Intro:
(EmGD) x2
Verse 1:
C/ED/F#Em
Here I am, Lord and I'm drowning
GC/E
In Your sea of forgetfulness
D/F#Em
The chains of yesterday surround me
GC/E
I yearn for peace and rest
DEm
I don't want to end up where You found me
G/BCD/F#C
And it echoes in my mind, keeps me awake tonight
Verse 2:
C/ED/F#Em
I know You've cast my sin as far as
GC/E
As the east is from the west
D/F#Em
And I stand before You now as
GC/E
As though I've never sinned
DEmG/B
But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
CD/F#
From You leaving me this way
C
Jesus can You show me just how
Chorus:
EmGD
Far the east is from the west
Am
'Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
C
Rising up in me again
EmGD
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
AmG/BC
You know just how far the east is from the west
(D) on Chorus repeat
From one scarred hand to the other
Instrumental:
EmDEmDVerse 3:
C/ED/F#Em
I start the day, the war begins
GC/E
Endless reminding of my sin
D/F#Em
Time and time again Your truth is drowned out
GC/E
By the storm I'm in
DEmG/B
Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
CD/F#
From You leaving me this way
C
Jesus can You show me just how
Repeat Chorus:
Bridge:
GD/F#
I know You've washed me white
Em
Turn my darkness into light
G/C
I need Your peace to get me through
CG
To get me through this night
Bm
I can't live by what I feel
Em
About the truth Your work reveals
C
And I'm not holding on to You
EmD
But You're holding on to me
EmD
You're holding on to me
Chorus (watch out, chords are different!)
GD/F#
Jesus, You know just how far the east is from the west
Em
I don't have to see the man I've been
G/CC
Come rising up in me again
GD
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest (mercy I find rest)
AmG/BC
You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other
Ending:
EmDEmD
(Just how far, the east is from the west, just how far)
Em
From one scarred hand to the other
DEmC
(You know just how far, the east is from the west, just how far)
From one scarred hand to the other
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