Blessings - Laura Story
(Capo 4)
Intro:
Am Asus4-G D C D Bm
Am Asus4-G D C
Verse 1:
C D Em
We pray for blessings
C D Bm
We pray for peace
C D Em F C
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
C D Em
We pray for healing
C D Bm
For prosperity
C D Em D
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
G/B C D Em
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Am G/B Dsus D
Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things
Chorus:
G
‘Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
D/F#
What if Your healing comes through tears?
Em C
What if the thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You’re near?
Am G/B C
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise?
Instrumental:
Am Asus4-G D C D Bm
Verse 2:
C D Em
We pray for wisdom
C D Bm
Your voice to hear
C D Em F C
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
C D Em
We doubt Your goodness
C D Bm
We doubt Your love
C D Em D
As if every promise from Your word is not enough
G/B C D Em
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
Am G/B Dsus - D
And long that we’d have faith to believe
Chorus:
G
‘Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
D/F#
What if Your healing comes through tears?
Em C
What if the thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You’re near?
Am G/B C D C - G
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise?
Bridge:
Am G/B
When friends betray us
C D
When darkness seems to win we know
Am G/B C
The pain reminds this heart that this is not
D Am Asus4-G D C D Bm
This is not our home
C D Em F C Dsus-D
It’s not our home
Chorus:
G
‘Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
D/F#
What if Your healing comes through tears?
Em C
And what if the thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You’re near?
G
What if my greatest disappointments
D/F#
Or the aching of this life
Em C
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy?
Am G/B C D
What if trials of this life, the rain, the storms, the hardest nights
C D/F#
Are Your mercies in disguise?
Coda:
Am Asus4-G D C D Bm
Am Asus4-G D C D G