Intro
G D Em C
Verse
G D
Oh, it's amazing, flipping these pages
Em C
What's happened through all these years
G D
Down in the basement, looking through the ages
Em C
I can see it so clear
Am
Things from this old house
C
Really mean something now
G
Like that poem that I used to hear
D
Hanging round everywhere
Em
I used to write it off
C
Just a picture on the wall
G
But now that I've lived some life
D
Been through some bitter times
Em C
I can understand
Am C
That one set of footprints in the sand
G D Am C
Verse
G
Oh, those lonely roads that I walked
D
Sleepless nights that I thought
Em C
I was on my own
G
But those footprints behind me
D
They tell the story
Em C
You carried me all along
Am
Things aren't what they seem
C
Sometimes there's more than what we see
G
Like that poem that I used to hear
D
Hanging round everywhere
Em
I used to write it off
C
Just a picture on the wall
G
But now that I've lived some life
D
Been through some bitter times
Em C
I can understand
Am C
That one set of footprints in the sand
G D Am C
Ooh, yeah
Bridge
Am
And when I stop to look back
C
I can see your faithfulness
G D
Written in the prints that you leave
Am
You are more than here with me
C
Oh, Lord, you carry me
G D
You are my strength when I'm weak
Am
I see what's ahead of me
C D
When I look back
G
At that poem that I used to hear
D
I saw it everywhere
Em
I used to write it off
C
Now it's hanging on my wall
G
I still have some life to live
D
One thing, I'm sure of it
Em C
You'll be with me to the end
Am C G
And I see that one set of your footprints again
Outro
D Em C G
You carry me, you carry me so I can rest, I can rest
D Em C G
You carry me, you carry me so I can rest, I can rest
D Em C G
You carry me, you carry me so I can rest, I can rest
D Em C G
You carry me, you carry me so I can rest, I can rest