Rich Mullins – If I Stand (Guitar)

Capo 5
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] Gsus G Gsus G [Verse 1]
        G               D              G
There's more that rises in the morning than the sun

D/F#      Em            Bsus       B     C
More that shines in the night than just the moon

        Am                  Dsus D         G    D/F# Em
There's more than just this fire here that keeps me  warm

     A                                Dsus  D
In a shelter that is larger than this room

          G              D                G
There's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment

      D/F#  Em              Bsus       B  C
And a music higher than the songs that I can sing

Am           Dsus     D               G D/F# Em
The stuff of earth competes for the alle--giance

      Asus        A                 Dsus  D
I owe only to the giver of all good things
[Chorus]
        G            C            Em           A                Dsus D Dsus D
So if I stand let me stand on the promise that you will pull me through

         Am           C            Em              Dsus    D  G   C  Em  D
And if I can't let me fall on the grace that first brought me to you

         G           C            Em           A                Dsus D Dsus D
And if I sing let me sing for the joy that has born in me these songs

         Am          C       Em         Dsus    D   G   C   Em  D
And if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for his home
[Verse 2]
        G                D               G
There's more that dances on the prairies than the wind

D/F#      Em            Bsus  B       C 
More than pulses in the ocean than the tide

Am                     Dsus D           G            Em
   There's a love that fiercer than the love between friends

     Asus              A             Dsus          D
More gentle than a mother's when her baby's at her side

              G              D                G
And there's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment

      D/F#  Em              Bsus       B  C
And a music higher than the songs that I can sing

Am              Dsus     D               G D/F# Em
   The stuff of earth competes for the alle--giance

      Asus        A                 Dsus  D
I owe only to the Giver of all good things
[Chorus]
        G            C            Em           A                Dsus D Dsus D
So if I stand let me stand on the promise that you will pull me through

         Am           C            Em              Dsus    D  G   C  Em  D
And if I can't let me fall on the grace that first brought me to you

         G           C            Em           A                Dsus D Dsus D
And if I sing let me sing for the joy that has born in me these songs

         Am          C       Em         Dsus    D   G       C  Em  D
And if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for his home
(LESS MOVEMENT IN THE CHORDS DURING THIS LINE)
        G            C            Em           C          A     D     Dsus D
So if I stand let me stand on the promise that you will pull me through

         Am           C           Em               Dsus    D  G      C   Em   Dsus  D
And if I can't let me fall on the grace that first brought me to you

     G           C            Em           C       A        Dsus  D  Dsus  D
If I sing let me sing for the joy that has born in me these songs

         Am          C        Em        Dsus  D     G   C   Em  C
And if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for his home

    G    Am          C        Em        Dsus   
And if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for.....

Gsus G Gsus G
    His home.......
[Outro] Slow to end... Gsus D G C Am G D G