If I Stand

Ephesians 2:8-10
 Cno3 C(2)  Cno3 C(2)
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        Cno3	       G/B		C
There's more that rises in the morning than the sun
    G/B	      Am	    Am/E        E	 F    C/E
And more that shines in the night than just the moon
	Dm		    Gsus  G	    C   G/B  Am
There's more than just this fire here that keeps me warm
       Dsus           D/F#		Gsus G
And a shelter that is larger than this room
               C	     G/B	      C
And there's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment
      G/B   Am		    Am/E       E      F   C/E
And a music higher than the songs that I can sing
Dm	 Gsus      G             C G/B Am
Stuff of earth competes for the allegiance
     D7sus         D/F#	       Gsus   G
I owe only to the Giver of all good things

Chorus:
          C   Dm7 C/E   F	   Am
So if I stand let me  stand on the promise
    D7sus     D        Gsus   G  Gsus G
That You will pull me through
	 Dm	       F	   Am
And if I can't let me fall on the grace
	    C/G	   G  C	     F  Am Gsus
That first brought me to You
    G     C   Dm7 C/E  F	   Am
And if I sing let me  sing for the joy
	 D7sus    D	   Gsus  G  Gsus G
That has borne in me these songs
	  Dm	     F	     Am	
And if I weep let it be as a man
	C/G	G   C	     F  Am   Gsus G
Who is longing for his home

And there's more that dances on the prairies than the wind
And more that pulses in the ocean than the tide
There's a love that is fiercer than the love between friends
And more gentle than a mother's when her baby's at her side
And there's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment
And a music higher than the songs that I can sing
Stuff of earth competes for the allegiance
I owe only to the Giver of all good things

CHORUS

(acapella)
And if I stand let me stand on the promise

That You will pull me through
         Dm            F           Am
And if I can't let me fall on the grace
            C/G    G  C      F  Am Gsus
That first brought me to You
    G     C   Dm7 C/E  F           Am
And if I sing let me  sing for the joy
         D7sus    D        Gsus  G  Gsus G
That has borne in me these songs
          Dm         F       Am         C/G     G   C        F  Am   F C/E
And if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for his home
          Dm         F       Am         C/G     G  Csus  C    Csus  C
And if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for   his home
 F/C        G/C         C  F/C     C   G      C
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Words and music by Rich Mullins and Steve Cudworth
© 1988 Edward Grant (ASCAP)