Words and music copyright 2008
by Howard Ashby Kranz
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1. Now the
messengers of greed have set their rhythms in our ears
A F#m9 C#m E
And the desperates on the road invoke our pity
and our fears
D E D E
When others have so little, and we are
drowning in too much
D A D E7
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Giver of abundances, give us enough.
A F#m9 C#m
G
A F#m9 C#m G
2. Now the
ministers of scorn have shown the emptiness of all
A F#m9 C#m E
And have spread their hollow laughter that our
lives should be so small
D E D E
When our beauty has been clouded, and our voices
have been hushed
D A D E7
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Giver of sufficiencies, give us enough.
E7 D E7 D
Bridge: When the vision of the day has faded into
dusk
E7 D A E
And the time is barely left
to us for doing what we must,
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A F#m9 C#m G
3. When the wanting
thing inside has strangled on its own demands
A F#m9 C#m E
And the hungry ghosts that swarm
around retreat with empty hands
D E D E
When the works of time have
passed away, and it all comes down to love
D A D E7
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Giver of abundances, give us
enough.
D A D E7
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