The Rope

The Emerson Letters

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What good is a pen that will not write

what good is a promise left unkept

what good is an open evening sky

if all the clouds refuse to rain

I'm not at the end of my rope

I'm steady in this ship to sail

if there's healing in an honest word

if truth is like a soft kiss

then oh-oh-oh oh lord

will this storm pass us over

oh-oh-oh oh lord

will this storm pass us over

halle lu-u-u-jah

(no chord) so tell me

are we not a breath are we not a mist

I think that everybody here knows it

so this time, as the season turns once again

I'm pushing my soul, against this bitter cold

I'm not at the end of my rope

I'm steady in this ship to sail

if there's healing in an honest word

if truth is like a soft kiss

then oh-oh-oh oh lord

will this storm pass us over

oh-oh-oh oh lord

will this storm pass us over

halle lu-u-u-jah

hallelu-u-u ja-a-ah (I don't think the c is actually played, but i play it.)

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Readable chord sheet for The Rope by The Emerson Letters

[Am]What good is a p[G]en that will not[F] write
what good is a  [C]promise left unk[F]ept
[Am]what good is an [G]open evening sky[F]
if all the      [C]clouds refuse to[F] rain

[Dm]I'm not at the end of my[C] rope   [G]
I'm stea[F]dy in this ship [Gsus4]to sail [G]
[Dm]if there's healing in an honest [C]        [G]word
if      [F]truth is like a [Gsus4]soft kis[G]s
then    [F]oh-oh-oh oh lord[C]        [G]
will thi[C]s storm [Bm]pass us [Am]over
[F]oh-oh-oh oh lord[C]        [G]
will thi[C]s storm [Bm]pass us [Am]over
[G]halle   [F]lu-u-u-jah

(no chord) so tell me
[Am]are we not a bre[G]ath are we not a[F] mist
I think that eve[C]rybody here know[F]s it
so this time,   [Am]as the season tu[G]rns once[F] again
I'm pushing     [C]my soul, against this bi[F]tter cold

[Dm]I'm not at the end of my[C] rope   [G]
I'm stea[F]dy in this ship [Gsus4]to sail [G]
[Dm]if there's healing in an honest [C]        [G]word
if      [F]truth is like a [Gsus4]soft kis[G]s
then    [F]oh-oh-oh oh lord[C]        [G]
will thi[C]s storm [Bm]pass us [Am]over
[F]oh-oh-oh oh lord[C]        [G]
will thi[C]s storm [Bm]pass us [Am]over
[G]halle   [F]lu-u-u-jah
[F]hallelu-u-u ja-a[C]-ah (I don't think the c is actually played, but i play it.)