Petra - Back to the street
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Words and music by Bob Hartman
© 1986 Dawn Treader Music/Petsong Publishing (SESAC)
Intro: Bm7 Gmaj7
It's so Bm7easy to lose the burdenGmaj7take our eyes of the fields
Bm7Settle into apathy and forGmaj7get what the harvest yields
C#m7 (C#m7)
It's so easy to think we're finished with our labor for awhile
(C#m7) N.C.
Kick back and let somebody else go the extra mile
Au* Cu Dm Bb F/C Dm C F C Dm
Jesus said gointo all the world, make disciples of all men
Au Cu Dm Bb F C F G A
We gotta goto the highways, compel them to come in
CHORUS
As Dlong as there'sA a tearBmful eyeG that Dcries aloneA at nightBm
As Dlong as there'sA a wearBmy soulG ready to G/F#end the fightA
As Glong as there'G/F#s an achAing heart that Em7still has strengD/F#th to beatG
DWe gotta takeA this mesBmsage G
FBack Cto the streetDm C Dm C
FWe gotta takeC this mesDmsage Bb F
Back Cto the Dmstreet
It's so Bmeasy to stay untangled with Gmaj7everyone else's life
BmDon't get involved with strangersGmaj7don't get involved with strife
It's so Amaj7easy to save your own liferesting on what you've done
(Amaj7)
But Jesus would leave the ninety-nineto try to save the one
Amaj7 (Amaj7)
It's not easy to beat the systemit's not easy to face the heat
A N.C. B A N.C. B
But somebody's got to take this message
GBack Ato the streetBm
As Dlong as there'sA a tearBmful eyeG that Dcries aloneA at nightBm
As Dlong as there'sA a wearBmy soulG ready to G/F#end the fightA
As Glong as there'G/F#s an achAing heart that Em7still has strengD/F#th to beatG
DWe gotta takeA this mesBmsage G
FBack Cto the streetDm C Dm C
FWe gotta takeC this mesDmsage Bb F
Back Cto the Dmstreet
*"u" following a chord symbol should be read "unison," or "single note."