Only God Knows
Artist: Kevin Wright
Key: C
Read about the origin of the song
Verse 1:
C
Sometimes its easy, to
G
ask yourself why,
When the
F
hurt that you feel, cuts
C
so deep in
G
side
And it
C
seems like you’ve lost,
Your
G
reason for life,
Oh but
F
hear what I say, and
C
take my ad
G
vice
Don’t give
F
up you’re not walking a
C
lone
For there’s
F
One whose beside you
He’s been
C
there all a
G
long
And He
F
knows every tear that you’ve
C
cried,
And
F
He has the answer to
G
why
Chorus:
Only
F
God knows how
G
your broken heart,
C
Fits in His
G/B
master
Am
plan,
And
F
just when you think your world is
C
falling
a
G/B
part
Am
You’ll find He’s
F
holding your world in His
G
hand,
F
Why must the sparrow,
G
fall to the
G/B
ground I don’t
C
know,
but I
G/B
know God
Am
sees
It’s be
F
yond my mind, only
C
God
G/B
knows
Am
why,
And
F
that’s good e
G
nough, for
C
me.
Verse 2:
C
Why must I watch someone
G
I love so
F
whither and die, be
C
fore growing
G
old,
C
Why must a mother lose
G
her pride and joy
And a
F
daddy say good-bye, to
C
his little
G
boy
I don’t
F
know I only know that its
C
so
I don’t
F
mean to question God with things I’m
C
not meant to
G
know
For my
F
trust is still in Him a
C
lone
F
Knowing God is still on His
G
throne
Bridge:
F
Why must the sparrow,
G
fall to the
Abdim
ground I don’t
Am
know,
but I
G/B
know God
C
sees
It’s be
F
yond my mind, only
C
God
G/B
knows
Am
why,
And
F
that’s good e
G
nough, for
C
me.