New Elegies

Intro 
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[Verso 1]
 
E 
I lost all my elegant rambling, 
                                A/C# 
'Cause heaven knows something I don't, 
             A/C# 
Turn around, turn around, Lord, can You hear me? 
                           E 
I'm on my knees, fighting alone. 
 


[Refrão]
 
E 
Maybe I need new elegies, 
                         A/C# 
To grieve what I can't escape, 
           A/C# 
Awash and adrift in the human condition, 
                          E 
Oh God, for a little more faith. 
 


[Verso 2]
 
     E 
It's colder out here than it was before, 
                      A/C# 
And calluses cover my hands, 
E 
Crying out (Crying out), "Lord, can you hear me?" 
  A/C#                   E 
I hate that I don't understand, 
E     A/C#                   E 
Oh, I hate that I don't understand. 
 


[Refrão]
 
    E 
So, maybe I need new elegies, 
                     A/C# 
And passionate old laments, 
  E         E7          A/C# 
I started allowing the pain of the doubting, 
   E                         E 
To stand near the songs of ascent. 
 

Outro 
    E               A/C# 
And maybe I lost sincerity, 
    E                A/C# 
For gilded and empty praise, 
   E                                 A/C# 
If I start listing my self-stained petitions, 
    A/C# 
Can I bear the risk in unanswered specifics? 
   A/C#                   E 
Oh God, for a little more faith, 
   A/C#                   E 
Oh God, for a little more faith.