Intro: C C9 C F F9 F C C9 He hasn't seen a drop of rain for months it seems F F9 Rollin' river is nothing but a trickling stream C C9 The crops are dying in the harsh sunlight F F9 The dust on his tongue is dry Am F The fatted calf is down to skin and bones C C9 We carry on C C9 Alone in the city and she's only seventeen F F9 The boy left her black and blue in the street so mean C C9 Just twelve weeks along and she's got a life inside F F9 Says she's never ever felt so alone Am F She walks in the shelter, they say "welcome home" Chorus: C And we carry on Dm C/E F When our lives come undone C We carry on Dm C/E F Cause there's promise in the morning sun Am We carry on F C/E As the dark surrenders to the dawn Bb F We were born to overcome C We carry on F Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells C The happy endings and the fairy tales G Dm Is the reality of shattered lives and broken dreams C C9 C F F9 F (x2) Bb F We carry on Carry on C C9 It's the family that grieves for a lost loved one F F9 It's the soldier who won't leave til the job is done C C9 It's the addict trying to turn his life around F It's picking yourself off the ground when you've been knocked down CHORUS (x2) CCCFFF C C9 He stands in the field, cooled by the winds of change F F9 She smiles as her baby moves and it starts to rain