Troubled No More

Lyrics

A♭ / D♭ / A♭ / E♭7 —

Verse 1 (piano only, slow, singer testifying)

You said, "Pray it away" — (A♭ / D♭ / A♭)
But the silence broke my chest — (D♭ / E♭ / A♭)
I wore a smile on Sunday — (A♭ / Fm7 / B♭m7)
While my mind could find no rest — (E♭7 / A♭ / A♭7)

Lord, I'm tired of pretending — (D♭ / D♭m / A♭)
That my soul ain't been at war — (Fm7 / B♭m7 / E♭7)
But You count my every weeping — (A♭ / D♭ / A♭/C)
And You love me as I am — (B♭m7 / E♭7 / A♭)

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Chorus (full choir, organ swells, tambourine)

Troubled no more — (A♭ / D♭ / A♭)
Troubled no more — (A♭ / E♭/G / Fm7)
The Healer is in this room — (D♭ / D♭m / A♭/C)
And He knows what the war was for — (B♭m7 / E♭7 / A♭ / A♭7)

Weeping may stay for the evening — (D♭ / D♭m / A♭ / Fm7)
But joy is not a lie — (B♭m7 / E♭7 / A♭ / C7)
Lay down the war inside your head — (Fm7 / B♭m7 / E♭7 / A♭)
Troubled no more — (D♭ / A♭ / E♭7 / A♭)

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Bridge (modulates up to B♭ major — classic gospel key change)

(Chords moving quickly, one per word or two words)

This is not a lack of faith — (B♭ / E♭ / B♭ / F7)
This is a fight — (Gm7 / Cm7 / F7 / B♭)
Grace don't just patch the wound — (B♭ / E♭ / B♭ / D7)
Grace is a light — (Gm7 / Cm7 / F7 / B♭)

In the valley — (E♭ / E♭m / B♭)
Of the mind — (Gm7 / Cm7 / F7)
The Shepherd stays — (B♭ / E♭ / B♭/D)
He never leaves you behind — (Cm7 / F7 / B♭)

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Outro (slow, one chord per word almost, a cappella into humming)

Heal-ing — (B♭)
is — (E♭)
com-ing — (B♭)
Sa-ra-fi-na — (Gm7 / Cm7 / F7)

Heal-ing — (B♭)
is — (E♭)
com-ing — (B♭)
to-mor-row is not too far — (Cm7 / F7 / B♭)

(Hold B♭ major. Soft tambourine. Fade on hummed B♭ harmony.)

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Would you like the next song (e.g., on lament or liberation) in this same chord-per-phrase American gospel style, or with a different rhythmic feel (shuffle, slow drag, quartet style)?