(capo na 5ª casa) 

Intro

G                  C 
Did not catch her name, 
                   D 
Did not catch her tears. 
                  Em 
It hit me like a train 
                      G 
When her story hit my ears. 
                 C 
Mother of eight sons, 
                D 
Father off to war, 
                Em 
Got no home address – 
                         D 
Just bricks on a dirt floor. 
            C               G 
She said, "jesus is all i need." 

              C 
Tiny plot of land, 
                   D 
Corn stored up in piles. 
                  Em 
Years it doesn't rain... 
                              G 
They just stay hungry for a while. 
                   C 
No fatted calf to kill, 
                             D 
She made a feast of cuy and corn. 
                            Em 
She said, "who else knew my name 
                           G 
Before the day that i was born? 
  C              G 
Jesus is all i need 
 Am7     C      G 
Jesus is all i need." 

                        C 
She bragged about her boys – 
                          D 
How they're growin' into men, 
                                Em 
How they learned to praise the lord, 
                  G 
Old style ecuadorian. 
                    C 
To buy the new guitar 
                      D 
She had to sell the swine. 
                        Em                        G 
Said, "my boys go to school on a foreign angel's dime. 

D                     G 
This world calls me poor, 
           D                G 
I bore my babies on this floor. 
D              G 
He always provides 
             C 
Sure as the sun will rise. 
         A                  Em 
So i'll sing him songs of praise 
          A                          C 
'cause i know he'll keep me in his gaze." 

( G      A    Em ) 

( A    Em    A ) 

                      C 
Rain poured from the sky, 
                      D 
We raced back to the van. 
                         Em 
There were tears in the eyes 
                         G 
Of this poor, forgetful man. 
                 C 
Mother of eight sons, 
                        D 
She knows the peace of god. 
                         Em 
Lord, help me learn to lean 
                      G 
On thy staff and thy rod. 
C                G 
Jesus is all i need, 
Am7       C     G 
Jesus is all i need.