Michael Card
I Corinthians 1:19-25
Could It Be
[Intro]
C Dm C Dm
[Verse]
G
In the ebb and flow of living
C Am
As we wander through the years
Dm G
We're told to listen to a voice
Em Am
We can't hear with our ears
F G
They say to live by something
Em Am
That you can't see with your eyes
F Em Dm
Is there really any purpose
C G
To this foolish exercise?
[Chorus]
Dm G
Could it be You make Your presence known
Em Am
So often by Your absence?
F G
Could it be that questions tell us more
Em Am
Than answers ever do?
G F G E
Could it be that You would really rather die
Am
Than live without us?
F Em Dm C G
Could it be the only answer that means anything
C
Is You?
[Interlude]
Dm C Dm
[Verse]
G
In our words and in our silence
C Am
In our pride and in our shame
Dm G
To the genius and the scholar
Em Am
To the foolish and insane
F G
To the ones who care to seek You
Em Am
To the ones who never will
F Em Dm C G
You are the only answer even still
[Chorus]
Dm G
Could it be You make Your presence known
Em Am
So often by Your absence?
F G
Could it be that questions tell us more
Em Am
Than answers ever do?
G F G E
Could it be that You would really rather die
Am
Than live without us?
F Em Dm C G
Could it be the only answer that means anything
C
Is You?
[Bridge]
F C
It's a question you can't answer
Dm F
An answer you cannot express
Bb F
That the gentle Man of Sorrow
Dm C
Is the source of happiness
F C
You'll never solve the mystery
Dm F
Of this magnetic man
Bb F G Am F#m
For you must believe to understand
[Chorus]
Dm G
Could it be You make Your presence known
Em Am
So often by Your absence?
F G
Could it be that questions tell us more
Em Am
Than answers ever do?
G F G E
Could it be that You would really rather die
Am
Than live without us?
F Em Dm C G
Could it be the only answer that means anything
C
Is You?
F Em Dm C G
Could it be the only answer that means anything
C
Is You?
[Outro]
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