If I Stand

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Rich Mullins

[Intro]
Gsus G Gsus G

[Verse 1]
        G              D                      
There's more that rises in the morning than the
 G
sun
D/F#        Em                    D         
More that shines in the night than just the 
C
moon
        Am                 Dsus  D        
There's more than just this fire here that 
G    D/F# Em
keeps me warm
      A                           Dsus  D
In a shelter that is larger than this room

          G               D              
There's a loyalty that's deeper than mere 
G
sentiment
D/F#         Em                        D     
And a music higher than the songs that I can 
C
sing
Am            Dsus    D               G  D/F# 
The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance
Em
       A                        Dsus  D
I owe only to the giver of all good things


[Chorus]
        G             C            Em         
So if I stand let me stand on the promise that 
         A      Dsus  D Dsus
you will pull me through
         Am           C            Em       
And if I can't let me fall on the grace that 
       Dsus  D      G C Em D
first brought me to you
    G            C            Em           A  
If I sing let me sing for the joy that has born
             Dsus D Dsus D
in me these songs
         Am         C        Em          Dsus 
But if I weep let it be as a man who is longing
          G  C  Em D
for his home

[verse 2]
        G               D                    
There's more that dances on the prairies than 
    G
the wind
D/F#       Em                  D        C
More than pulses in the ocean than the tide
Am                    Dsus  D         G   
There's a love that fiercer than the love 
         Em
between friends
      A                              Dsus     
More gentle than a mother's when her baby's at 
    D
her side

               G              D              
And there's a loyalty that's deeper than mere 
   G
sentiment
D/F#                     Em        D      C
A music higher than the songs that I can sing
Am            Dsus    D               G D/F# Em
The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance
       Asus         A                Dsus  D
I owe only to the Giver of all good things

[Chorus]
        G             C            Em         
So if I stand let me stand on the promise that 
         A      Dsus  D Dsus
you will pull me through
         Am           C            Em       
And if I can't let me fall on the grace that 
       Dsus  D      G C Em D
first brought me to you
    G            C            Em           A  
If I sing let me sing for the joy that has born
             Dsus D Dsus D
in me these songs
         Am         C        Em          Dsus 
But if I weep let it be as a man who is longing
          G  C  Em D
for his home