Verse
B D#m
I'm living in a land of death
F# B
The trees are burnt and gray
B D#m
There's a smoldering smoke overhead
F# C#
And the night looks the same as the day
B D#m
It seems a miracle that I can stand
F# B
When everyone I've known
B D#m
Drifts up in the air with the ash
F# C#
Every time that the wind starts to blow
[Pre-Chorus]
B D#m F#
But I feel alive with a life that's not mine
B D#m F# C#
Your law is a stream in this wasteland - my lifeline
[Chorus]
B F#
So much more than precious gold
B D#m
are your promises my Lord
B F#
By them is your servant warned
C#
in keeping them great reward
[Interlude]
B D#m F# B x2
[Verse 2]
B D#m
Your direction is marked in light
F# B
Your law secures my wounds
B D#m
I will meditate day and night
F# C#
And in season you'll harvest your fruit
B D#m
Though a poison should threaten to kill
F# B
I know my savior reigns
B D#m
And when the breezes of death leave a chill
F# C#
I've got Jesus' blood in my veins
[Pre-Chorus]
B D#m F#
So I feel alive with a life that's not mine
B D#m F# C#
And I'm believing that that is your intended design
[Chorus]
B F#
So much more than precious gold
B D#m
are your promises my Lord
B F#
By them is your servant warned
C#
in keeping them great reward
[Instrumental]
B D#m C# x4
[Bridge]
B
The kingdoms of man have all decayed
G#m
The ruins of progress turn to waste
F#
The gods of greed lay in their graves
C#/A#
Darkness is everywhere
B
But there's a path in the dark that has emerged
G#m
I can see a great light beyond this curse
D#m
D# brilliant blaze that is your word
C#/A#
D# beacon of hope that burns
B
And I focus my captivated gaze
G#m
On the radiant light from Jesus' face
F#
The water of life is all I crave
A#m
Only your word remains
B
So much more than precious gold
G#m
Is the beauty I behold
F#
Give me the glorious reward
A#m
Of knowing you, my King, my Lord
[Outro] (starts on "you" in last line, play twice and end with another Em)
A#m
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------| x4
A|------0h2-2-|
E|-0--0-------|
B
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|------8h10-10-| x4
A|-8--8---------|
E|--------------|
G#m
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------| x4
A|--------10h12-12-|
E|-10--10----------|
F#
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------| x4
A|------8h10-10-|
E|-8--8---------|
| h Hammer-on