BEAUTY FOR ASHES

Words: Mo
Music: Kalita Scope

(D)Like a giant (Em)hand
(D)Taking the honey comb and (Em)squeezing it,
And (C)out comes the (A)honey!
(D)Like Moses (Em)smiting the rock
It (D)hurt, it hurt the (Em)rock,
But (C)out came the (A)water!

(D)Like a beautiful (Em)flower
(D)Pressed, pressed and (Em)crushed,
(C)But out comes the (A)perfume!
(D)Like the beautiful (Em)music
(D)That comes from the (Em)throat of a bird
(C)Almost as though in (A)pain,
(C)Yet comes forth with (A)song.

(D)Beauty, beauty for (Em)ashes.
(C)Beauty for (A)ashes.

(D)Lord, help us (Em)not to fight thy (D)crushing,
Thy bruising and thy (Em)smiting,
Which (C)causes the water to (A)gush forth.
(D)Help us not to quench that (Em)beautiful song,
(D)Even, even if it's (Em)sad
But to (C)thank Thee in spite of the (A)sorrow.

(D)Help us to be willing to be (Em)smitten and crushed,
To be (D)squeezed and to be bruised, to be in (Em)agony,
(D)That we may give forth thy (Em)sweetness,
Thy (C)fragrance, thy beauty, and thy (A)song,
(C)Thy refreshing (A)waters.

Listing of All Chords in This Song