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Forgotten Virtues

Self Control

Track 11

Am     G I want it now Am           Em I don’t want to waste F        C              Dm One more game, one more song G             C One more hour awake G                Am The screen keeps calling G          F And I keep giving in Am     E Little by little   Am                Dm I forget how to say no Dm7 G Not today C   E7         Am No, I will not be mastered C7  G7              C No, I don’t have to obey E7     Am  Em Jesus, you are better F                C      Am    Dm7 Better than what I want right now   G      C I choose you F           G Friends and family with me Am           Em But eyes are somewhere else F         C Your word is waiting     Dm7             G But I keep choosing myself   C                 G I say just one more minute      Am7     Am   Em Then another hour is gone F              G     C Lord, teach my heart to stop G Paul said Em         Am I will not be mastered F Your spirit gives self-control C           Dm Strength to turn away             Am Strength to close the screen             F Strength to wait and pray Dm7 To choose what is better G Again and again C   E      Am No, I will not be mastered C7  G        G7   C No, I do not have to obey E7     Em Jesus, you are better F           C      Am         Dm7 Better than what I want right now G        C I choose you G                 Am Tonight I put the screen away G                 F Tonight I let the silence stay C              Dm Tonight I open up your word G                C Tonight I listen and obey E7               Am Self-control can grow again Em     F Let it start in us       C Teach us to wait G     Am        F Teach us to say no Dm7         G      C Teach us to choose you Am       Gsus4 More and more