Michael Card – Bearers Of The Light (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
G A A Bm G A D D D D 

[Chorus]

G
The Light we must bear

       C
Is the Light we must share

       Em7                      D
Is the Light that illumines the darkness

    C
The promises kept

        G
Give us strength to accept

     Am        D           G
This burden of bearing the Light
[Verse 1]
G       Em
He will walk beside us

D                G
A strong friend, Barnabas

G       C            D           G
He will be that sure shoulder to lean on

    C          Em7
The promise we share

       D         Em
Is our burden to bear

         Am             C           D
And our Light tells the darkness to be gone
[Chorus]
G
The Light we must bear

       C
Is the Light we must share

       Em7                      D
Is the Light that illumines the darkness

    C
The promises kept

        G
Give us strength to accept

     Am        D           G
This burden of bearing the Light
[Verse 2]
G                  Em
He will come after me

     D         G
This young Timothy

C           D          G
Looking for someone to guide him

G      C          Em7
I will kindle his Light

         D              Em
Make him strong for the fight

       Am         C        D
I will promise to be there beside him
[Chorus]
G
The Light we must bear

       C
Is the Light we must share

       Em7                      D
Is the Light that illumines the darkness

    C
The promises kept

        G
Give us strength to accept

     Am        D           G
This burden of bearing the Light
[Bridge]
C
And so we must claim

   G
In His powerful Name

    C           Am        D
The Promise the Bible has spoken

C
We must understand

       G
That a cord of three strands

Am            C        D
Cannot be easily broken
[Verse 3]
D   G                Em
The great need of us all

       D         G
A true mentor, a Paul

        C                 Am       G
Who has traveled the road that's before us

G      C             Em7
He has made good the pledge

            D        Em
To take the Light on ahead

       Am          C          D
We can follow his footsteps before us
[Chorus]
G
The Light we must bear

       C
Is the Light we must share

       Em7                      D
Is the Light that illumines the darkness

       C
The promises kept

        G
Give us strength to accept

     Am        D           G
This burden of bearing the Light
[Ending]
G   C
The promises kept

        G
Give us strength to accept

     Am        D           G
This burden of bearing the Light

        Am      D          G
This burden of bearing the Light
[Outro] G A A Bm G A D D D D