Casting Crowns is a Christian band that employs a soft rock music style. The band was created by youth pastor Mark Hall who also serves as a lead vocalist. The band previously served and performed in a youth group in Atlanta.
Discovered by, among others, contemporary Christian music legend Steven Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns got a recording contract and vaulted to popularity in 2003 with songs such as If We Are the Body and Who Am I. The Until
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DE(add4) F#m I don't want to end up where you found me,
Amaj7 And it echoes in my mind,
DE(add4) D Keeps me awake tonight.
Second Verse
DE(add4) F#m I know You've cast my sins as far as,
Amaj7 The east is from the west,
DE(add4) F#m And I stand before you now,
Amaj7 As though I've never sinned.
DE(add4) F#mAmaj7/C# But today I feel like im just one mistake away,
D From you leaving me this way.
Chorus
D Jesus can you show me just how
F#mAEsusE Far the east is from the west?
Bm7 Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
DE Come rising up in me again.
F#mAEsusE In the arms of your mercy I find rest
Bm7 Cause you know just how far the east is from the west
D From one scarred hand to the other.
F#mEsusEF#mEsusE
Third Verse
DE(add4) F#m I start the day the war begins,
Amaj7 Endless reminding of my sin.
DE(add4) F#m Time and time again your truth
Amaj7 Is drowned out by the storm I'm in.
DE(add4) F#mAmaj7/C# But today I feel like im just one mistake away,
D From you leaving me this way.
Chorus
D Jesus can you show me just how
F#mAEsusE Far the east is from the west?
Bm7 Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
DE Come rising up in me again.
F#mAEsusE In the arms of your mercy I find rest
Bm7 Cause you know just how far the east is from the west
D From one scarred hand to the other.
Bridge
AE/G# I know You've washed me white.
F#m7 Turned my darkness into light.
D/F# I need Your peace to get me through,
DA Get me through this night.
C#m7 I can't live by what I feel,
F#m7 But by the truth Your Word reveals.
D I'm not holding on to you,
F#mEsus But your holding on to me.
EF#m You're holding on to me.
Chorus
E Jesus, You know just how
AE/G# Far the east is from the west.
F#m7 Cause I can't bear to see the man 've been
D/F#D Come rising up in me again.
AE/G# In the arms of your mercy I find rest,
Bm7 Cause you know just how far the east is from the west,
D From one scarred hand to the other.
F#mEsusEF#mEsus
EF#m One scarred hand to the other.
EsusEF#m
D From one scarred hand to the other.
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