Underneath The Door - Michael Card Chords
Chords: G, Em, C, Am, D
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Genre: christian, folk, praise
[Verse 1]
G Em C G
My father was a doctor who would come home late at night,
Am G C D
With a soul so bruised and bleeding from his unending faithful fight
Em D C Em
To keep ahold of kindness in a world that isn’t kind,
Am G C D G
To hold out the hope of healing to his hurting humankind.
[Verse 2]
G Em C G
Then he’d flee back to his study, to his bookish quiet place,
Am G C D
With notes and books and journals, to all in his special space.
Em D C Em
And then he’d lock the door from things that cannot be locked out,
Am G C D G
And his youngest son would starve for what he would always do without.
[Bridge]
Em D C Em
But it was meant to make me who I am, and for all these many years,
Am G C D
Still the little boy down on his knees, full of hope and full of fear,
Em D C Em
Calling underneath the door, “This is me; it’s who I am,”
Am G C D G
For we love the best by listening, when we try to understand.
[Verse 3]
G Em C G
Desperate stubby fingers pushing pictures ‘neath the door,
Am G C D
And longing to be listened to by the man that I adored.
Em D C Em
Inside someone who needed me just as much as I did him,
Am G C D G
Still unable to unlock the door that stayed closed inside of him.
[Verse 4]
G Em C G
And it’s strange the way we tend to flee from what we need the most,
Am G C D
That a father would lock out his son, when his heart would hold him close,
Em D C Em
But our wounds are part of who we are, and there is nothing left to chance,
C G C D G
And pain’s the pen that writes the songs, and they call us forth to dance.
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