Easy To West Acoustic by Casting Crowns, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Easy To West Acoustic

Biography:

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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I took moto_f16's version of this and copied it over to here and made the chords easier and added the strumming
pattern below. To see his version, go here:
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/c/casting_crowns/east_to_west_acoustic_crd.htm
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Recommended strumming pattern:
String|1-2-3-4-
High-1|/XX/XX/X
2|/XX/XX/X
3|/XX/XX/X
4|///////X
5|////////
Low-6|////////

Intro:
(Em C G) x2

Verse 1:
C D Em
/ Here I am, Lord and I'm drowning
G C
In Your sea of forgetfulness
D Em
The chains of yesterday surround me
G C
I yearn for peace and rest
D Em
I don't want to end up where You found me
G C D C
And it echoes in my mind, keeps me awake tonight

Verse 2:
C D Em
/ I know You've cast my sin as far as
G C
As the east is from the west
D Em
And I stand before You now
G C
As though I've never sinned
D Em G
But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
C D
From You leaving me this way
C [No Chord]
Jesus can You show me just how

Chorus:
Em G D
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
Em G D
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
Am C
You know just how far the east is from the west
D
From one scarred hand to the other

Instrumental:
Em / / / D / / / Em / / / D / / /

Verse 3:
C D Em
/ I start the day, the war begins
G C
Endless reminding of my sin
D Em
Time and time again Your truth is drowned out
G C
By the storm I'm in
D Em G
Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
C D
From You leaving me this way
C
Jesus can You show me just how

Chorus:
Em G D
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
Em G D
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
Am C
You know just how far the east is from the west
G
From one scarred hand to the other

Bridge:
G D
I know You've washed me white
Em
Turn my darkness into light
C
I need Your peace to get me through
C G
To get me through this night
D
I can't live by what I feel
Em
About the truth Your work reveals
C
And I'm not holding on to You
Em / / / D
But You're holding on to me
Em / / / D
You're holding on to me

Chorus
[No Chord] G D
Jesus, You know just how far the east is from the west
Am
I don't have to see the man I've been
C
Come rising up in me again
G D
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
Am C
You know just how far the east is from the west

From one scarred hand to the other

Ending:
Em D Em D
Just how far, the east is from the west, just how far
(From one scarred hand to the other)
Em D Em D
You know just how far, the east is from the west, just how far)

From one scarred hand to the other ...