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Thread #57422   Message #1925081
Posted By: Joe Offer
02-Jan-07 - 05:11 PM
Thread Name: Origins: There Is a Balm in Gilead
Subject: ADD Version: Balm in Gilead
Balm In Gilead

Chorus:
There is a balm in Gilead, to make the wounded whole
There is a balm in Gilead, to heal the sin-sick soul.
There is a balm in Gilead, to make the wounded whole
There is a balm in Gilead, to heal the sin-sick soul.

Verses:
Sometimes I feel discouraged,
And think my work's in vain,
But then the Holy Spirit
Revives my soul again.

If you can preach like Peter,
If you can pray like Paul,
Go home and tell your neighbor,
"He died to save us all."

 G   Em   G   C   G D7
G   D7   G   D7
G   Em   G   C   G D7
G   D7   G

G   C   Bm
C   G   C   D G D7
G   C   E7
Am G C D6 D7 G



Source: Folksinger's Wordbook, Silber & Silber, 1973


("cannot" seems to make more sense to me in the Peter & Paul verse)