Misc Praise Songs – Because You Live O Christ (Guitar)

C           C/D     C           F             G         Am      G   C
Because you live, O Christ, the garden of the world has come to flower,

C           C/D    C        F                 G    Am      G C
The shadows of the tomb are flooded with your resurrection power.

    Dm        F      G        Dm       F     D7 G
The stone has rolled away and death cannot imprison!

  F         A      Dm       G                Dm G
O sing this Easter Day, for Jesus Christ has ri-sen,

    Em Am       F G        C  F  Am  G  C
has ri sen, has risen, has ri...........sen

C           C/D     C           F              G       Am        G  C
Because you live, O Christ, the spirit bird of hope is freed for flying,

C           C/D C       F              G          Am     G C
Our cages of despair no longer keep us closed and life-denying.

    Dm        F       G       Dm       F     D7 G
The stone has rolled away and death cannot imprison!

  F         A      Dm       G                Dm G
O sing this Easter Day, for Jesus Christ has risen,

    Em Am       F G        C  F  Am  G  C
has ri sen, has risen, has ri...........sen

C           C/D     C           F               G          Am      G C
Because you live, O Christ, the rainbow of your peace will span crea-tion,

C          C/D     C         F             G       Am  G C
The colors of your love will draw all humankind to adora-tion.

    Dm        F       G       Dm       F     D7 G
The stone has rolled away and death cannot imprison!

  F         A      Dm       G                Dm G
O sing this Easter Day, for Jesus Christ has risen,

    Em Am       F G        C  F  Am  G  C
has ri sen, has risen, has ri...........sen