Healing
Healing
”I spent a day writing and composing some music with Common Hymnal, flowing from our years (and tears) of working for peace and justice, inviting those who believe in the power of The Almighty…to come and heal…US.” (Pastor Mike McBride, LiveFreeUSA)
HEALING
Written by Michael McBride (ASCAP), Michael Carpenter (ASCAP), Nabil Ince (BMI), Royce Lovett (BMI), James Paek (BMI), David Gate (PRS)
© 2022 Common Hymnal Publishing (ASCAP), LiveFreeUSA (ASCAP), Common Hymnal Digital (BMI), Seaux Chill Publishing (BMI), Royce Lovett Music (BMI), J Paek Music (BMI), Owlheart (ASCAP) (admin by IntegratedRights.com, for license requests please email LicensingUSA@integritymusic.com). CCLI 7208441.
VERSE 1
Bb Cm7
A mother’s lost her child
Bb/D Ebm6
Fathers breaking down
Bb/F Am7b5 D7 Gm7 F EbM7
Children with no hope to be found
Bb Cm7
Our tears fall down like rain
Bb/D Ebm6
Are you speaking to our pain?
Bb/F Am7b5 D7 Gm7 F EbM7 G7
Feels like the stone won’t let us out
PRE CHORUS 1
Cm7 Bb/D
When systems give no room to breathe
EbM7 Bb/F
And justice is so hard to see
Cm7 Bb/D
Oh Lord help our unbelief
EbM7 Gm7 F7
We need you now
CHORUS
Bb
All of our help
F
Comes from you
Gm7
All of our healing
EbM7
Comes from you
Bb/F D7 Gm7
We call Jehovah Rapha
F Eb/F F7 Bb
Come and heal
VERSE 2
Bb Cm7
Pushing through the crowd
Bb/D Ebm6
We know where healing can be found
Bb/F Am7b5 D7 Gm7 F
We need just one touch of your gown
EbM7 G7
Your gown
PRE CHORUS 2
Cm7 Bb/D
We’re not alone in our grief
EbM7 Bb/F
You’re with us when we are weak
Cm7 Bb/D
Oh, Lord, help our unbelief
EbM7 Gm7 F7
We need you now
BRIDGE
Cm7 Bb/D
We mourn with the mothers whose heart is in pain
EbM7 Bb/F G7
We stand with the fathers in their holy rage
Cm7 Bb/D
Jehovah Rapha
EbM7 Bb/F G7
Come and heal
Cm7 Bb/D
We sing with the children whose hope is not found
EbM7 Bb/F G7
Believing that you turn all things around
Cm7 Bb/D
Jehovah Rapha
EbM7 Bb/F
Come and heal
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