Dear God Chords & Tabs

by Cory Asbury

[Intro]
|D / / /|

[Verse 1]
   D     
Dear God,
          F#m                       G              
I’ve been trying awful hard to make You proud of me
       D    
But it seems
    F#m                       G                 
The harder that I try, all the harder it becomes
                       D 
And I feel like giving up
F#m        G    
Most of the time

[Verse 2]
    D    
Dear God,
          F#m                        G              
I’ve been chasing their approval and it’s killing me
      D   
And I know
    F#m                
The more I try to prove
        G                  
All the less I have to show
                     D      
And I’m stuck inside my head
F#m         G   
Most of the time

[Pre-Chorus]
            Em                
But, If I pray a little harder
     A                   
If I follow all the rules
  Em                     A     
I wonder could I ever be enough

[Chorus]
         D         F#m
Cause I try and I try
        G               D   
Just to fall back down again
                 F#m
And I ask myself why
     G                D   
Do I try to chase the wind
         Bm            A      
I should lean into the mystery
      G                  D     
Maybe hope is found in a melody
     Bm    A    G   
So I wanna try again
      Bm        A    G 
Oh, I’m gonna try again

[Verse 3]
         D     
And Dear child,
           F#m                             G            
I hope you know how much I love you and I’m proud of you
             D    
And please believe
    F#m                                  G                
The thoughts I have for you will never change or fade away
                               D
And when you felt like giving up
F#m      G 
I never did

[Pre-Chorus]
               Em                     
'Cause I’m not scared of imperfections
        A                    
Or the questions in your head
      Em                              A   
Just know that you have always been enough

[Chorus]
           D         F#m  
'Cause you tried and tried
      G               D   
And I saw you wrestle with
                 F#m   
Every how, every why...
       G           D       
I was right there listening
        Bm            A      
So just fall into the mystery
     G                          
I’ll meet you here in the melody
   Bm          A    G
try just to try again
   Bm              A    G    
Oh child would you try again?
   Bm            A     D   
My child you can love again