of a gun
C#m A E
Would you forgive me for being your son
B
I was a wayward one
[Outro]
C#m A E B
Would you forgive me for loving you with my life as a prodigal son
C#m A E B x2
A E x2
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