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1. There You Go
There You Go- Words and Music by Aaron Tate
D5 Bm7 G5 G/B Asus Ano5
Is this the strange feeling
D5 Bm7 G5 G/B Asus Ano5
Of you working all to good
D5 Bm7 G5 G/B Asus Ano5
'Cause I am so confused
D5 Bm7 G5 G/B Asus Ano5
I don't even ask for what I should
DWhen IBm asked for anGd deserved a stoAne
You brokDe andBm gave your body as bread G A
DAnd evBmen the stone thatG dropped down and rolled awAay D Bm
Spoke of the one who blGed
DThere you go woA2rking gooGd from my bad
DThere you gA2o making robGes from my rags
DThere you goA2 melting crGowns from my calves
DThere you gA2o working goGod of all I have
Till all GI have's not that bad
When I asked for and deserved a serpent
You gave a net full of fish
And even the serpent that told the lie
When lifted high foretold the gift
Repeat chorus
A7For you so loveA7sus4d the unlovable A7
A7That you gaveA7sus4 the ineffable Badd4
That who so believes tAadd2he unbelievable Badd4
Will gain the unattainable Aadd2 E A2 E Bsus4 A2
E A2 E Bsus4 A2
Repeat chorus
D5 Ex Ax D0 G2 B3 Ex
Bm7 x x 4 2 3 x
G5 x x x 0 3 x
G/B x x 0 4 3 x
Asus x x 0 2 3 x
Ano5 x x x 2 2 x
D x 0 0 2 3 2
Bm x 2 4 4 2 2
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
A 0 0 2 2 2 0
A2 0 0 2 2 0 0
A7 0 0 2 0 2 0
A7sus4 0 0 2 0 3 3
Bsus4 x 2 4 4 0 0
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
Aadd2 x 7 7 6 0 0
Badd4 x 9 9 8 0 0
2. Thankful
Thankful Words and Music by Derek Webb
Capo 5th fret
EYou knowE7 I ran aEcross E7 E
An old box E6/9of letters
When I was bagging up A2some clothes for goodwiAmll E E7
EAnd you know I had E7to laEugh E7 E
At the sameE6/9 old struggles
That plaguedA2 me then are plaguing me stiAmll E E7
'Cause I know the road is long
From the ground to glory
But a boy can hope he's getting some place
But you see I'm running from
The very clothes I'm wearing
And dressed like this I'm fit for the chase
'Cause thereD2 is nA2one righteous E
Not one D2who understaA2nds E
D2There is noA2ne who seeks GoEd no not one D2
I said, no not one A2
And so I am thankful thatE I'm incapable of doiF#add4ng any good on D2my own A2 E E7 E
'Cause we're all still-born
Dead in our transgressions
Shackled up to the sin we hold so dear
What part can I play
In the work of redemption
'Cause I can't refuse and I cannot add a thing
'Cause I am just like Lazarus
And I can hear your voice
I stand and rub my eyes and walk to you
Because I have no choice
And so I am thankful that I'm incapable of doing any good on my own
Said I'm so thankful that I'm incapable of doing any good on my own yeah
'Cause it's by grace I have been saved
And through faith it's not my own
It is a gift of God and not by works
Lest anyone should boast
Repeat chorus
D2 A2 E until end
All chords relative to capo-
E E0 A2 D2 G1 B0 E0
E7 0 0 0 1 0 0
E6/9 0 4 2 4 0 0
A2 0 0 2 2 0 0
Am 0 0 2 2 1 0
D2 x 0 0 2 3 0
F#add4 0 4 4 3 0 0
3. Shifting Sand
Shifting sand Words and music by Aaron Tate
Tune down 1/2 step
E7 A(add2) B(add4)
Sometimes I believe all the lies
E7 A(add2) B(add4)
So I can do the things I should despise
E7 A(add2) B(add4)
And everyday I am swayed
E7 A(add2) B(add4)
By whatever is on my mind
E7 A(add2) B(add4)
I hear it all depends on my faith
E7 A(add2) B(add4)
So I'm feeling precarious
E7 A(add2) B(add4)
The only problem I have with these mysteries
E7 A(add2) B(add4)
Is they're so mysterious
G#m7And liF#mke a consumer I've been thEinking
If I could just gA2et a bit more
G#mMore than my fiF#mfteen minutes of fEaith
A2 A2II A(add2)
Then I'd be secure
Chorus:
EMy faith is liA2ke shifting sand
C#m B(add4) A(add2)
Changed by every wave
EMy faith is lA2ike shifting sand
C#m B(add4) A(add2)
So I stand on grace
I've begged you for some proof
For my Thomas eyes to see
A slithering staff, a leprous hand
And lions resting lazily
A glimpse of your back-side glory
And this soaked altar going ablaze
But you know I've seen so much
And I explained it away
Chorus
Bridge:
B(add4)
Waters rose as my doubts reigned
A(add2)
My sand-castle faith it slipped away
G#mFound myself standing on your F#mgrace
It'd been there all the time
Chorus 2x
E7 E0 A7 D6 G7 B7 E0
A(add2) 0 7 7 6 0 0
B(add3) 0 9 9 8 0 0
G#m 0 6 6 4 0 0
F#m 0 4 4 2 0 0
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
C#m 4 4 6 6 5 4
A2 0 0 2 2 0 0
A2II 0 0 4 4 0 0
4. Faith in my eyes
Faith my eyes Words and music by Derek Webb
Capo 1st fret
Intro G Gmaj7 C2
Em7 Em9 Am7 G/B C2
C2 G/B Am7 C/G D2/F#
As I survey the ground for ants
C2Looking for a pG/Blace toD7sus4 sit and rGead C/G
C2 G/B Am7 C/G D2/F#
I'm reminded of the streets of my hometown
How they're C2much like this coG/Bncrete that'sD7sus4 warm beneath my fGeet C/G
And how I'm all wrapped up in my mother's face
With a touch of my father just up around the eyes
And the sound of my brother's laugh
But more wrapped up in what binds our ever distant lives
GBut ifGmaj7 I must C2go
Em7Things I tEm9rust will be beAm7tter G/Boff wiC2thout me
But GI don't wGmaj7ant to knC2ow
Em7Life is Em9better Am7off G/B a myC2stery
So keep 'em cC2oming theseD7sus4 lines on the roGad C/G G
And keep me reC2sponsible be it a D7sus4light or heavy lEmoad G
And keep me gueC2ssing with these bD7sus4lessings in disguGise C/G G
And I'll walk with gC2race my feet andD7sus4 faith my eGyes C/G
Hometown weather is on TV
And I imagine the lives of the people living there
And I'm curious if they imagine me
Cause they just wanna leave; I wish that I could stay
But I get turned around
And I mistake my happiness for blessing
But I'm blessed as the poor
Still I judge success by how I'm dressing
So keep 'em coC2ming theseD7sus4 lines on the roGad C/G G
And keep me respC2onsible be it aD7sus4 light or heavy loEmad G
And keep me gueC2ssing with these bD7sus4lessings in disguGise C/G G
And I'll walk with grC2ace my feet andD7sus4 faith my eF2yes C2 G C/G G
La-la-la's F2 C2 D
So I'll sing a song of my hometown
I'll breathe the air and walk the streets
Maybe find a place to sit and read
And the ants are welcome company
Repeat chorus
I'll walk with gC2race my feet and D7sus4faith my eGyes.C/G G
And I'll walk with grC2ace my feet andD7sus4 faith my eF2yes..C2. G C/G G
Chords-
All chords relative to capo
G E3 Ax D0 G0 B0 E3
Gmaj7 3 x 0 0 0 2
C2 0 3 0 0 1 3
Em7 0 2 0 0 0 3
Em9 0 2 0 0 0 2
G/B 0 2 0 0 1 3
Am7 0 0 2 0 1 3
D2/F# 2 0 0 2 3 0
D7sus4 x 0 0 2 1 3
C/G 3 x 2 0 1 3
F2 1 3 3 0 1 1
D x 0 0 2 3 2
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
5. Where I Began
Where I began Words and music by Aaron Tate
GThe grass looked greener on the otDher siCde Dso I triCed to
GSnatch myself from yoDur hCand D C
GCaught a boat to anywhere but NDinevCeh and, wDell, you kCnow, I
GGot spit back on dDry lCand.D C
Give me purity and give me continence
But oh no, not yet
Like a coin hiding in the corner trying not to be swept
I was trying not to be swept.
DKicking against these goads sCure did cut up my feGet
DAnd didn't your hands get bloody as you waCshed them clean.
GHere I Dam again, bCack where I began
GTry Das I may I can't gCet away from you
GAnd all Dof these roads that lCead me to roam, bring me back home.
GHere I Dam again, Cback where I bGegan. D C
So you have yourself your ninety nine
Isn't that enough for you
Still you followed me to the shadowed valley
Carried me on your shoulders too.
I've done the work of Sisyphus
Thinking that I could get over this hill
But the one thing I can't get over now...(is the)
Is the force of your will.
Repeat chorus 2x
Chords
G E3 A2 D0 G0 B3 E3
D x 0 0 2 3 2
C x 3 2 0 3 3
6. Table for two
Table for two Words and music by Derek Webb
Capo 4th fret
D2 D2/C# D2/B D2/A Gno3 D2/F# Em9 A7sus4
Danny and I spent another late night over pancakes
Bm(add4) Bm(add4)/F# E7 G Gsus G
We talked about soccer and how every man's just the same
D2 D2/C# D2/B D2/A Gno3 D2/F# Em9 A7sus4
We made speculation on the 'who's and the 'when's of our futures
Bm(add4) Bm(add4)/F# E7 A7 D2 D
And how everyone's lonely but still we just couldn't complain
Gno3 D2/F# Em7 D2 A7sus4 A7
And how we just hate being alone
Gno3 D2/F# Em7 D2 A7sus4 A7
Could I have missed my only chance
Gno3 D2/F# Em7 D2 A7sus4 A7
And now I'm just wasting my time
Looking arGound Gsus G
But you know I know better I'm not gonna worry 'bout nothing
'Cause if the birds and the flowers survive then I'll make it okay
If given a chance and a rock see which one breaks a window
And see which one keeps me up all night and into the day
Because I'm so scared of being alone
That I forgot what house I live in
But it's not my job to wait by the phone
For her to call
Well this day's been crazy but everything's happened on schedule
From the rain and the cold to the drink that I spilled on my shirt
'Cause You knew how You'd save me before I fell dead in the garden
And You knew this day long before You made me out of dirt
And You know the plan You have for me
And You can't plan the ends and not plan the means
And so I suppose I just need some peace
To get me to sleep
chords-
relative to capo
D2 Ex A0 D0 G2 B3 E0
D2/C# x 4 0 2 3 0
D2/B x 2 0 2 3 0
Gno3 3 x 0 0 3 0
D2/F# 2 0 0 2 3 0
Em7 0 2 0 0 3 0
A7sus4 0 0 2 0 3 0
A7 0 0 2 0 2 0
Bm(add4) x 2 4 4 3 0
Bm(add4)/F# 2 x 4 4 3 0
E7 0 2 0 1 0 0
D 0 0 0 2 3 2
G 3 x 0 0 0 3
Gsus 3 x 2 0 1 3
7. Climb On
Climb on (A back that's strong) Words and music by Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal
Capo 2nd fret
Intro- G Gadd2 G C2 2x
GOh,D/F# my soGul, sometimes we dC2on't know what toDsus do D
We work so hEmard at being touD/F#gh on our oGwn
But now it'sG/B me and yC2ou
Let's give it Gup, D/F#sad boGnes
'Cause we all fC2all on hard tDsusimes D
But you don't have to stEmand up D/F#all alonGe
Just put your hG/Band in miC2ne
Climb on
D
.. Dsus Em
A back that's stC2rong G/B
Am7Hey hey, you canD/F# get what you wGant
ClimbAm7 on a G/Bback that's strC2ong G/B Am7
If you could save me a place in heaven
With a clean well lighted room
I'd muscle up to Armageddon
Wave to you darlin' be home soon
If you could show me the story of love
I would write it again and again
And then you could be the women you need
If you'd just let me be the man that I am
Repeat Chorus
Oh, I don't know
Sometimes we try to hard to see
But we've got one down and one more to go
That's when you say to me
Repeat chorus
Chords- relative to capo
G E3 A2 D0 G0 B3 E3
Gadd2 3 2 0 2 3 3
C2 x 3 2 0 3 3
D/F# 2 0 0 2 3 2
D x 0 0 2 3 2
Dsus x 0 0 2 3 3
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
G/B x 2 0 0 3 3
Am7 x 0 2 0 1 0
8. Petrified Heart
Petrified heart Words and music by Aaron Tate
Capo 1st fret and also capo 3rd fret with low E string open
DThis oCld heCart's been lDeft
Out Don Cmy sCleeC2ve
G/BAnd DI have pCaid as Cit's been rDent
DInto pCieces C C2 G/B D
Seems eDveryCone I've lCoved Dhas
DTaken a Cbit of my CinsiC2des G/B D
I'm scDattered Cas the wComan whose boDdy
Was tDorn for the twCelve tribes C C2 G/B D
GWhen did my heart get so petDrified C C D
GWhen did it get so haDrd to feel C C D
GWhen did my heart get so afDraid to love C C
DWhen did it gDet so hard C C D
And the easy-living Gnostic proud
Use their knowledge
Like a wrecking ball to tear me down
Flooding me with their fallacies
I can't walk on this water
I'm starting to drown
Repeat chorus
DStrike this rock with your rod
I'll taCke the blows
DTill your living water begCins to flow
DAs it flowed from the mCan of sorrow's sides
DOn that day when his bCody was torn for the twelve tribes
DWas torn for the twelve tribes
Repeat chorus
Chords- relative to capo
D E0 A0 D0 G2 B3 E2
C x 3 2 0 3 3
C2 0 3 0 0 3 3
G/B x 2 0 0 3 3
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
9. Somewhere North
Somewhere north
Fmaj9It's a muggy night in Houston G Gsus4
Fmaj9And all the intersections are like Gfull seGsus4rve stations Fmaj9
I'm on my way to a famGiliarGsus4 place Am7 Gsus4 G
Fmaj9It's cold in Kansas city G Gsus4
Fmaj9And you can no more hear me than I can see GyourGsus4 face Fmaj9
How I wish it was GjusGsus4t you and me Am7
GWe wouldn't have to talk aboveC5 the crowdAm7 Fmaj9
We wouldn't have to talk so loudG Gsus4
'Cause IC5 givAm7e you my lifeGsus4 and all I am Fmaj9
But what have I to givGe
C5So I hAm7and you a candGsus4id photograph oFmaj9f this little boGy
D2/F# Fmaj9
'Cause I've nothing to my name
But IGsus4 can give you thatFmaj9
I don't miss the driving
Seems like forever
And I'm always driving in my mind
And wearing out the road that gets me there
And I'm driving till my eyes just can't see straight
But I suppose that it's getting late
Repeat chorus
Am7I may never findFmaj9 the sleep
I've lAm7ost all feeling Fmaj9in my hands and
Am7Feet may touch the ground buFmaj9t
My mind's somewhere nortGh of here Gsus4 C5 Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj9 G
Repeat chorus
Chords E A D G B E
Fmaj9 1 3 3 0 1 0
G 3 x 0 0 0 3
Gsus4 3 x 0 0 1 3
Am7 0 0 2 0 1 3
C5 0 3 x 0 1 3
D2/F# 2 0 0 2 3 0
10. Daring Daylight Escape
Daring daylight escape Words and music by Derek Webb
Capo 2nd fret
I've got my miGnd made up, I've got to love you orF leave you fastC F C
F#Cause I've been thiGnking clear and I don't know how lonFg it'll lCast F C
F#Cause just like UGri Geller I'm bound to twist theF facts arouCnd F C
F#I've got to gGet them straight before my baby upF and leaves toCwn F C
Cause I caDn't walk on wB7ater
And if I cEmhase you I might droA7sus4wn A7
And IC'm already upD to my neck
If GI may pose a question it'll onFly take a second
Cause I kCnow that it's getting late.D
And depGending on your answer FI might have to pack
And make a daCring daylight escape D
Because it's eCither high time to makDe you mine
Or I swGear it's time to B7get outta tEmown E7b13
So plCease say yes quicDk cause the sun's going downG F C
London's nice but it's the last place you wanna go
But there's no crime and you can catch a broadway show
Cause it's just so far and it's bound to get a hold on you
And I've got front page headlines pulled right outta yesterday's news
You can read all about it
About boy meets girl and then
screws the whole thing up
Just like always
Repeat chorus
It's no crime to love you
But my heart's still doing time
It's acting on it's best behavior
Repeat chorus
chords- relative to capo
G E3 A2 D0 G0 B3 E3
F x 3 3 2 1 1
C 3 3 2 0 1 0
F# x 4 4 3 2 2
D x 0 0 2 3 2
B7 0 2 1 2 0 2
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
A7 0 0 2 0 2 0
A7sus4 0 0 2 0 3 0
E7b13 0 2 0 1 1 0
11. 40 Acres
40 Acres
Capo 4th fret
GOut on these DsusTexas plains G/Byou can see for a miC2llion lives
GAnd there's a tDsushousand exits bG/Between here aC2nd the state line
GAbout the lDsusast time thatG/B I saw C2you
You said cGall me PaDsusndora, G/Bcall me a fC2ool
G/BAnd I'm thinking this view it couldC2 do you some good
G/BSo drop these scales and tC2ake a look
DThere's 40 acres Em7and redemption C2to be found
DJust along Em7down the C2way
DThere is a pEm7lace where no pC2low blade has turned the ground
DAnd you will Em7turn it over,(hC2ey) 'cause oDut here hope remGains Dsus
G/B'Cause C2out here hope reGmains...Dsus G/B C2
Out here the Texas sky is as big as the sea
And you're alone in your room like an island floating free
Your spirit's hanging in a bottle out on a tree
You say that you're the black sheep, I say you're still family
So throw that bottle to the waves
They'll bring you in to me and from the shore you will see
Repeat Chorus
Out here the Texas rain is the hardest I've ever seen
It'll wash your house away, but it'll also make you clean
Now these rocks they are crying too
And this whole land is calling out for you
Repeat Chorus
Chords- relative to capo
G 3E 2A 0D 0G 3B 3E
Dsus 0 0 0 2 3 3
G/B x 2 0 0 3 3
C2 x 3 2 0 3 3
D x 0 0 2 3 2
Em7 0 2 2 0 3 3
Enjoy