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