Gotta Tell Somebody

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She kept on getting weaker,  As day dragged into day,
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The doctors gave no hope for her,  She seemed to fade away,
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My hours were filled with constant dread. Time became a knife,
F                             E                Am
But slowly and relentlessly, cut the chord of life
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There was a teacher in the region then, Some of us had heard,
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That he healed a paralytic,  By the power of just his word,
G                              Am
So with hope again rekindled,  I went at once to see,
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If I could find a man named Jesus,  From a town in Galilee

[Verse 2]
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I began to search the city, Soon I saw the crowd,
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They were pressing in to touch him,  And they called his name out loud,
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But with the strength of desperation,  I pushed them all aside,
G                           Am
I threw myself before him,  And from my knees I cried,
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Lord come and heal my daughter,  Even now she's close to death,
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Her fever's uncontrollable,  She fights for every breath,
G                              Am
But God's given you the power Life is your's to give
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And if you'll just lay your hands on her I know that she'll live
Am       G
she'll live
F      E  Am
she'll live

[Verse 3]
Am                            F
He just begun to go with me,  When a face I saw with fear,
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Came towards me with the news I knew I didn't want to hear,
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And although I tried to steal myself,  I trembled when he said,
F                                 E                   Am
"Why bother the teacher anymore, your little girl is dead."

[Verse 4]
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Then Jesus touched my shoulder,  And he told me not to not to grieve,
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The trembling stopped when he looked at me,  and said, "Only believe."
G                             Am
Then he sent the crowds away Except his closest men,
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And they followed right behind us,  As we started off again,
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But we were still a long ways down the road, When I heard the sounds and cries,
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of the mourners and musicians,  As they strove to dramatize,
G                             Am
My grief they had no business with Beneath their loud disguise
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And my wife just sat their silently And stared through empty eyes

[Verse 5]
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Then Jesus asked the mourners,  "Why is it that you weep?,
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She isn't dead as you suppose,  The child is just asleep."
G                        Am
It only took a moment,  for their wails to turn to jeers!
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"Who does this man think he is Get him out of here!"
Am                                      F
"But with authority I've never heard,  in the lips of any man,
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He spoke and every sound rolled out with the thunder of command,
G                             Am
And in the sudden silence,  They all hurried for the door
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Wondering what the reasons were they'd ever come there for

[Verse 6]
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And then he called his 3 disciples,  That were with him on the way,
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He led them and my wife and me,  To where our daughter lay
G                          Am
He took her by the hand,  he told her, "Child arise."
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And the words were barely spoken,  when she opened up her eyes,
Am                                    F
She rose and walked across the room and stood there at our sides
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My wife knelt down and held her close,  And at last she really cried
G                            Am
And then Jesus told us both to see our daughter have some food
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But as to how her life was saved Not to speak a word

[Outro]
Am               G
Not to speak a word
C
But I gotta tell somebody
A
I gotta tell somebody
B
I gotta tell somebody
C
I gotta tell somebody
A
I gotta tell somebody
B                     C
What Jesus did for me
Repeat last three lines