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