Heaven Help Me

I (A)don't enjoy (E)being her (D)jailer.

I (A)don't relish (E)telling her, (F#sus2)"No!"

(F#)But (Dmaj7)then I think what if I (C#m7)fail her?

(Cmaj7)How can I (Bm7)just let her (E7sus)go?

(A)I strive to (E)be a good (D)preacher.

I (A)try not to (E)go (F#sus2)overboard.

(F#)But (Dmaj7)then I think, if I can't (C#m7)reach her,

(G)how can I face my (E)Lord?

(A)Heaven (F#m7)help me (B)shoulder (E)my load;

(A)ev'ry (D)day's a struggle.

(E)Still, (Fdim7)someone's got to (F#m7)take the high road.

(Esus)If I (E)don't, who (Asus)will?

(C)I became a (F)man of God (G7)to do His work,

(C)to spread His word, to (F)ease some pain and (Em7)dry some (Am)tears.

(Dm7)That (Gsus)(G)was the (Csus)plan.

(C)But (F#m)I (E)might have thought (D)twice if only I (A)knew that (F)I'd spend (C)all of my time saying,

(Dm7)"Ainh, ainh, ainh, (Em7)no!

No! Don't (G)do that!"

(F7)See, (Bb)ev'ryone (F)prays for (Eb)salvation.

I'm (Bb)happy to (F)give them the (Gsus)tools.

(G)The (Ebmaj7)problem is- here's my (Dm7)frustration (Dbmaj7)nobody wants to have (F)rules.

So (A)Heaven (F#m7)help me (B)with my (E)labors.

(A)How can (D)you expect one man to (Fdim7)save his fam'ly (F#m)and his neighbors?

(Bm7)Heaven (C#m7)help me.

(Dmaj7)Oh, Heaven (B7)help me.

(E7sus)If Heaven can't,

who (A)can?