Come Back Soon

Andrew Peterson

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Key:
C F C F G C F [Verse 1]
C G I remember the day of the
F Tennessee flood
C The sound of the scream and the
G F sight of the blood
C G My son he saw as the animal died
F G In the jaws of the dog as the river ran by
Am G F I said, "Come back soon." [Instrumental]
C F C F G C F [Verse 2]
C G It's there on the page of the book
F that I read
C G The boy grew up and the yearling
F was dead
C G He stood at the gate with the angel on guard
F G And wept for the death of his little boy heart
Am G F I say, "Come back soon.”
Am G F Am G F Come back soon [Chorus]
G Am We wake in the night in the womb
F of the world
Am G F We beat our fists on the door
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G Am We cannot breathe in this sea that
F swirls
Am G F So we groan in this great darkness
C F G For deliverance
C F G Deliverance, O Lord [Instrumental]
C F C F G C F [Verse 3]
C G I sit on the bench at the bend in
F the trail
C G And I can feel in the fall the
F final exhale
C G The trees of the field all wring their hands
F G And the leaves go by like a funeral band
Am G F I say, "Come back soon.”
Am G F Come back soon [Instrumental] Am G F (x2) [Chorus]
G Am We wake in the night in the womb
F of the world
Am G F We beat our fists on the door
G Am We cannot breathe in this sea that
F swirls
Am G F So we groan in this great darkness
Am G F Are we alone in this great darkness? [Other]
G Am F Am G F G Am F [Verse 4]
C G F If nature's red in tooth and in claw
C G Then it seems to me that she's an
F outlaw
C G 'Cause every death is a question mark
F G At the end of the book of a beating heart
Am And the answer is scrawled in the
G silent dark
F G On the dome of the sky in a billion stars
Am G But we cannot read these angel tongues
F G And we cannot stare at the burning sun
Am G And we cannot breathe with these broken lungs
F G So we kick in the womb and we beg to be born
Am F G Deliverance!
Am F G Deliverance, O Lord!
Am F G Deliverance!
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Composition: Andrew Peterson

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