Jars of Clay is a popular Christian alternative rock group formed while the band members attended Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois, United States in 1992. The group's sound has varied over the years as the band has experimented with pop, folk, rock, trip-hop, gospel, and hymnsong. Their self-titled album featured layered acoustic guitars over programmed trip-hop beats. The song "Flood" was the band's biggest crossover hit, and it hit #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #12 on the Modern Rock chart.
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If I Stand Performed by Jars of Clay Album: AWESOME GOD: a tribute to Rich Mullins Written by Rich Mullins & Steve Cudworth (c) 1998 BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP) Transcribed by: [email protected]
Capo 4th Fret
INTRO: GsusGGsusG
Verse 1: GDGG There's more that rises in the morning than the sun D/F#EmEmDC More that shines in the night than just the moon AmDsusDGD/F#Em There's more than just this fire here that keeps me warm AsusADsusD In a shelter that is larger than this room
GDGG There's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment D/F#EmEmDC A music higher than the songs that I can sing AmDsusDGD/F#Em The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance AsusADsusD I owe only to the giver of all good things
Chorus: GCEmAsusADsusDDsusD So if I stand let me stand on the promise that you will pull me through AmCEmDsusDGCEmD And if I can't let me fall on the grace that first brought me to you GCEmAsusADsusDDsusD If I sing let me sing for the joy that has born in me these songs AmCEmDsusDGCEmD But if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for his home
Verse 2: GCGG There's more that dances on the prairies than the wind D/F#EmEmDC More that pulses in the ocean than the tide AmDsusDGD/F#Em There's a love that is fiercer than the love between friends AsusADsusD More gently than a mother's when her baby's at her side
GDGG There's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment D/F#EmEmDC A music higher than the songs that I can sing AmDsusDGD/F#Em The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance AsusADsusD I owe only to the giver of all good things