Chords for The Words of God
Tempo:
94.3 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
C
G
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm] [D]
[Dm] [D]
From [C] desert cliff and mountain [A] top [D] we trace the wide [A] [G] design
[Dm] strike [C] flip fault and
overthrust [A] and sin an antique line
[D] We [C] gaze upon creation where [D] erosion makes [A] it known
[G] Count the countless eons in the [A] banding of [Dm] the [G] stone
Odd long [C] vanished creatures and [D] their tracks and shells are [C] found
Where truth is left its sketches on [D] the slate [A] beneath the ground
[D] The patient [C] stone can speak if we [D] will listen [Am] when it talks
humans wrote [C] the Bible
[G] God wrote [Dm] the [A] rock
[D] There are [G] those who [A] name the [D] stars who watch the [A] sky by [Dm] night
Seeking [C] out the darkest [A] place to better see the light
[Dm] Long [C] ago when torture [D] brought the remnant [A] of his [D] will
[G] [D] Galileo [C] recanted [G] but the [A] earth is [D] moving [C] still
High above the mountain [D] tops where [Dm] only distance bars [C] the truth has left its footprints
[D] in the dust between [A] the stars
[D] We [G] may [C] watch and study [D] or may [G] shudder [A] and deny
[D] [Em] humans wrote the [C] Bible
[G]
God wrote [Dm] the [D] sky
By stem [G] and root [A] and branch [D] we trace my feather [A] fang and fur
[D] How [G] the living [C] things [A] that are descend from things that were
[D] The moss [G] the kelp [C] the zebra [D] fish the very [A] mice and flies
[G] Tiny humble wordless things how shall they [Dm] tell us lies?
[C] We are kin to beasts [D] no other answer can we bring [C] the truth has left its [G] fingerprints
[D] on every [A] living thing
[D] [C] Remember when you have to choose [D] between [A] them in the strife
[G] humans wrote the [C] Bible [G] God [D] wrote
I
[Dm]
And we who [G] listen [A] to the [D] sky or walk the [A] dusty [D] grade
Or break [C] the very atoms down [A] to see how they are [D] made
Or study [C] cells or living [D] things seek truth with [A] open hand
The profound [G] that of worship is to [A] try [D] to understand
[C] Deep in flower and in [D] flesh in sky and soil and seed
[C] The truth has left its living [D] word for anyone [A] to read
[D] So turn and [C] look where you [D] think the truth will [A] be [D] unfurled
[G] humans wrote the [C] Bible
[D]
[A] God [D] wrote the [A] world
[Dm] [D]
[Dm] [D]
From [C] desert cliff and mountain [A] top [D] we trace the wide [A] [G] design
[Dm] strike [C] flip fault and
overthrust [A] and sin an antique line
[D] We [C] gaze upon creation where [D] erosion makes [A] it known
[G] Count the countless eons in the [A] banding of [Dm] the [G] stone
Odd long [C] vanished creatures and [D] their tracks and shells are [C] found
Where truth is left its sketches on [D] the slate [A] beneath the ground
[D] The patient [C] stone can speak if we [D] will listen [Am] when it talks
humans wrote [C] the Bible
[G] God wrote [Dm] the [A] rock
[D] There are [G] those who [A] name the [D] stars who watch the [A] sky by [Dm] night
Seeking [C] out the darkest [A] place to better see the light
[Dm] Long [C] ago when torture [D] brought the remnant [A] of his [D] will
[G] [D] Galileo [C] recanted [G] but the [A] earth is [D] moving [C] still
High above the mountain [D] tops where [Dm] only distance bars [C] the truth has left its footprints
[D] in the dust between [A] the stars
[D] We [G] may [C] watch and study [D] or may [G] shudder [A] and deny
[D] [Em] humans wrote the [C] Bible
[G]
God wrote [Dm] the [D] sky
By stem [G] and root [A] and branch [D] we trace my feather [A] fang and fur
[D] How [G] the living [C] things [A] that are descend from things that were
[D] The moss [G] the kelp [C] the zebra [D] fish the very [A] mice and flies
[G] Tiny humble wordless things how shall they [Dm] tell us lies?
[C] We are kin to beasts [D] no other answer can we bring [C] the truth has left its [G] fingerprints
[D] on every [A] living thing
[D] [C] Remember when you have to choose [D] between [A] them in the strife
[G] humans wrote the [C] Bible [G] God [D] wrote
I
[Dm]
And we who [G] listen [A] to the [D] sky or walk the [A] dusty [D] grade
Or break [C] the very atoms down [A] to see how they are [D] made
Or study [C] cells or living [D] things seek truth with [A] open hand
The profound [G] that of worship is to [A] try [D] to understand
[C] Deep in flower and in [D] flesh in sky and soil and seed
[C] The truth has left its living [D] word for anyone [A] to read
[D] So turn and [C] look where you [D] think the truth will [A] be [D] unfurled
[G] humans wrote the [C] Bible
[D]
[A] God [D] wrote the [A] world
[Dm] [D]
Key:
D
A
C
G
Dm
D
A
C
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
From [C] desert cliff and mountain [A] top [D] we trace the wide [A] [G] design
[Dm] strike [C] flip fault and
overthrust [A] and sin an antique line
[D] We [C] gaze upon creation where [D] erosion makes [A] it known
[G] Count the countless eons in the [A] banding of [Dm] the [G] stone
Odd long [C] vanished creatures and [D] their tracks and shells are [C] found
Where truth is left its sketches on [D] the slate [A] beneath the ground
[D] The patient [C] stone can speak if we [D] will listen [Am] when it talks
humans wrote [C] the Bible
_ _ [G] God wrote [Dm] the [A] rock
_ [D] _ There _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
are [G] those who [A] name the [D] stars who watch the [A] sky by [Dm] night
Seeking [C] out the darkest [A] place to better see the light
[Dm] Long [C] ago when torture [D] brought the remnant [A] of his [D] will
[G] [D] Galileo [C] recanted [G] but the [A] earth is [D] moving [C] still
High above the mountain [D] tops where [Dm] only distance bars [C] the truth has left its footprints
[D] in the dust between [A] the stars
[D] We [G] may [C] watch and study [D] or may [G] shudder [A] and deny
[D] [Em] humans wrote the [C] Bible
_ _ [G]
God wrote [Dm] the [D] sky
_ _ By _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
stem [G] and root [A] and branch [D] we trace my feather [A] fang and fur
[D] How [G] the living [C] things [A] that are descend from things that were
[D] The moss [G] the kelp [C] the zebra [D] fish the very [A] mice and flies
[G] Tiny humble wordless things how shall they [Dm] tell us lies?
[C] We are kin to beasts [D] no other answer can we bring [C] the truth has left its [G] fingerprints
[D] on every [A] living thing
[D] [C] Remember when you have to choose [D] between [A] them in the strife
[G] humans wrote the [C] Bible _ _ [G] God [D] wrote
_ _ _ _ I
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
And we who [G] listen [A] to the [D] sky or walk the [A] dusty [D] grade
Or break [C] the very atoms down [A] to see how they are [D] made
Or study [C] cells or living [D] things seek truth with [A] open hand
The profound [G] that of worship is to [A] try [D] to understand
[C] Deep in flower and in [D] flesh in sky and soil and seed
[C] The truth has left its living [D] word for anyone [A] to read
[D] So turn and [C] look where you [D] think the truth will [A] be [D] unfurled
[G] humans wrote the [C] Bible
_ _ [D]
[A] God [D] wrote the [A] world
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
From [C] desert cliff and mountain [A] top [D] we trace the wide [A] [G] design
[Dm] strike [C] flip fault and
overthrust [A] and sin an antique line
[D] We [C] gaze upon creation where [D] erosion makes [A] it known
[G] Count the countless eons in the [A] banding of [Dm] the [G] stone
Odd long [C] vanished creatures and [D] their tracks and shells are [C] found
Where truth is left its sketches on [D] the slate [A] beneath the ground
[D] The patient [C] stone can speak if we [D] will listen [Am] when it talks
humans wrote [C] the Bible
_ _ [G] God wrote [Dm] the [A] rock
_ [D] _ There _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
are [G] those who [A] name the [D] stars who watch the [A] sky by [Dm] night
Seeking [C] out the darkest [A] place to better see the light
[Dm] Long [C] ago when torture [D] brought the remnant [A] of his [D] will
[G] [D] Galileo [C] recanted [G] but the [A] earth is [D] moving [C] still
High above the mountain [D] tops where [Dm] only distance bars [C] the truth has left its footprints
[D] in the dust between [A] the stars
[D] We [G] may [C] watch and study [D] or may [G] shudder [A] and deny
[D] [Em] humans wrote the [C] Bible
_ _ [G]
God wrote [Dm] the [D] sky
_ _ By _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
stem [G] and root [A] and branch [D] we trace my feather [A] fang and fur
[D] How [G] the living [C] things [A] that are descend from things that were
[D] The moss [G] the kelp [C] the zebra [D] fish the very [A] mice and flies
[G] Tiny humble wordless things how shall they [Dm] tell us lies?
[C] We are kin to beasts [D] no other answer can we bring [C] the truth has left its [G] fingerprints
[D] on every [A] living thing
[D] [C] Remember when you have to choose [D] between [A] them in the strife
[G] humans wrote the [C] Bible _ _ [G] God [D] wrote
_ _ _ _ I
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
And we who [G] listen [A] to the [D] sky or walk the [A] dusty [D] grade
Or break [C] the very atoms down [A] to see how they are [D] made
Or study [C] cells or living [D] things seek truth with [A] open hand
The profound [G] that of worship is to [A] try [D] to understand
[C] Deep in flower and in [D] flesh in sky and soil and seed
[C] The truth has left its living [D] word for anyone [A] to read
[D] So turn and [C] look where you [D] think the truth will [A] be [D] unfurled
[G] humans wrote the [C] Bible
_ _ [D]
[A] God [D] wrote the [A] world
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _