Hands in the Air
the Waiting
sktomko@pla-net.net

D                   C
If I raise my hands just to lift the shade
     D                        G
Will I reveal a sky heavy and grey?
     D                              C
Will last night be a memory sweetly fading?
      Bm                               C
How I hate a morning starting out this way
          Am
On theese lonely raging mornings
        Em
I would whip You if I could
                G
But Your on the mighty side of strong
        C
And the perfect side of good
D                            C
If I raise my hands will you grab me by the wrist?
    D                                G
And will You try to pull me from the fray?
    D                           C
and even if my fingers joined together into fist
Bm                         C
will you hold me firmly anyway?
      Am                              Em
but I would try to escape you but for every day Im sure
                 G                        C
that Your on the huge side of big and the holy side of pure
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OK hear what I say as I raise my hands in surrender today
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Ok here I will stay hands in the air singing have Thine own way
D                      C
if I raise my hands so weak and thin and frail
           D                               G
will You reveal the light of mercy in Your eyes
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if I cry to you faintly will my feeble whisper fail
   Bm                           C
or will it find its way to a reply
        Am                               Em
because now that Im exhausted I think Im ready to admit
            G                              C
that I have spent all my resistance on someone I cant resist
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OK hear what I say because I raise my hands in surrender today
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Ok here I will stay hands in the air singing have Thine own way

Em                   C                       Em
Light from my window sill make my way to the door
Em                 C                         Em
I Hang my head and still I know Your wanting more
Em                 C                     Em
over the threshold now I move across the yard
Em                 C                     Em
although my will allows my every step is hard
Em                C                           Em
now in the garden now I carve out six feet of space
                       C                   Em
there make my will comply lie down upon my face
                   C                         Em
been toe to toe to long Im tired of fighting you
                  C                           Em
I see You were to strong cause I am black and blue
               C                     Em
but now I understand a losers due to win
               C                    Em
how evry dying man is sure to rise again
                        C                         Em
so I raise my left hand one I raise my right hand two
                  C
Under the morning sun my spirit cries to You
 D             C                      Em                   D
OK hear what I say because I raise my hands in surrender today
      C              G                Em                      C
Right here under the sun hands in the air singing Thy will be done
   D              C                Em                      C
IM here under the sun hands in the air singing Thy will be done
               G                 Em                         C
Ok here I will stay hands in the air singing have Thine own way
             Em                         C
hands in the air singing have Thine own way
                                  Em
have Thine own way have Thine own way