Gratitude by Nicole Nordeman 
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

D                         D
Send some rain, would You send some rain?
           G                         D
'Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again
        G                      D              Em      A
And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade
          D                     D 
Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud?
        G                            D
Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down
       D                       G            Em        A
Surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid
     Bm             G
But maybe not, not today
Em                            Bm
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
       G           A
And if that's the case . . .

(Chorus)

            D        
We'll give thanks to You
      D
With gratitude
             G                D             
For lessons learned in how to thirst for You
       D                       G             
How to bless the very sun that warms our face
       G     Em   A   D
If You never send us rain

D                    D
Daily bread, give us daily bread
          G                D
Bless our bodies, keep our children fed
         G                    D        Em          A
Fill our cups, then fill them up again tonight
D              D 
Wrap us up and warm us through
       G                 D 
Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs
       D                 G                  Em      A
Let us slumber safe from danger's view this time
   Bm             G
Or maybe not, not today
Em                      Bm
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
       G          A
And if that's the case . . .

(Chorus)

           D
We'll give thanks to You
     D
With gratitude 
         G                 D
A lesson learned to hunger after You
       D                   G                 
That a starry sky offers a better view 
      G        Bm  
if no roof is overhead 
          G     Em    A    D 
And if we never taste that bread

Bm                       G
Oh, the differences that often are between
Bm                     G
Everything we want and what we really need
--
    D                     D
So grant us peace, Jesus, grant us peace
G                          D
Move our hearts to hear a single beat
        D          G       Em         A
Between alibis and enemies tonight
Bm            G
Or maybe not, not today
Em                     Bm
Peace might be another world away
        G          A
And if that's the case . . .

(Chorus)

           D            
We'll give thanks to You
     D
With gratitude
    G                         D
For lessons learned in how to trust in You
            D                            G
That we are blessed beyond what we could ever dream
   G               Bm 
In abundance or in need
           G              Bm
And if You never grant us peace
     G      Em   A    D
But Jesus, would You please . . .