The Giver

G C F Am G My father, he calls me C F Am G From the hospital room C F Am G Says, "You'd better come quickly" C F Am G So we drove the night through C F Am G My sister, she calls me C F Am G I hear tears in her voice C F Am G Says, "A family was chosen," C F Am G "We are getting a beautiful baby boy" C F Am G Hear my brother's voice breaking C F Am G As he speaks of their plans C F Am G But, my God, what a picture C F G Of your love as he kisses her bloated hand Am F There's no love so unusual G Am F As I see you in the smile of a babe at the funeral G In the tears shed on the casket Am F C G While people who loved and were loved loudly sing, Am F G "Glory to the great Giver of all good things!" G F Am F G Hallelujah, Amen, Amen F Am F G Hallelujah, Amen, Amen C F Am G And this sweet child you gave us C F Am G Whom his mother gave up C F Am G I hear you in the laughter C F G In the sorrow and joy as they flow mingled down Am F There's no love so unusual G Am F As I see you in the smile of a babe at the funeral G In the tears shed on the casket Am F C G While people who loved and were loved loudly sing, Am F G "Glory to the great Giver of all good things!" G F Am F G Hallelujah, Amen, Amen F Am F G Hallelujah, Amen, Amen C F Am G Even now, you take from me C F Am G My desires, and I should C F Am G But I look at your doing C F G And freely say, "It is good" C F Am G Not just good when I see C F Am G The good things it has wrought C F Am G Even now I'm afflicted C F G And I take pleasure that I am in the hand of God Am F There's no love so unusual G Am F As I see you in the smile of a babe at the funeral G In the tears shed on the casket Am F C G While people who loved and were loved loudly sing, Am F G "Glory to the great Giver of all good things!" C F Am G C F Am G