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A
That anchor man
A/F#
says the fight began
E
somewhere in the Middle East.
D
The world prays for peace.
A
There''s a single mom
A/F#
just got laid off when she lost a job
E
to some foreign hands
D
in some faraway land
D
Last night in Oklahoma
some twister took thirteen
and they''re praying that they find
Esus4 E (strum)
the missing three.
A
God must be busy.
A
That highway sign
A/F#
went from slow ahead
to traffic''s dead.
E
Thought it couldn''t get worse
D
than that Amber Alert.
A
They say she''s 4,
A/F#
Colorado plates, headed out-of-state
E
in a Chevy van.
D
It''s hard to understand.
D
You can see it in the faces
of all those highway strangers,
they''re praying that God
Esus4 E(strum)
keeps that girl from danger.
A
God must be busy.
G
And I know in the big picture
E A
I''m just a speck of sand
D
and God''s got better things to do
E A
than look out for one man.
G D/F
I know he''s heard my prayers
F6 A
cause he hears everything,
D
he just ain''t answered back
Esus4 E(Strum)
or he''d bring you back to me.
A
God must be busy.
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A
That evening news,
A/F#
Ain''t much changed
pretty much the same
E
since I left home.
D
Yeah that war''s still on.
A
They found that little girl.
A/F#
She was soaking wet,
half scared to death
E
on the side of some road.
D
Them prayers work, you know.
And the Bloods and Cripps are at it,
and there’s a killer drought down south,
and old folks can''t afford the drugs
Esus4 E(strum)
they can''t live with out.
A
God must be busy.
G
And I know in the big picture
E A
I''m just a speck of sand
D
and God''s got better things to do
E A
than look out for one man.
G D/F
I know he''s heard my prayers
F6 A
cause he hears everything,
D
he just ain''t answered back
Esus4 E(Strum)
or he''d bring you back to me.
A
God must be busy.
That anchorman,
says the fightings worse,
cities burn in the Middle East.
(The) world prays for peace
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