C Cmaj7 Am7 C6 I've spent my whole lifetime in a world where the sunshine F Em Dm made excuses for not hanging 'round G F Em Dm Dm7 I've squandered emotions on the slightest of notions G G7 C and the first easy loving I've found C Cmaj7 Am7 C6 Soon all the good times, the gay times and play times F Em Dm Dm7 like colors run together and fade G F Em Dm Oh Lord if you hear me, touch me and hold me G F Em Dm and keep me from blowing away (instrumental break then modulate to D) D Dmaj7 Bm7 D6 There've been times that I've trembled and my mind's remembered G F#m Em Em7 the days that just crumbled away A G F#m Em With nothing to show but these lines that I know A D are beginning to show in my face D Dmaj7 Bm7 D6 So Lord if you're listenin' you know I'm no christian G F#m Em Em7 and I ain't got much coming to me A G F#m Em But won't you send down some sunshine, throw out a lifeline G A D And keep me from blowing away A G F#m Em Lord if you hear me, touch me and hold me, G A G D and keep me from blowing away