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Intro

Bombarded by philosophies that satisfy the surface

I flee to something deeper at the risk of seeking purpose

How can I hang in this environmental state of being

Like everything I'm striving for it's nothing that I'm seeing

Won't you take my heart, won't you take my soul

 Won't you come and make me whole again

You, You've got what I need and you never retreat

 Unto you I will concede

Chorus

So help me God, to put my faith in you

So help me God, before I come unglued

Call it my addiction, I can't get enough of you

So help me God, to put my faith in you

[vamp]

Infected by the skin I'm in that's starving with desire

And Jesus ain't the latest thing to come across the wire

I throw myself in mercy for I am the chief of sinners

But daily taking up my cross has brought it's share of splinter's

You're there when I call and you're there when I fall

 Even though I don't deserve it all

You, you light my way, through the night and the day

 And from you I will not stray

Chorus

 Vamp: --

- 4X

Won't you take my heart, won't you take my soul

 Won't you come and make me whole again

You, You've got what I need and you never retreat

 Unto you I will concede

Chorus

God so help me

This is my soul's plea

I'm despeerately devoted

I can't get enough of you

So help me God

Cause you are the one I love

Cause you are the one I need

Cause you are the one I'm seeking

Cause you are the one for me

--- 2X

Intro

-- 4X

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Pardon me, your epidermis is showing

I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin

I tip my hat to the colourful arrangement

 Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin

We gotta come together, and thank the maker of us all

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

We've got a history so full of mistakes

And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace

A piece of canvas is only the beginning

It takes on character with every loving stroke

This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist's heart

By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope

We gotta come together, aren't we all human after all?

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

We've got a history so full of mistakes

And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace

Ignorance has wronged some races

And vengeance is the Lord's

If we aspire to share this space

Repentance is the cure

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 Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man

 Should make it easy for you to see

 That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones

 As a part of our anatomy

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

We've got a history so full of mistakes

And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace

This is pretty much all chords, but .crd was already reserved so I

labered a little harder and got the baseline to the second part of the

Intro

 Acoustic:

  Electric(Heavy):

[Play Electric Intro with quick down strokes, you really need to listen

to

the cd to get the timing down.]

Separated, I cut myself clean

 >From a past that comes back in my darkest of dreams

Been apprehended by a spiritual force

 And a grace that replaced all the me I've divorced

I saw a man with tattoo on his big fat belly

It wiggled around like marmalade jelly

It took me a while to catch what it said

Cause I had to match the rhythm of his belly with my head

'Jesus Saves' is what it raved in a typical tattoo green

He stood on a box in the middle of the city

And claimed he had a dream

What will people think when they hear that I'm a Jesus freak

What will people do when they find that it's true

I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak

Cause there ain't no disguising the truth

Kamikaze my death is gain

I've been marked by my maker

A peculiar display

The high and lofty they see me as weak

Cause I won't live and die for the power they seek

There was a man from the desert with naps in his head

The sand that he walked was also his bed

The words that he spoke made the people assume

There wasn't too much left in the upper room

With skins on his back and hair on his face

They thought he was strange by the locusts he ate

The Pharisee's tripped when they heard him speak

Until the king took the head of this Jesus freak

[ repeat chorus ]

People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger

That my best friend was born in a manger

People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger

That my best friend was born in a manger

[ repeat chorus twice ]

What will people think

What will people think

What will people do

What will people do

I don't really care

What else can I say

There ain't no disguising the truth

Jesus is the way

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What if I stumble? What if I fall?

Is this one for the people?

 Is this one for the Lord?

 Or do I simply serenade for things I must afford?

 You can jumble them together, my conflict still remains

 For holiness is calling, in the midst of courting fame.

Cause I see the trust in their eyes

(Though the sky is falling)

They need your love in their lives

(Compromise is calling)

What if I stumble? What if I fall?

What if I lose my step and I make fools of us all?

Will the love continue when my walk becomes a crawl?

What if I stumble, and what if I fall?

What if I stumble? What if I fall?

You never turn in the heat of it all.

What if I stumble? What if I fall?

Father please forgive me for I can not compose

The fear that lives within me, or the rate at which it grows.

If struggle has a purpose on the narrow road you've carved

Why do I dread my trespasses will leave a deadly scar?

Do they see the fear in my eyes?

(Are they so revealing?)

This time I can not disguise

(All the doubt I'm feeling)

Everyone's got to crawl when you know that your up against the wall

(It's about to fall)

Everyone's got to crawl when you know that . . .

Everyone's got to crawl when you know that your up against the wall

(It's about to fall)

Everyone's got to crawl when you know that . . .

I hear you whispering my name, you say

My love for you will never change, never change

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What if I stumble? What if I fall?

You never turn in the heat of it all.

What if I stumble? What if I fall?

You are my comfort, and my God!

Is this one for the people?

Is this one for the Lord?

Intro

-- 2X ---- 2X

Verse 1

I live a simple life, I take a day at a time

I spend my mornings with God before i hit the grind

The sublets of darkness never cease to amaze

A a physical world creates a spiritual haze

Blinded by distractions

Lost in matterless affairs

Reachings through the darkness

Trusting you will meet me there

Chorus

Day by day. Day by day

Oh dear Lord, three things I pray

To see thee more clearly

To love thee more dearly

To follow thee more nearly

--- 2X

Verse 2

You sweep your feet down alley street

Sometimes you creep I never see you coming

Monday, man your on my back like a napsack strapped with my heavy burden

You cannot condemn me

I won't buy your bag of goods

You've got nothing for me anyway that's why I pray

Chorus

Day by day. Day by day

Oh dear Lord, three things I pray

To see thee more clearly

To love thee more dearly

To follow thee more nearly

These three things

I do pray

Day by day

Day by day..... 2X

Chorus

Day by day. Day by day

Oh dear Lord, three things I pray

To see thee more clearly

To love thee more dearly

To follow thee more nearly

Day by day, day by day

Day by day, day by day

To see thee more clearly

To love thee more dearly

To follow thee more nearly

Day by day.....

Intro

Sorrow is a lonely feeling

 Unsettled is a painful place

I've lived with both for far too long now

Since we've parted ways

I've been wrestling with my conscience

 And I found myself to blame

If there's to be any resolution

I've got to peel my pride away

Just between you and me

I've got somethin' to say

I wanna get it straight

Before the sun goes down

Just between you and me

Confession needs to be made

Recompense is my way to freedom (now)

Just between you and me

I've got something to say

If confession is the road to healing

Forgiveness is the promised land

I'm reaching out in my conviction

I'm longing to make amends

So, I'm sorry vor the words I've spoken

For I've betrayed a friend

We have a love that's worth preserving

And a bond I will defend

Just between you and me

I've got somethin' to say

I wanna get it straight

Before the sun goes down

Just Between you and me

Confession needs to be made

Recompense is my way to freedom (now)

Just between you and me

I've got something to say

In my pursuit of God I thirst for holiness

As I approach the Son I must consider this

Offenses unresolved will keep me from the throne

Before I go to him my wrong must be atoned

If there's to be any resolution

I've got to peel my pride away

Just between you and me

I've got somethin' to say

I wanna get it straight

Before the sun goes down

Just Between you and me

Confession needs to be made

Recompense is my way to freedom

Under these circumstances they can hardly cope

Notice their fleeting glances and their lack of hope

I offer this suggestion they don't seem to care-o

This is my generation drowning in despair-o

You'll never find peace of mind in your pool of self

You'll never find peace of mind in a sea of wealth

You'll never find peace of mind in your rock and roll

You'll never find peace of mind if you sell your soul

Chorus

You gotta like it, You gotta love it

I know you need some freedom from the strife

You gotta like it, You gotta love it

I know you need some Jesus in your life

--- 4X

We circumvent our feelings through an angry sound

He who complains the loudest wears the fattest crown

We're anti-everybody call it paranoia

Well, I ain't no judge or jury, but I'm praying for ya

You'll never find peace of mind in your lucky charm

You'll never find peace of mind on a hippie farm

You'll never find peace of mind in a one-night stands

You'll never find peace of mind in your superman

Chorus

2X

-- 8X

Ya dropped right into the middle of a freak attack

Cause we're back and we're comin' like that

Ya see we're lowerin' the boom in the middle of the tune

Cause the funk is always heavy where it's at

So, while you're whining all the time never changing any minds

It is clear to see your lip has lost it's button

Cause, if ya take a think at this it is easy to admit

That the selfish way you're living is for nothing

--- 2X

Chorus

4X

--- 4X

Intro

--- 4X

I keep trying to find a life

 On my own, apart from you

 I am the king of excuses

 I've got one for every selfish thing I do

Chorus

What's going on inside of me? I despise my own behavior

 This is only serves to confirm my suspicious, that I'm still a man in

need of a savior

 I wanna be in the Light as You are in the Light

 I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens. Oh Lord be my Light and be

my salvation

 'Cause all I want is to be in the Light, all I want is to be in the Light

 The disease of self runs through my blood

 It's a cancer fatal to my soul

Every attempt on my behalf has failed

 To bring this sickness under control

What's going on inside of me? I despise my own behavior

 This is only serves to confirm my suspicious, that I'm still a man in

need of a savior

 I wanna be in the Light as You are in the Light

 I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens. Oh Lord be my Light and be

my salvation

 'Cause all I want is to be in the Light, all I want is to be in the Light

----- 2X

Honesty becomes me ( There's nothing left to lose )

The secrets that did run me ( In Your Presence are defused )

Pride has no position ( And riches have no worth )

The fame that once did cover me ( Has been sentenced to this earth )

Has been sentenced to this earth

What's going on inside of me? I despise my own behavior

 This is only serves to confirm my suspicious, that I'm still a man in

need of a savior

 I wanna be in the Light as You are in the Light

 I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens. Oh Lord be my Light and be

my salvation

 'Cause all I want is to be in the Light, all I want is to be in the Light

 All I want is to be in the Light

--- 13X

Intro

A preacher shuns his brother cause his bride's a different color

And this is not acceptable his Papa thaught him so

It was love that he'd been preaching, but this was overreaching

The boundaries stretched further than his heart would choose to go

Like an angel with no wings

Like a kingdom with no king

Chorus

What have we become, a self indulgent people

What have we become, tell me where are the righteous ones

What have we become, in a world degenarating

What have we become

Rap-

Speak your mind, look out for yourself

The answer to it all is a life of wealth

Grab all you can cause you live just once

You got the right to do whatever you want

Don't worry about others or where you came from

It ain't what you were, it's what you have become

Mom and Dad are fighting as Rosie lies there crying

 For once again she's overheard regrets of their mistake

With Christmas bells-a-ringing, lit' Rosie'd leave them grieving

 The gift she'd give her family would be the pills she'd take

An inconvenient child

Shewasn't worth their while

Chorus

Rap-

Don't worry about others or where you came from

It ain't what you were, it's what you have become

What about love?

What about God?

What about holiness?

What about mercy, compassion and selflessness?

Chorus

Rap-

Intro

In my mind I can see your face

Love pours down in a shower of grace

People tell me that your just a dream

Faith is the evidence of things unseen

You know what I'm going through

I know that it's true cause you've stood in my shoes

Desire's inside of me

But it's hard to believe in what you cannot see

Can you catch the wind? See a breeze?

It's presence is revealed by the leaves on a tree

An image of my faith in the unseen

In my mind's eye I see your face

You smile as you show me grace

In my mind's eye You take my hand

We walk through foreign lands, the foreign lands of life

In my mind I'm where I feeling as I rest in your arms

And like a child hold on to you in my moment of truth

We can ride the storm, endure the pain

You comfort me in my hurricane and I'll never be alone again

In my mind's eye I see your face

You smile as you show me grace

In my mind's eye You take my hand

We walk through foreign lands

In my mind's eye I see your face

You smile as you show me grace

In my mind's eye You take my hand

We walk the lands of life

In my mind I can see your face, love pours down in a shower of grace

Life is a gift that you choose to give and I believe that we eternally

live

Faith is the evidence of things unseen, people tell me that your just a

dream

 But they dont't know you the way that I do, you're the one I live to

pursue

Can you catch the wind?

Can you see the breeze?

In my mind's eye I see your face

You smile as you show me grace

In my mind's eye You take my hand

We walk through foreign lands

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2x

"alas my love you say goodbye

wipe the poison from my brow

alas my love this guilty night

it gives me up like a foster child

and in this moment I take my vow

at these angels sleeping at my feet

and in this moment you do not know how

how my spirit wants to flee."

You see what was one man, against the night

C-B--E5-E5-E5-E5

taking on a multitude that had left him high and dry

no candle burning vigil could light the way,

 darkness hit the ground like a fallen satellite

he wrestled until morning with human souls

and dark angels

and there he finished his work

on the third day.

remember.

-C5/ 4x