Gotta Tell Somebody (CHORDS) by Don Francisco

[Verse 1]~
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She kept on getting weaker,.. As day dragged into day,..


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The doctors gave no hope for her,.. She seemed to fade away,..


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My hours were filled with constant dread! Time became a knife,..


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But slowly and relentlessly,.. cut the chord of life


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There was a teacher in the region then,.. Some of us had heard,..


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Thathe'd healed a paradict,.. By the power of just his word,..


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So with hope again rekindled,.. I went at once to see,..


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If I could find a man named Jesus,.. From a town in Galilee


[Verse 2]~
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I began to search the city,.. Soon I saw the crowd,..


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They were pressing in to touch him,.. And they called his name out loud,..


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But with the strength of desperation,.. I pushed them all aside,..


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I threw myself before him,.. And from my knees I cried,..


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Lord come and heal my daughter,.. Even now she's close to death,..


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Her fever's uncontrollable,.. She fights for every breath,..


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But God's given you the power Life is your's to give


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And if you'll just lay your hands on her I know that she'll live


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she'll live


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she'll li____ve


[Verse 3]~
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He just begun to go with me,.. When a face I saw with fear,..


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Came towards me with the news I knew I didn't want to hear,..


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And although I tried to steal myself,.. I trembled when he said,..


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"Why bother the teacher anymore,.. your little girl is dead!"


[Verse 4]~
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Then Jesus touched my shoulder,.. And he told me not to not to grieve,..


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The trembling stopped when he looked at me,.. and said,.. "Only believe!"


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Then he sent the crowds away Except his closest men,..


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And they followed right behind us,.. As we started off again,..


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But we were still a long ways down the road,.. When I heard the sounds and cries,..


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of the mourners and musicians,.. As they strove to dramatize,..


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My grief they had no business with Beneath their loud disguise


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And my wife just sat their silently And stared through empty eyes


[Verse 5]~
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Then Jesus asked the mourners,..  "Why is it that you weep..?,..


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She isn't dead as you suppose,.. The child is just asleep!"


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It only took a moment,.. for their wails to turn to jeers!


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"Who does this man think he is Get him out of here!"


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"But with authority I've never heard,.. in the lips of any man,..


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He spoke and every sound rolled out with the thunder of command,..


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And in the sudden silence,.. They all hurried for the door


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Wondering what the reasons were they'd ever come there for


[Verse 6]~
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And then he called his 3 disciples,.. That were with him on the way,..


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He led them and my wife and me,.. To where our daughter lay


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He took her by the hand,.. he told her,.. "Child arise!"


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And the words were barely spoken,.. when she opened up her eyes,..


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She rose and walked across the room and stood there at our sides


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My wife knelt down and held her close,.. And at last she really cried


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And then Jesus told us both to see our daughter have some food


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But as to how her life was saved Not to speak a word


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Not to speak a word


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But I gotta tell somebody


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I gotta tell somebody


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I gotta tell somebody What Jesus did for me