The Blessings

(Ab,*Eb Slow 4/4)-Alabama '96 Christmas II (by Teddy Gentry,Randy Owen,Ronnie Rogers (BMI))

Verse 1
  Ab                     Cm/Ab
I stand here looking up, at the stars tonight
Cm4/Ab                  Db
How can one man have so much in life.
                 Eb         Ab         Db
As I look around me, what a picture it paints
                        Eb
Much more than Lucky, I want to give my thanks
         Db                   Eb
There is food on the table, a log on the fire
    Db                         Eb
And in my woman's eyes there's love and desire
Chorus
         Db
(Oh) The blessings, sent from above
       Ab           Cm
Oh the blessings, a life full of love
     Db
When I look around, I can see, All that's been given me
     Cm                      Fm
So I lift my eyes, up to the sky
                       Db           Eb
(Cause) I want to give my, my my my my
               Ab         Db-Ab
Thanks for the blessings.
Verse 2
    Ab                   Cm/Ab
Sometimes I fall asleep, at the end of the day
Cm4/Ab                      Db
And I forget to thank you,  I'm ashamed to say
         Eb      Ab      Db
But as I lay me, down to sleep
                           Eb
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
Db                      Eb
I know you can hear me, hear on earth
Db                       Eb
Thank you for giving me, more than I deserve.