Joshua James - Benediction ========================== Verse 1 F C Busted wire and the tattered tongue Bb F Songs she wrote but she never sung F C Quiet eve of another year Bb She'll soon forget Verse 2 F C Her blackened lungs from the cigarettes Bb F Her mother smoke' when her father left F C She sings a song in this side of town Bb To change her mind Chorus Dm Am And she said I have hope for others Bb F C Father, I have given up Dm Am 'Cause I have hope for others Bb Bbm F Ab Bb C# Father, I---I have given up F Ab Bb Verse 3 Quart' to ten in the room below Busted wares suppose they'll need to know Close her eyes and hums a song That made her smile Verse 4 Grabs a note and reads aloud "The passion new'd make a mother proud I miss you so, it seems we all much going on" Chorus Dm Am Cause she wrote I have hope for others Bb F C But Mother, I must go alone Dm Am Yes, I have hope for others Bb Bbm F Ab Bb C# Mother, I---I have given up. Outro F Ab Bb C# F Ab Well I've, I've given up Bb C# F Ab Well I, I, I, I have given up Bb C# F Ab Yeah, I've given up Bb C# F My love, my God, I've given up Ab Bb C# In my heart, in my heart, in my heart, F Ab Bb In my heart, in my heart, in my heart C# F Ab I have, I have given up Bb C# F In my heart, in my heart, in my heart, Ab Bb C# in my heart, in my heart, In my heart F I have, I have given up F Ab Bb C# (x4) End on Db.