Sleeping At Last - Uneven odds

^AmI once knew your^F father w^Cell He fought ^Amtears as he spoke of^F your moth^Cer's health I guess ^Ama part of him just^F couldn’^Ct return F^Amorgiveness is a lesson he c^Fursed you to lea^Crn ^{F C G}

^AmAs your guardian I was instru^Fcted wel^Cl To^Am make sense of God’s love in these^F fires of^C hell ^{G Am}No I don’t expect you^F to ^Cunderstand ^AmJust to live what little life your ^Fbroken heart^C can

^FMaybe your light is a ^Amseed And the darkness the^G dirt ^FIn spite of the uneven ^Amodds Beauty lifts from the^G earth From the ^Fearth ^{C F C} From th^Ame earth ^{F C}

As the^Am years move on these ^Fquestions take ^Cshape ^{G Am}Are you getting stronger or is ^Ftime shifting ^Cweight? ^AmNo one expects you t^Fo under^Cstand Just^Am to live what little life your ^Fmended heart ^Ccan

You’ll always remember th^Ame moment God took he^Gr away For the ^Fweight of the world was^Am placed on your ^Dmshoulders ^Gthat day

^CMaybe your light is the seed And the darkness the ^Gdirt ^CIn spite of the uneven odds Beauty lifts from the ^Gearth From the ^Fearth ^{C G C G}

You’r^Ame much too youn^Cg now So I write these words down, ^Am“Darkness exists to mak^Fe light trul^Cy count.”