Jars of Clay – The Valley Song (Guitar)

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There is a version of this song that uses a capo on the fifth fret and plays it in the key of G. It sounds totally fine that way, but I hit on this way of playing it by listening to that one and realizing that it might sound a little smoother played with no capo and playing in the key of C. And to be fair, that G/B is really more like a Gsus4 13/B if that makes sense. C X32010 G/B X20010 Am7 X02010 Fmaj7 XX3210 [Verse 1]

         C             G/B
You have led me to the sadness

         Am7        Fmaj7
I have carried this pain

     C                    G/B
on a back bruised, nearly broken

    Am7           Fmaj7
I'm crying out to You

[Chorus]

       C
I will sing of Your mercy

     G/B                         Am7
that leads me through valleys of sorrow

             Fmaj7
to rivers of joy

[Verse 2]

     C             G/B
when death, like a gypsy

         Am7          Fmaj7
comes to steal what i love

       C                 G/B
I will still look to the heavens

       Am7             Fmaj7
I will still seek your face

      C               G/B
but I fear You aren't listening

        Am7          Fmaj7
because there are no words

         C                 G/B
just the stillness and the hunger

      Am7        Fmaj7
for a faith that assures

[Chorus]

       C
I will sing of Your mercy

     G/B                         Am7
that leads me through valleys of sorrow

             Fmaj7
to rivers of joy

C   G/B  Am7     Fmaj7
alleluia, alleluia

C  G/B   Am7     Fmaj7
alleluia, alleluia

[Verse 3]

         C        G/B
while we wait for rescue

         Am7          Fmaj7
with our eyes tightly shut

            C                G/B
face to the ground using our hands

   Am7                 Fmaj7
to cover the fatal cut

           C          G/B
though the pain is an ocean

        Am7        Fmaj7
tossing us around, around, around

         C              G/B
You have calmed greater waters

       Am7                 Fmaj7
higher mountains have come down

[Chorus]

       C
I will sing of Your mercy

     G/B                         Am7
that leads me through valleys of sorrow

             Fmaj7
to rivers of joy