intro: A

     A                           
The wind is blowing down the quiet river
     D                F#m        Bm E
A shining road that carries you alone
 A           E               F#m
Baby boy my love will last forever
    Bm    A   D    Bm  A    D              E
If you're to live, I must give you up to God.


   A        
I know our God will guide, protect and keep you
  D                  F#m            Bm  E
Teach you faith and hold you by the heart
              A                 E              F#m
Though your mother's heart is broken by your leaving
Bm  A     D       Bm  A   D              E
Father knows just who he is and who you are.


  F#m             Bm             A             D
I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way
       D                E                A
With Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay
     D             E              F#m       A7     D
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part
 Bm  A    D    Bm A  D                E
You must live, so I give you to his heart.


A D F#m Bm E A E F#m Bm A D Bm A D E   1x

      A            
The wind it blows you down the silent river
     D                F#m         Bm E
A shining road that leaves me all alone
   F#m                   E          F#m
A life for you's worth losing you forever
     Bm    A     D      Bm     A    D             E
Some day we'll stand in God's fair land, forever home.




  F#m             Bm             A             D
I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way

       D                E                A
With Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay
     D             E              F#m       A7     D
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part
 Bm  A    D    Bm A  D                E
You must live, so I give you to his heart.




  F#m             Bm             A             D
I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way
       D                E                A
With Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay
     D             E               F#m      A7     D
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part
 Bm  A    D    Bm A  D                E
You must live, so I give you to his heart.