All I Need Did Not Catch Her Name
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(capo na 5ª casa)
Intro
G C
Did not catch her name,
D
Did not catch her tears.
Em
It hit me like a train
G
When her story hit my ears.
C
Mother of eight sons,
D
Father off to war,
Em
Got no home address –
D
Just bricks on a dirt floor.
C G
She said, "jesus is all i need."
C
Tiny plot of land,
D
Corn stored up in piles.
Em
Years it doesn't rain...
G
They just stay hungry for a while.
C
No fatted calf to kill,
D
She made a feast of cuy and corn.
Em
She said, "who else knew my name
G
Before the day that i was born?
C G
Jesus is all i need
Am7 C G
Jesus is all i need."
C
She bragged about her boys –
D
How they're growin' into men,
Em
How they learned to praise the lord,
G
Old style ecuadorian.
C
To buy the new guitar
D
She had to sell the swine.
Em G
Said, "my boys go to school on a foreign angel's dime.
D G
This world calls me poor,
D G
I bore my babies on this floor.
D G
He always provides
C
Sure as the sun will rise.
A Em
So i'll sing him songs of praise
A C
'cause i know he'll keep me in his gaze."
( G A Em )
( A Em A )
C
Rain poured from the sky,
D
We raced back to the van.
Em
There were tears in the eyes
G
Of this poor, forgetful man.
C
Mother of eight sons,
D
She knows the peace of god.
Em
Lord, help me learn to lean
G
On thy staff and thy rod.
C G
Jesus is all i need,
Am7 C G
Jesus is all i need.
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