GOT TO TELL SOMEBODY
By: Don Francisco
Am She kept on getting weaker, As F day dragged into day, The Am doctors gave no hope for her, She F seemed to fade away, My G hours were filled with constant dread F slowly and relentlessly E cut the chord of Am life There was a
Am teacher in the region then F Some of us had heard, That Am he'd healed a paradict, By the F power of just his word, So with G hope again rekindled, I F find a man named Jesus, From a Am began to search the city F Soon I saw the crowd, They were Am pressing in to touch him, And they F called his name out loud, But with the G strength of desperation, I F threw myself before him, And
Am come and heal my daughter, Even F now she's close to death, Her Am fever's uncontrollable, She F fights for every breath, But God's G given you the power Am giveAnd if F you'll just lay your hands on her
He Am just begun to go with me, When a F face I saw with fear, Came Am twords me with the news I knew Am said, "Why F bother the teacher anymore E your little girl is
Am Then Am Jesus touched my shoulder, And he F told me not to not to grieve, The Am trembling stopped when he looked at me, and F said, "Only believe." G Then he sent the crowds away F followed right behind us, As we
Am still a long ways down the road, When I F heard the sounds and cries, of the Am mourners and musicians, As they F strove to dramatize, My G grief they had no business with F wife just sat their silently E And stared through empty Am eyes
Am Then Am Jesus asked the mourners, "Why F is it that you weep?, She isn't Am dead as you suppose, The F child is just asleep." G It only took a moment, for their Am cheers! "Who does this man
Am thority I've never heard, in the F lips of any man, He Am spoke in every sound rolled out with the F thunder of command, And G in the sudden silence, They all F Wondering what the reasons were they'd Am for
Am And then he Am called his 3 disciples, That were F with him on the way, He Am let them and my wife and me, To F where our daughter lay G He took her by the hand, he F words were barely spoken, when she
Am rose and walked across the room and F stood there at our sides Am wife knelt dowm and held her close, And at F last she really cried G Jesus told us both to see Am food F But as to how her life was saved E Not to speak a Am word Am Not to speak a G word Cx2 tell somebody 2)I gotta Cx2 tell somebody 2)I gotta Abx2 tell somebody 2)I gotta Bbx2 tell somebody 2)I gotta C tell somebody! I gotta
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