From Compass Rose EP, Vol. 1.
Intro: Cm / / / Eb / / / / / Bb / Eb / / /
Verse 1:
F BbThere’s a question
F Gmthat’s been hanging
Ebover my head
Like a beautiful,
F Bbfrightening storm
FAnd around it
Gmmy whole life
Ebis formed
F BbAnd the answer
F Gmto this question
Ebhaunts my thoughts sometimes
What are You
worth, Lord?
It burns in my
F Bb Fmind
Gm(yeah, it burns
Ebin my mind)
Gm And to the
Pharisees
EbYou were a
Bbliability, better
Foff dead
Gm To the Romans
EbYou were just another
Bbcriminal, a
Fconvict who bled
Gm Your friend
Eb/GJudas Iscariot
Bb/Fgained thirty pieces
Ffor Your head
Chorus:
CmBut to that little
Ebgirl in Bethany
BbYou were everything
CmTo that little
Ebgirl in Bethany
Bb EbYou were everything
Verse 2:
F BbIn the language
F Gmthat I use
Ebevery day
I say, “Worthy is
the Lamb who was
F Bbslain”
FJust as long as
Gmit doesn’t cause
Ebme any pain
F BbTo treasure
F GmYou, my Lord,
Ebabove all else
And to finally
F Bbdie to myself
F Gm Lord, I’m pleading
Ebfor Your help
Gm To the arrogant You
Eb Bbare irrelevant, a
Ffigure frozen in time
Gm To the self-righteous
EbYou are a
wise man at best
BbWith a few known
Fworthy lines
Gm And still some see
Eb/GYou as a religious Jew
Bb/FWith a particular
Faxe to grind
Verse 3:
Gm Like Simon,
Ebwho You named the
Bbrock, who was
Fhung upside-down
Gm Eb To Stephen, a
faithful witness
Bbwho was stoned
Foutside of town
Gm To all the martyrs
Eb/Gof this present day
Bb/FWhose blood still
Fstains the ground
Bridge:
BbLord, Your love is
Ebbetter than anything
Gm EbBetter than life