IF I STAND
from Rich Mullins' winds of heaven, stuff of earth.
   Words by Rich Mullins        (C) EDWARD GRANT, INC. (ASCAP)


         C              Em               Am
THERE'S MORE THAT RISES IN THE MORNING THAN THE SUN

            Am           D                   G
MORE THAT SHINES IN THE NIGHT THAN JUST THE MOON

         F                   G               C / Em / Am
THERE'S MORE THAN JUST THIS FIRE HERE THAT KEEPS ME WARM

        Am             D               G
IN A SHELTER THAT IS LARGER THAN THIS ROOM



             C            Em                Am
THERE'S A LOYALTY THAT'S DEEPER THAN MERE SENTIMENT

          Am             D                G
A MUSIC HIGHER THAN THE SONGS THAT I CAN SING

      F              G              C /Em /Am
THE STUFF OF EARTH COMPETES FOR THE ALLEGIANCE

       Am           D                G
I OWE ONLY TO THE GIVER OF ALL GOOD THINGS



          Am           F           Am           F                  G
SO IF I STAND LET ME STAND ON THE PROMISE THAT YOU WILL PULL ME THROUGH

          Am           F           Am                G           C
AND IF I CAN'T LET ME FALL ON THE GRACE THAT FIRST BROUGHT ME TO YOU

      Am           F          Am             F                G
IF I SING LET ME SING FOR THE JOY THAT HAS BORN IN ME THESE SONGS

          Am         F        Am          G               C
BUT IF I WEEP LET IT BE AS A MAN WHO IS LONGING FOR HIS HOME



         C                Em               Am
THERE'S MORE THAT DANCES ON THE PRAIRIES THAN THE WIND

           Am             D             G
MORE THAT PULSES IN THE OCEAN THAN THE TIDE

            F            G                C  /  Em  /  Am
THERE'S A LOVE THAT IS FIERCER THAN THE LOVE BETWEEN FRIENDS

       Am                             D             G
MORE GENTLY THAN A MOTHER'S WHEN HER BABY'S AT HER SIDE





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