A Prayer Of My Own

| Am7 Am | Am7 Am | G Gadd9 | G Gadd9 | | Am7 Am | Am7 Am | G Gadd9 | G Gadd9 | Em Emadd4 Somehow G Gadd9 My love Em Emadd4 Somehow G G My love Am7 Am Keep me an open heart in Hell Am7 Am G Give me the courage to feel it all Gadd9 G The beauty of the fall Gadd9 Am7 Am When I want to run away Am7 Am G Gadd9 When I wish to run away G Gadd9 Am7 Am Am7 Am G Gadd9 Oh, Lord, help me stay G Gadd9 Am7 Am Am7 Am I look around, I look away, hey, hey G Gadd9 G It's too much to take, I fool my heart each day Gadd9 Am7 Am I fool my heart each time I say Am7 Am G Gadd9 That it don't know how to break G Gadd9 Am7 Am And that I'm better off this way Am7 Am G Gadd9 G G/F# C'mon, Lord, help me stay Em Emadd4 Somehow G Gadd9 My love Em Emadd4 Somehow Gadd9 Gadd9 My love Em Can we bear the unbearable? G/D How to bear the unbearable? Em G/D How to bear the unbearable? Am7 Am Am7 Finding the color of my rage, giving that rage a place Am G Gadd9 G Oh, the beast has a face with a grimace and such grace Gadd9 Am7 Am Am7 With an open heart in Hell, well, well Am G Gadd9 G Courage to feel it all, hold us, keep us still Gadd9 Am7 Am When we want to run away Am7 Am G Gadd9 G Gadd9 C'mon, Lord, help me stay | Am7 Am | Am7 Am | G Gadd9 | G G/F# Em And I do it for my own F(b5) My little boy, my little girl C C6 C And we do it for our home (Hey, hey) C6 Am7 If we do it for the world Am Em So let it out and let it in F(b5) Get to know that beast within C Give him love and bring him in C6 Am7 No, not an enemy, but a friend Am Em And in the fury of the fire F(b5) In that timeless fire C C6 C I find my ancient friend, oh oh C6 Am7 Am Am7 Am Come to help me once again, yeah Em Oh-oh, ooh F(b5) Yeah C C6 Am7 Am Ooh-ooh, yeah | G Gadd9 | Am7 Am | Am7 Am | G |