C  Dm  G7  C
 

[Verse 1]
C                 Dm           G7
Lord if you will, lend me your ear
   C                   Em              F
It seems like this old world's beyond repair
    C                       G
But tell me does it have to be
       C                Dm               G7
Can we summon the will, come up with the faith
          C                Em            F
There are those who say we haven't got a prayer
    C                       G
Nor have we the strength to bear
                C    Dm  G7  C
This impossible world
 

[Verse 2]
C                  Dm           G7
Death if you will, give me your hand
    C                          Em          F
For there are some things I'll never understand
      C                  G
Could someone explain to me
C               Dm       G7
How many lives, how many tears
     C              Em                  F
Must fall before we learn we're going nowhere
    C                  G
Not unless we learn to share
                C
This impossible world

 
[Chorus]
          F                       C
Is that a tear in the eye of the storm
          F                    C
A hint of fear in the relative calm
    F                      C                Dm              G
It appears all attempts to feel so safe and warm are all in vain, oh
 

[Verse 3]
     C               Dm        G7
When I was a child I opened my eyes
      C               Em       F
And beheld a world of possibility
       C                      G
Though now all there seems to be
                 C
Is an impossible world
 

[Solo]
C  Dm  G7  C  Em  F  C  G  C
 

[Chorus]
                F                      C
Still there's a song that I sing in my heart
          F                       C
There's a light that I see in the dark
      F                     C               Dm              G
And a voice that has softly whispered to my soul do not be afraid

 
[Verse 4]
C                 Dm           G7
Lord If you will, lend me your ear
   C                   Em               F
It seems like this old world's beyond repair
   C                       G
Oh tell me does it have to be
                   C
Such an impossible world

 
[Outro]
Dm  G7  C 
Dm  G7  C
Dm  G7  C