Hymn 76

	  		 
 

Intro: F, G, Am 

F                G             Am 
To meet me is to dare into the darkness 
F          G            Am 
If you are devoted to a dream 
F                G 
Go and light the lantern,  
Am         G      F 
Leave your family abandoned 
F                             G 
Meet me by the shallow of the stream 
F                                 G 
Oh, meet me by the shallow of the stream 

F               G         Am 
To ask me is to love with hesitation 
F                G               Am 
My answer is the same that it has been 
F          G 
Here is my affection 
Am           G      F 
No condition and no questions 
F                           G 
Open up the door and let me in 
F                              G 
Oh, open up the door and let me in 

F                G               Am 
To trust me is to travel past the towers 
F                 G                  Am 
Those that make it back from here are few 
F                   G 
It takes all of your devotion 
        Am     G     F         
To have courage for a moment 
F                                   G 
The world has bested better men than you 
F                                       G 
Oh, the world has bested better men than you 

F                G           Am 
To love me is to sit upon the mountain 
F            G               Am 
Every step is harder than the last 
F                   G 
But to find the step above it 
     Am        G     F 
Is to triumph, is to summit 
F                              G 
Taste the frigid water from the tap 
F                                  G 
Oh, taste the frigid water from the tap 

F                   G                  Am 
To curse me for the life we left behind us 
F        G                 Am     
Is to misremember what was cost 
F                  G 
For from the vacant cradle  
      Am    G       F 
To the empty kitchen table 
F                                  G 
Show me what was precious that was lost 
F                   G              Am      G         F 
Oh, I’m sorry that I said it, and I know it might be reckless 
F                                      G 
Oh, show me what was precious that was lost