By The Hour chords by Mary Black

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Am    G    Am    G    Am

Verse:
                    G       Bm
I was broken by the power
                       G      Am
I was swallowed by the need
                    G        Bm
I was hiding in the corner
                       G    Em
When a voice called to me

Verse:
                      C    Bm
He understood my mystery
                            C      G
Soothed the wounds of my despair
                        C    Bm
With his grace he tenderly
                            G      Am
Brushed the tangles from my hair

Chorus:
                          G      F
I'm feeling better by the hour
                         G     Em
I think I just might be okay
                              G        F
Though bridges burn and ashes shower
                             Dm      Am
Think I can live with what remains

Verse:
                        G          Bm
As I sorted through the wreckage
                     G      Am
Sitting in my silent fast
                         G       Bm
On my bed of hard-earned ashes
                       G     Em
Still repenting for my past

Verse:
                             C       Bm
My body ached and shook with anger
                           C       G
As I walked through narrow gates
                         C         Bm
And I left those walls behind me
                    G      Am
And with them my mistakes

Chorus:
                          G      F
I'm feeling better by the hour
                         G     Em
I think I just might be okay
                              G        F
Though bridges burn and ashes shower
                             Dm      Am
Think I can live with what remains