Joey + Rory - The preacher and the stranger

" ^DWell we don't have much here but you're ^Gwelcome to it all" The ^Apreacher told the ^Gstranger at the door ^D "Come sit down by this fire, let the ^Gcoffee warm you up I can't ^Asay I've seen it ^Grain this hard before" ^D The stranger ^Bmsaid, "I saw your ^Asign as I was ^Gwalking down the road And I ^Bmfigure that a ^Achurch might be the ^Gsafest place to go" ^A

"Well son, ^Dcrosses sure get heavy and we ^Aall got one to bear If you're ^Bmlooking for a ^Ashelter from the ^Gstorm you'll find one here" They ^Dsat and talked for hours there ^Ain that empty church ^Bm About how life's unfair ^Asometimes, ^Gtrying to make ^F#msense of how God ^Emworks ^A

The preacher said, "I ^Dlost my son one summer, he was ^Aonly 25 ^G A drunk ^Adriver crossed that ^Gdouble yellow line ^D I prayed so hard to Jesus to ^Gsave my only son Seems ^Aall I do these ^Gdays is question ^Dwhy Now I ^Bmstand here every ^ASunday and preach to ^Geverybody else I talk a ^Bmlot about for- ^Agiveness, but I ^Gcan't do it my- ^Aself"

"Well son, ^Dcrosses sure get heavy and we've ^Aall got one to bear I don't know ^Bmwhy I'm telling ^Ayou all this or ^Gif you even care" They ^Dsat and talked for hours there ^Ain that empty church ^Bm About how life's unfair ^Asometimes, ^Gtrying to make ^F#msense of how God ^Emworks ^A---

Tears ^Dfilled the strangers eyes, he said, ^G"I know I've changed a lot ^AI might be hard for ^Gyou to recognize ^{D A D}Late one summer night, I ^Ghad too much to drink Got be- ^Ahind the wheel and ^Gchanged both of our lives ^D And I'm ^Bmsorry just ain't ^Agood enough when you ^Ghurt someone like that And ^Bmif I could God ^Aknows, I give my ^Glife to bring him back" ^A

"Preacher, ^Dcrosses sure get heavy and we've ^Aall got one to bear And I'm ^Bmhere to ask for- ^Agiveness, ^Gif you even care" They ^Dsat and talked for hours there ^Ain that empty church ^Bm About how life's unfair ^Asometimes ^Gtrying to make ^F#msense of how God ^Emworks