Intro 
F 
 
Verse 1 
                                    A#sus2              A# 
We don't have much here, but you're welcome to it all 
    C                A#                 F 
The preacher told the stranger at the door 
                                     A#sus2           A# 
Come sit down by this fire - let the coffee warm you up 
        C               A#                   F 
I can't say I've seen it rain this hard be - fore 
             Dm              C            A# 
The stranger said “I saw your sign as I was walking down the road” 
       Dm            C                  A#               C 
“And I figured that a church might be the safest place to go” 
 
Chorus 
           F                               C 
Well, son, crosses sure get heavy and we've all got one to bear 
              Dm           C               A# 
And if you're looking for a shelter from the storm 
 
You'll find one here 
     F                             C            A 
They sat and talked for hours there in that empty church 
      Dm               C 
About how life's unfair sometimes 
A#                       F/A   Gm    C               Bsus  B 
Trying to make sense of how God works.     The preacher said  
 
Verse 2 
   F                                  A#sus2       A# 
“I lost my son one summer - and he was only twenty five 
        C                  A#               F 
A drunk driver crossed that double yellow line 
                                  A#sus2        A# 
And I prayed so hard to Jesus, to save my only son 
         C             A#                F 
It seems all I do these days is question why 
      Dm              C                    A# 
Now I stand here every Sunday, and preach to everybody else 
             Dm             C                    A#          C 
And I talk a lot about for - giveness, but I can't do it my - self” 
 
Chorus 
     F                               C 
Son, crosses sure get heavy and we've all got one to bear 
             Dm             C               A# 
I don't know why I'm telling you all this, or if you even care 
     F                             C            A 
They sat and talked for hours there in that empty church 
      Dm               C 
About how life's unfair sometimes 
A#                       F/A   Gm    C  Csus  C 
Trying to make sense of how God works 
 
Verse 3 
      F                                  A#sus2                     A# 
Tears filled the stranger’s eyes he said “I know I've changed a lot.” 
  C                A#              F    Fsus 
I might be hard for you to recog – nize 
F                            A#sus2           A# 
But late one summer night I'd had too much to drink 
           C                 A#                   F     Esus 
I got be - hind the wheel and changed both of our lives 
         Dm               C 
And 'I'm sorry' just ain't good enough 
         A# 
When you hurt someone like that 
    Dm             C                A#                 C 
And if I could, God knows I'd give my life to bring him back" 
 
Chorus 
          F                               C 
Preacher, crosses sure get heavy and we've all got one to bear 
        Dm               C       A# 
And I'm here to ask for - giveness if you even care 
     F                             C            A 
They sat and talked for hours there in that empty church 
      Dm               C 
About how life's unfair sometimes 
A#                       F/A   Gm    C  Csus  C  F 
Trying to make sense of how God works