C Bb F


[Chorus]
F
In my hour of darkness, in my time of need
C                        Bb                F        
Oh Lord, grant me vision, Oh Lord, grant me speed


[Verse 1]
F
Once I knew a young man, went driving through the night
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Miles and miles without a word, but just his high beam lights
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Who'd have ever thought they'd build such a deadly Denver bend
  C                                Bb                F
To be so strong, to take so long as it would till the end


[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
F
In my hour of darkness, in my time of need
C                        Bb                F        
Oh Lord, grant me vision, Oh Lord, grant me speed


[Verse 2]
 F
Another young man safely strummed his silver stringed guitar
      C                            Bb                F
And he played to people everywhere, some say he was a star
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But he was just a country boy, his simple songs confess
       C                      Bb          F
And the music he had in him so very few possess


[Chorus]
F
In my hour of darkness, in my time of need
C                        Bb                F        
Oh Lord, grant me vision, Oh Lord, grant me speed


[Instrumental]
C Bb F


[Verse 3]
F
Then there was an old man, kind and wise with age
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And he read me just like a book and he never missed a page
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And I loved him like my father, and I loved him like my friend
     C                                      Bb                F
And I knew his time could shortly come but I did not know just when


[Chorus]
F
In my hour of darkness, in my time of need
C                        Bb                F        
Oh Lord, grant me vision, Oh Lord, grant me speed
C                        Bb                  F        
Oh Lord, grant me vision, Oh Lord, grant me speed