Awakening Chords by Sara Groves

_ [C] _ _ Dress down [G] your [C]
pretty faith, give me [F] something _ real
_ [C] _ Leave [Dm] out the [C] thee and thou, and _ speak to me [F] now
[C] _ _ [Dm] Speak [C] to my pain and confusion, [F] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] speak through [C] my fears and my [F] pride
[C] Speak to the part of me that knows [F] I'm something [Fm] deep down inside
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I know [F] that I am not [C] perfect, but compare me to most
In a world of hurt, in a [F] world of anger, [C] I think I'm _ holding [F] my own
And [Dm] I know [C] that you've said there is more to [F] _
[Am] life, [Dm] and [C] no I am not satisfied
[F]
[Am] But [Dm] there are mornings [C] I wake up and I'm [F] just thankful [Fm] to be [F] alive
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_ _ [C] And I've known [G] now for [Am] quite a [C] while that I am [F]
not [C] whole
I've remembered the body [F] and the mind, [C] but _ _ dissected my soul
Now something inside is [F] awakening, _ [Am] [Dm] like a dream [C] I once had and [F] forgot
[Am] And [Dm] it's something [C] I'm scared of, [F] and [Fm] something I don't want to [F] stop
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ And I woke up this morning [C] and _ realized [F] that Jesus is not a [C] portrait
Or stained [F] glass windows or [C] hymns, or all [Am] the tradition that surrounds _ us
[F] And I thought it would be hard [C] to believe in, [F] but it's not hard at [C] _ all
To [F] believe I've sinned and [C] fallen short of the [Am] glory of God
_ And he's [C] not asking [G] me to [C] change in [F] my joyful [Am] martyrdom
[C] He's asking to take my [F] _ place, [C] to stand in the gap [F] that I have [C] formed
With his real [F] and his [C] sweet and his real _ [F] amazing [C] grace
[Dm] And it's not just [C] a sign or a sacrament, [F] _
[Am] [Dm] it's not [C] just a metaphor [F] for [Am] love
[Dm] The blood is [C] real and [F] it's not [Fm] just a symbol [Dm] of, it's [C] not a sign or a [F] sacrament _
[Am] [Dm] And it's [C] not just a metaphor for [F] _
[Am] love, [Dm] the [C] blood is real and it's [F] not [Fm] just a symbol [Dm] of
[C] It is real, it's [F] not [Fm] just a symbol [Dm] of, his [C] blood is real, [F] it's not [Fm] just a symbol of
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Your faith, [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ so [C] believe [F] out [C] the thing thou speak [F] now
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