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Forgotten Virtues

Tenderness

Track 9

C#                     C#7               F# Tenderness is leaving, one sharp word at a time F#maj7 G#                A#m     G#          D#         G# We call the coldness honesty and cruelty a stronger mind C#                           C#7                    F# We learn to speak in weapons and laugh when someone bleeds C#          G#7            C#    F#maj7           G# A#m7 Then wonder why the gentle heart has nowhere left to breathe D#sus4     G#                 C# Be gentle, someone is already breaking G#            A#m     A#m7        D#m7 Speak softly, someone is carrying pain F#maj7         C# Sarcasm passes for wisdom F#  G#               C# And anger passes for strength D#m7 G#                    Fm We wound the ones beside us      A#m7             D#m7 Then call the damaged fate Christ did not crush the bruised reed C#      F#  C# Or turn the weak away    G#                       A#m He held the child, restored the fallen C#           G#      C# And gave the ashamed a name F#       G#            A#m Strength does not need to wound G#    C#            D#m Truth does not need to sneer C#   F#        C#          D#m7               D#m Love can lower its furnace and choose to draw near C#                F7 Lower the weapon, soften the word A#m        D#7                   C# Notice the bruised, let mercy be heard F#         G#              A#m7            C# Tenderness is not weakness or fear dressed as love F#             C# It is strength made gentle A#m7   A#m7     D#7 In the hands of God F# In the hands of God