Intro: E A B (2x) 
  
 E             A      B    E  
My son give attention to my words 

  A         B          C#m 
Incline your ears to my sayings 
 E 
Do not 
  A       B 
Let them depart 
        E 
From your eyes 

  A              B 
Keep them in the midst 
      C#m 
Of you heart 



[Refrão]


               A               E 
For they are life to those who find them 
     B                  C#m 
And health to all their flesh 
            A 
for they are life 
             E 
To those who find them 
           B          A 
And health to all their flesh 
 G         F   
Death and life 
           Am            G 
are in the power of the tongue 
     Bb       F 
and those who love it 
      Ab      Bb B 
will eat its fruit