Braeden Ayres - Give Thanks

	  		


G G/F# C G 

C D Em D 


     G              G/F# 
Give thanks for the scar and 
     C              G 
Give thanks for the sore, 
     G                 D/F#        Em            D 
Give thanks, t’was the battle you lost, not the war 
     G 
Give thanks for the winter, 
     C            G 
The struggle, the strive, 
     C             D          Am          G 
Give thanks to the people who helped you survive. 



D       G             D 
Oh, the days they are long 
    G            D 
But keep getting shorter, 
    Am             D 
The night’s coming on 
D       G         D 
Oh, the winter is strong 
    G         C         D            G 
But sooner or later the Spring comes along 

Interlude 

G G/F# C G 

C D Em D 

 

     G              G/F# 
Give thanks for the heartache, 
     C              G 
Give thanks for the pain, 
     G              D/F#       Em        D 
Give thanks for the rough unfamiliar terrain 
     G 
Give thanks to the old days 
     C           G 
and say your goodbye, 
     C               D            Am        G 
Give thanks that the old rules no longer apply 



D       G             D 
Oh, the days they are long 
    G            D 
But keep getting shorter, 
    Am             D 
The night’s coming on 
D       G         D 
Oh, the winter is strong 
    G         C         D            G           D 
But sooner or later the Spring comes along... 


     G              Am 
Give thanks for the Apple.                             (Freely, solemn) 
     C              G 
Give thanks for the Snake. 
     G              D/F#          Em        D 
Give thanks that we have our own choices to make. 
     G                           C           G 
Give thanks for the chances, the beauty, the song.   (Picking up tempo) 
      C         D         Am              G 
Cause sooner or later the Spring comes along! 



D       G             D 
Oh, the days they are long                                   (joyfully) 
    G            D 
But keep getting shorter, 
    Am             D 
The night’s coming on 
D       G         D 
Oh, the winter is strong 
    G         C         D            G 
But sooner or later the Spring comes along... 
     G         C         D            G 
Yes, sooner or later the Spring comes along... 
     G         C         C      D      G 
Yes, sooner or later the Spring comes along. 



G G/F# C G 

C D Em D 

G G/F# C G 

D    C     D    G