All Creatures
by Josh Garrels
No Capo
Key: Em
Chorus
Em G D2 A2 Em
All creatures of our God and King
G D2 A2 Em
Lift up your voice and let us sing
G D2 A2 Bm
O Praise Him! O Praise Him!
C
Alleluia
(Same chord progression continues all the way thru... You'll just have to listen
to the song for the full rhythm.)
Em G
Creation sent to me the centipede to witness the
D2 A2
complexity of one hundred legs that were moving
Em G
unexpectedly, ironically, just as they were meant to be,
D2 A2
they're fearfully and wonderfully made;
Em G
An organism praised in circadian rhythms:
D2 A2
the sun will rise and then the sun will set, and then the sun will rise
Bm C
again, so lift up your head! this is life: not a static object preserved and
Em G
displayed like a relic from the dead
D2 A2
You are not a fruitless tree with a rootless disease
Em G
growin' in a bucket in a rich man's home
D2 A2
next to the TV tamed and alone
Em G
learnin' to lust for the things you don't own
D2 A2
like an arm-chair warrior who's been dethroned,
Bm C
declawed and fixed, fighting for you life with unattended slit wrists.
Em G
Don't let your name get intermingled with the number
D2 A2
cause its time to awaken from the devilish slumber,
Em G
to freely follow the Forerunner
D2 A2
to the fatherland and rally round the renaissance man
Em G
and the wisdom of His ways and all the work of His hands
D2 A2
catch come as catch can
Bm
concentrating on the good words of the Son of Man,
C
the plan is to withstand the demands of a confused oppressor:
Em G
a wolf in sheep's clothes
D2 A2
with monotonous lectures and questionable gestures
Em G
unequal measures cultural pressures
D2 A2
and synthetic textures, force-fed instead of the most beautiful
Em G D2 A2
architecture of our long lost, forgotten origins:
Bm
Unseen fiber in the blood of my King
C
And that old rock where we confessed our sins
Em G
Oh, my God, fellow man
D2 A2
in this great land they all cry out for
Em G
full restoration and this will take patience
D2 A2
And this will take the tribes and the tongues of all the nations
Em G D2
and all of creation groans in anticipation
A2
waitin' for the Son of God to be manifest
Bm
I can feel it burnin' in my chest
C
liberation for the oppressed
Em G D2
And it's beautiful like the feet that bring good news...
A2 Em
Its beautiful like this freedom tune
G D2 A2
Its beautiful like the power to choose... to change
Em G D2
Beautiful like the long awaited rain
A2 Bm
Beautiful like the healing pains
C
Beautiful like the holy flames... coming down!
Em G D2 A2 Em
All creatures of our God and King
G D2 A2 Em
Lift up your voice and let us sing
G D2 A2 Bm
O Praise Him! O Praise Him!
C Em
Alleluia