You Say I AM (Capo 3 Eb)
[Verse 1]
C F
Before you formed us, you knew us,
C F
Who we’d be and what we’d do.
Am F
Still you went and created,
Am F
Letting us choose to serve you.
[Verse 2]
C F
Lord we struggle with our vices.
C F
Saying, “Now what do we do?”
Am F
We search for hope without conviction.
Am F
Yet you show we can get through.
[Chorus]
C F
You say, “I AM. The Alpha and Omega.”
C F
You say, “I am, I was, and I will be.
[Verse 3]
C F
Awake! Awake, people of Zion.
C F
Put on your garments of light.
Am F
Shake the dust off of your shoulders.
Am F
You’re sons and daughters of Christ.
[Verse 4]
C F
We’re called to serve the poor and hungry.
C F
To spread the news of Jesus Christ.
Am F
We’re not ashamed of the gospel.
Am F
Or of the one who paid our price.
[Chorus]
C F
You say, “I AM. The Alpha and Omega.”
C F
You say, “I am, I was, and I will be.
C F
You say, “I AM. The Alpha and Omega.”
C F
You say, “I am, I was, and I will be.
[Bridge]
C
The word in the beginning
Dm
The word was with our God.
Am
The word was God.
F
The word was God.
C
The word in the beginning
Dm
The word was with our God.
Am
The word was God.
F
The word was God.
C
The word in the beginning
Dm
The word was with our God.
Am
The word was God.
F
The word was God.
C
The word in the beginning
Dm
The word was with our God.
Am
The word was God.
F
The word was God.
Optional Bridge and Chorus overlap (using the chorus chords x2)
[Final Chorus]
C F
And we say, “You are. The Alpha and Omega.”
C F
We say, “You are, you were and you will be.
[Verse 1]
C F
Before you formed us, you knew us,
C F
Who we’d be and what we’d do.
Am F
Still you went and created,
Am F
Letting us choose to serve you.
[Verse 2]
C F
Lord we struggle with our vices.
C F
Saying, “Now what do we do?”
Am F
We search for hope without conviction.
Am F
Yet you show we can get through.
[Chorus]
C F
You say, “I AM. The Alpha and Omega.”
C F
You say, “I am, I was, and I will be.
[Verse 3]
C F
Awake! Awake, people of Zion.
C F
Put on your garments of light.
Am F
Shake the dust off of your shoulders.
Am F
You’re sons and daughters of Christ.
[Verse 4]
C F
We’re called to serve the poor and hungry.
C F
To spread the news of Jesus Christ.
Am F
We’re not ashamed of the gospel.
Am F
Or of the one who paid our price.
[Chorus]
C F
You say, “I AM. The Alpha and Omega.”
C F
You say, “I am, I was, and I will be.
C F
You say, “I AM. The Alpha and Omega.”
C F
You say, “I am, I was, and I will be.
[Bridge]
C
The word in the beginning
Dm
The word was with our God.
Am
The word was God.
F
The word was God.
C
The word in the beginning
Dm
The word was with our God.
Am
The word was God.
F
The word was God.
C
The word in the beginning
Dm
The word was with our God.
Am
The word was God.
F
The word was God.
C
The word in the beginning
Dm
The word was with our God.
Am
The word was God.
F
The word was God.
Optional Bridge and Chorus overlap (using the chorus chords x2)
[Final Chorus]
C F
And we say, “You are. The Alpha and Omega.”
C F
We say, “You are, you were and you will be.
Peter Griffen
Peter Hammill
Peter Heppner
Peter Himmelman
Peter Hintze