Verse 1AmF
She kept on getting weaker, As day dragged into day,
AmF
The doctors gave no hope for her, She seemed to fade away,
GAm
My hours were filled with constant dread. Time became a knife,
FEAm
But slowly and relentlessly, cut the chord of life
AmF
There was a teacher in the region then, Some of us had heard,
AmF
Thathe'd healed a paradict, By the power of just his word,
GAm
So with hope again rekindled, I went at once to see,
FEAm
If I could find a man named Jesus, From a town in Galilee
Verse 2AmF
I began to search the city, Soon I saw the crowd,
AmF
They were pressing in to touch him, And they called his name out loud,
GAm
But with the strength of desperation, I pushed them all aside,
GAm
I threw myself before him, And from my knees I cried,
AmF
Lord come and heal my daughter, Even now she's close to death,
AmF
Her fever's uncontrollable, She fights for every breath,
GAm
But God's given you the power Life is your's to give
FEAm
And if you'll just lay your hands on her I know that she'll live
AmG
she'll live------------
FEAm
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Verse 3AmF
He just begun to go with me, When a face I saw with fear,
AmF
Came towards me with the news I knew I didn't want to hear,
GAm
And although I tried to steal myself, I trembled when he said,
FEAm
"Why bother the teacher anymore, your little girl is dead."
Verse 4AmF
Then Jesus touched my shoulder, And he told me not to not to grieve,
AmF
The trembling stopped when he looked at me, and said, "Only believe."
GAm
Then he sent the crowds away Except his closest men,
FEAm
And they followed right behind us, As we started off again,
AmF
But we were still a long ways down the road, When I heard the sounds and cries,
AmF
of the mourners and musicians, As they strove to dramatize,
GAm
My grief they had no business with Beneath their loud disguise
FEAm
And my wife just sat their silently And stared through empty eyes
Verse 5]
AmF
Then Jesus asked the mourners, "Why is it that you weep?,
AmF
She isn't dead as you suppose, The child is just asleep."
GAm
It only took a moment, for their wails to turn to jeers!
FEAm
"Who does this man think he is Get him out of here!"
AmF
"But with authority I've never heard, in the lips of any man,
AmF
He spoke and every sound rolled out with the thunder of command,
GAm
And in the sudden silence, They all hurried for the door
FEAm
Wondering what the reasons were they'd ever come there for
Verse 6]
AmF
And then he called his 3 disciples, That were with him on the way,
AmF
He led them and my wife and me, To where our daughter lay
GAm
He took her by the hand, he told her, "Child arise."
FEAm
And the words were barely spoken, when she opened up her eyes,
AmF
She rose and walked across the room and stood there at our sides
AmF
My wife knelt down and held her close, And at last she really cried
GAm
And then Jesus told us both to see our daughter have some food
FEAm
But as to how her life was saved Not to speak a word
AmF
Not to speak a word
AmF
But I gotta tell somebody
GAm
I gotta tell somebody
FEAm
I gotta tell somebody What Jesus did for me
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