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X:1
T:Prayer of the Children
C:Kurt Bestor
C:arr: Thomas
Q:50
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Db
V:1 nm="Soprano" snm="S" brk=4
V:2 nm="Alto" snm="A"
V:3 clef=bass nm="Tenor" snm="T"
V:4 clef=bass nm="Bass" snm="B"
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[V:1] D{E}F | (F>E D>B, A,)>D DE/F/ | G(F- FE- E)>A, F>E |
w: can you hear**** the prayer of the chil-dren*** on ben-ded
[V:2] z2 | z4 z>D DD/D/ | D(D- DD- D)>A, F>E |
w: the prayer of the chil-dren*** on ben-ded
[V:3] z2 | z8 | z4 z> d a>a |
w: on ben-ded
[V:4] z2 | z8 | z8 |
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[V:1] (E<D- D2) z D/D/ F/F/E/D/ | D{D}E- EE- E z D{E}F |
w: knee** in the sha-dow of an un-known* room* emp-ty
[V:2] (E<D- D2) z D/D/ F/F/E/D/ | B,B,- B,C- C z D{E}F |
w: knee** in the sha-dow of an un-known* room* emp-ty
[V:3] (a<b- b2) z g/b/ b/b/b/b/ | gg- ga- a z d'd' |
w: knee** in the sha-dow of an un-known* room* emp-ty
[V:4] z8 | z4 z2 aa |
w: emp-ty
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[V:1] (F>E D>B, A,)>D D(E/F/) | G>(F- F/E/) (F/E/- E) z F>E |
w: eyes**** with no more* | tears to** cry** turn-ing
[V:2] (F>E D>B, A,)>D D(E/F/) | G>(F- F/E/) (F/E/- E) z C>C |
w: eyes**** with no more* | tears to** cry** turn-ing
[V:3] a4- a>a aa | b>b- c'c'- c' z a>a |
w: eyes* with no more | tears to* cry* turn-ing
[V:4] d4- d>d dd | d>d- dd- d z d>d |
w: eyes* with no more | tears to* cry* turn-ing
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[V:1] E/D/D- D2- D z B,(A,/D/) | D4 z D FA |
w: hea-ven-ward** toward the* | light cry soft-ly
[V:2] C/B,/B,- B,2- B, z B,(A,/D/) | D4 z D FF |
w: hea-ven-ward** toward the* | light cry soft-ly
[V:3] g/g/g- g2- g z gg | d4 z d' d'd' |
w: hea-ven-ward** toward the | light cry soft-ly
[V:4] g/g/g- g2- g z gg | d4 z d' d'd' |
w: hea-ven-ward** toward the | light cry soft-ly
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[V:1] B2 A2- A>A A>A | A/G/G z z/ G/ G/(G/D/)D/- D z E/F/ |
w: help me* to see the | mor-ning light of one more* day* but if
[V:2] G2 F2- E>E {E}F>E | D/D/D z z/ D/ D/(D/B,/)B,/- B, z2 |
w: help me* to see the | mor-ning light of one more* day*
[V:3] d'2 d'2- c'>c' c'>c' | c'/b/b z z/ b/ b/(b/g/)g/- g z2 |
w: help me* to see the | mor-ning light of one more* day*
[V:4] d'2 d'2- c'>c' c'>c' | c'/b/b z z/ b/ b/(b/g/)g/- g z2 |
w: help me* to see the | mor-ning light of one more* day*
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[V:1] GG F>G F(E/D/) D>D | [M:2/4] D2E2 E2- E>D | [M:4/4] E4- E z D{E}F |
w: I should die be-fore I* wake I | pray my soul* you'll | take* can you
[V:2] EE D>E D_C B,>D | [M:2/4] D2D2 D2- D>D | [M:4/4] C4- C z D{E}F |
w: I should die be-fore I wake I | pray my soul* you'll | take* can you
[V:3] bb b>b gg g2 | [M:2/4] a2a2 a2- a>a | [M:4/4] a4- a z z2 |
w: I should die be-fore I wake | pray my soul* you'll | take*
[V:4] eg b>b gg g2 | [M:2/4] a2a2 a2- a>a | [M:4/4] a4- a z z2 |
w: I should die be-fore I wake | pray my soul* you'll | take*
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[V:1] (F>E D>B, A,)>D DE/F/ | G(F- FE- E) z FE/F/ |
w: feel**** the hearts of the | chil-dren*** a-ching for
[V:2] (F>E D>B, A,)>D DE/F/ | G(F- FE- E) z FE/F/ |
w: feel**** the hearts of the | chil-dren*** a-ching for
[V:3] a4- a>a aa/a/ | b(b- bc'- c') z c'c'/c'/ |
w: feel* the hearts of the | chil-dren*** a-ching for
[V:4] d4- d>d dd/d/ | d(d- dd- d) z dd/d/ |
w: feel* the hearts of the | chil-dren*** a-ching for
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[V:1] (E<D- D2- D)>A, F/F/E/D/ | DE E2- E z D{E}F |
w: home*** for some-thing of their | ver-y own* reach-ing
[V:2] (E<D- D2- D)>A, F/F/E/D/ | DE E2- E z D{E}F |
w: home*** for some-thing of their | ver-y own* reach-ing
[V:3] b4- b>b b/b/b/b/ | bb c'2- c' z d'd' |
w: home* for some-thing of their | ver-y own* reach-ing
[V:4] g4- g>g g/g/g/g/ | gg a2- a z aa |
w: home* for some-thing of their | ver-y own* reach-ing
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[V:1] (F>E D2- D)>D (3DEF | GF- F{F}E- E>A, FE/F/ |
w: hands*** with no-thing to | hold on* to* but hope for a
[V:2] (F>E D2- D)>D (3DEF | GF- F{F}E- E>A, CC/C/ |
w: hands*** with no-thing to | hold on* to* but hope for a
[V:3] a4- a>a (3aaa | bb- bc'- c'>a aa/a/ |
w: hands* with no-thing to | hold on* to* but hope for a
[V:4] d4- d>d (3ddd | dd- dd- d>d dd/d/ |
w: hands* with no-thing to | hold on* to* but hope for a
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[V:1] E/D/D- D2- D>B, B,(A,/D/) | D4 z D FA |
w: bet-ter day** a bet-ter* | day crying some-one
[V:2] C/B,/B,- B,2- B,>B, B,(A,/D/) | D4 z D FF |
w: bet-ter day** a bet-ter* | day crying some-one
[V:3] g/g/g- g2- g>g gg | d4 z d' d'd' |
w: bet-ter day** a bet-ter | day crying some-one
[V:4] g/g/g- g2- g>g gg | d4 z d' d'd' |
w: bet-ter day** a bet-ter | day crying some-one
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[V:1] B2 A2- A>A A>A | A/G/G z z/ G/ G(G/D/) D z E/F/ |
w: help me* to feel the | love a-gain in my own* land but if
[V:2] G2 F2- E>E {E}F>E | D/D/D z z/ D/ D(D/B,/) B, z E/F/ |
w: help me* to feel the | love a-gain in my own* land but if
[V:3] d'2 d'2- c'>c' c'>c' | c'/b/b z z/ b/ b(b/g/) g z2 |
w: help me* to feel the | love a-gain in my own* land
[V:4] d'2 d'2- c'>c' c'>c' | c'/b/b z z/ b/ b(b/g/) g z2 |
w: help me* to feel the | love a-gain in my own* land
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[V:1] GG FF/G/ F(E/D/) D/ z/ D/D/ | \
w: un-known roads lead a-way from* home give me
[V:2] EE DD/E/ D_C B,/ z/ B,/B,/ | \
w: un-known roads lead a-way from home give me
[V:3] bb bb/b/ gg g/ z/ g/g/ | \
w: un-known roads lead a-way from home give me
[V:4] eg bb/b/ gg g/ z/ g/g/ | \
w: un-known roads lead a-way from home give me
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[V:1] [M:2/4] DEE2- E2>D2 | [M:4/4] D/E/E- E6 |
w: lov-ing arms* a | way from harm
[V:2] [M:2/4] DDD2- D2>D2 | [M:4/4] D/C/C- C6 |
w: lov-ing arms* a | way from harm
[V:3] [M:2/4] aaa2- a2>a2 | [M:4/4] a/a/a- a6 |
w: lov-ing arms* a | way from harm
[V:4] [M:2/4] aaa2- a2>a2 | [M:4/4] a/a/a- a6 |
w: lov-ing arms* a | way from harm
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[V:1] [M:6/4] z2 fe- efed cdcB | z2 dcBA- AG z2 [Ee]-[Ff] |
w: doo... | wah dah dah dah* dah ah...
[V:2] [M:6/4] z2 dc- cdcB ABAG | z2 DDDD- DD z4 |
w: doo... | wah dah dah dah* dah
[V:3] [M:6/4] z [K:treble] F- F6 DDDD | z2 FEDC B,2 [K:bass] z4 |
w: doo... | wah dah dah dah dah
[V:4] [M:6/4] b8 gggg | z2 gggg- gg z4 |
w: doo... | wah dah dah dah* dah
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[V:1] [M:4/4] [G2g2] [F2f2] [Ff][Ee][Dd][Ff] | [E8e8]- | [E4e4] z2 D{E}F |
w: ah... | | * can you
[V:2] [M:4/4] z e- ed- d_cBd | (d8 | c4) z4 |
w: ah...
[V:3] [M:4/4] eg b2 g4 | a8- | a4 z4 |
w: ah...
[V:4] [M:4/4] eg b2 g4 | a8- | a4 z4 |
w: ah...
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[V:1] F4- F>D DE/F/ | [M:2/4] G2(F2- F4- | [M:4/4] F2 E2- E) z F>E |
w: hear* the voice of the | chil-dren* | *** soft-ly
[V:2] z4 z>D DD/D/ | [M:2/4] D2D2- D4- | [M:4/4] D4- D z D>C |
w: the voice of the | chil-dren* | ** soft-ly
[V:3] z4 z>d' d'd'/d'/ | [M:2/4] b2(b2- b4- | [M:4/4] b2 c'2- c') z a>a |
w: the voice of the | chil-dren* | *** soft-ly
[V:4] z8 | [M:2/4] z8 | [M:4/4] z6 a>a |
w: soft-ly
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[V:1] (E/D/)D- D2- D>A, F/F/E/D/ | D(D/E/) E2- E z D{E}F |
w: plea--ding** for si-lence in their | shat-tered* world* an-gry
[V:2] (C/B,/)B,- B,2- B,>B, B,/B,/B,/B,/ | B,(B,/C/) C2- C z D{E}F |
w: plea--ding** for si-lence in their | shat-tered* world* an-gry
[V:3] (a/g/)g- g2- g>g g/g/g/g/ | g(g/a/) a2- a z d'd' |
w: plea--ding** for si-lence in their | shat-tered* world* an-gry
[V:4] (a/g/)g- g2- g>g g/g/g/g/ | g(g/a/) a2- a z aa |
w: plea--ding** for si-lence in their | shat-tered* world* an-gry
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[V:1] (F>E D2 D)D/D/ EF | GF- F{F}E- E z FE/F/ |
w: guns*** preach a gos-pel | full of* hate* blood of the
[V:2] (F>E D2 D)D/D/ EF | GF- F{F}E- E z CC/C/ |
w: guns*** preach a gos-pel | full of* hate* blood of the
[V:3] a4- aa/a/ aa | bb- bc'- c' z aa/a/ |
w: guns* preach a gos-pel | full of* hate* blood of the
[V:4] d4- dd/d/ dd | dd- dd- d z dd/d/ |
w: guns* preach a gos-pel | full of* hate* blood of the
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[V:1] E/D/D- D2- D2 B,(A,/D/) | D4 z D FA |
w: in-no-cent** on their* | hands cry Je-sus,
[V:2] B,/B,/B,- B,2- B,2 B,B, | A,4 z D FA |
w: in-no-cent** on their | hands cry Je-sus,
[V:3] g/g/g- g2- g2 gg | d4 z [K:treble] D DD |
w: in-no-cent** on their | hands cry Je-sus,
[V:4] g/g/g- g2- g2 gg | d4 z d' d'd' |
w: in-no-cent** on their | hands cry Je-sus,
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[V:1] d2 (d2 c)>c d>d | d/B/B z>B B(B/G/) G z/ E//F// |
w: help me* to feel the | sun a-gain u-pon my* face but when
[V:2] B2 A2- A>A A>A | A/G/G z>G G(G/D/) D z |
w: help me* to feel the | sun a-gain u-pon my* face
[V:3] G2 (F2 E)>E E>E | E/D/D z>D D(D/B,/) B, [K:bass] z |
w: help me* to feel the | sun a-gain u-pon my* face
[V:4] d'2 (d'2 a)>a a>a | g2 z6 |
w: help me* to feel the | sun
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[V:1] GG Fz/G/ (F/E/)(E/D/) D z/ D//D// | [M:2/4] D2zE E4- | \
w: dark-ness clears, I know* you're* near, bring-ing | peace a-gain
[V:2] EE Dz/E/ (D/_C/)(C/B,/) B, z/ D//D// | [M:2/4] D2zD D4- | \
w: dark-ness clears, I know* you're* near, bring-ing | peace a-gain
[V:3] bb bz/b/ gg g z | [M:2/4] a2za a4- | \
w: dark-ness clears, I know you're near | peace a-gain
[V:4] bb bz/b/ gg G z | [M:2/4] a2za a4- | \
w: dark-ness clears, I know you're near | peace a-gain
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[V:1] [M:4/4] E4- E z D{E}F |
w: ** Da-li
[V:2] [M:4/4] C4- C z z2 |
[V:3] [M:4/4] a4- a z z2 |
[V:4] [M:4/4] a4- a z z2 |
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[V:1] F>E (D>B, A,) z (3DEF | G/F/(F/E/)- E2- E z D{D}E |
w: cu-je te** sve dje-cje | mo-li-tve?*** can you
[V:2] z4 z2 (3DDD | D/D/D/-D/- D2- D z B,B, |
w: sve dje-cje | mo-li-tve?*** can you
[V:3] z8 | z4 z2 gg |
w: can you
[V:4] z8 | z4 z2 gg |
w: can you
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[V:1] E4- E>D DE/F/ | (E4 D4) | D8 |]
w: hear* the prayer of the | chil-- | dren
[V:2] C4- C>B, B,B,/B,/ | C8 | D8 |]
w: hear* the prayer of the | chil- | dren
[V:3] a4- a>g gg/g/ | a8 | d8 |]
w: hear* the prayer of the | chil- | dren
[V:4] a4- a>g gg/g/ | a8 | d8 |]
w: hear* the prayer of the | chil- | dren
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