Intro:  C   F   Am


[Verse 1]
C   G        Dm7  F  G
God on high, hear my prayer,
F  Dm Em    F        C Dm   C    G
In my need, you have always been there.
C  G         Am   C  G
He is young, he's a-fraid,
Am  C   G     Am G   F
Let him rest, heaven blessed,
F     Dm        Em    C   Dm
Bring him home, bring him home,
C     G   F
Bring him home.

[Chorus}
C         Am      C       G
He's like the son I might have known,
C      Am      C      G
If god had granted me a son.
C      Dm        C   Dm C
The summers die, one by one,
    G    F    C       Dm  C
How soon they fly, on and on,
F     Am      F        Am
And I am old, and will be gone.

[Verse 2] 
C     G          Dm    G7   G
Bring him peace, bring him joy,
A#m G  Am     A#m   Am G  Em C
He  is young, he is on-ly a  boy.
C             Dm  Am  C
You can take, you can give,
A#m  G   Am  A#m G   F
Let  him be, let him live.

[Outro]
   Dm     C      Dm 
If I die, let me die, 
C   G   C     Dm    G   C 
Let him live, bring him home,
Dm    G   C     Dm        C       F
Bring him home, bring,    him,    home.