Hoffman Cheng
May 2002
C G
Oh Lord, I need to ask you
F C
Some things I'd like to know
F C
How do you make the leaves turn green
Am G
And make the flowers grow
C G
How do you make the sky pour down
F C
those little drops of rain
F C
And every snowflake that you make
Am G
is never quite the same
Bb F
Well I need to know
C G
How do you do it
Bb F
Well I need to know
C G
How do you care
C G
Oh Lord, I need to ask you
F C
Some questions on my mind
F C
How do you make the lame to walk
Am G
Give vision to the blind
F C
You've healed so many broken hearts
Am G
What makes you be so kind
(chorus)
Bb F
Well I need to know
C G
How do you do it
Bb F
Well I need to know
C G
How do you care
F C
How is that you always have
Am G
the answer to my prayers
C G
Oh Lord, I need to ask you
F C
One more thing I'd like to know
F C
Why did you come to save us
Am G
So many years ago
C G
The way you were treated
F C
The hatred that we showed
F C
The things you were to go through
Am G
Well, did you really know
Bb F
Did you know that you were sent
C G
to set death's captives free
Bb F
Did you know that you would
C D
give your life on calvary
(chorus)
Bb
I need to know
how could you love me
so much that you would
die for me
Or could it be
that love for me
C
is all I really need to know
Hoffman Cheng
April 2002
Bm He was only 17 G When he got his first job A Riding his rail was his dream Bm Checking in at every stop D Hanging out the lights C Working through the night A G D He was born to be a railroad man Bm Rolling out at dawn G To the station he would go A That whistle was his song Bm Train moving slow D People rushing in C His journey soon begins A G D He was born to be a railroad man Bridge C Train rocking down the tracks D No chance for looking back A Railroad has to be G D Somewhere else by three Bm Carolina was his home G Two kids and a wife A He didn't want to roam Bm But the railroad was his life D Nothing could compare C With what the steel and he shared A G D He was born to be a railroad man Chorus C G Rock yourself to sleep D A Railroad man, Railroad man C G Long hours you must keep D A Railroad man, Railroad man Em Your family's fast asleep D Railroad man C D Your train keeps rolling on Bm Well that final whistle blew G He boarded heaven's train A He knew that this time Bm He'd not come back again D When that train pulled out C He heard the angels shout A G It's time for you to rest D Railroad man
Hoffman Cheng
April 2002
D To fly on the wings of eagles A To ride on the backs of whales D To reach for that highest peak E We've all had those dreams G But where in this life D We must find a path to G D Forever and beyond A To walk along a mountain trail D To find a new star in the sky A Peace and understanding G D These are the things that make up G D Forever and beyond D Forever and beyond A The horizon awaits D Forever and beyond B We tempt the hands of fate G D Looking for a road to G D Forever and beyond A One night I found an old well D Its depths seem to reach the bowels of hell A But up above the moon hung high G D These images takes me to G D Forever and beyond D Forever and beyond A The horizon awaits D Forever and beyond B We tempt the hands of fate G D Looking for a road to G D Forever and beyond