Grace To Stand chords by Darby Hughes

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Key: D

Intro:

D   G A | Bm   |A   G G/A : D

Verse 1:
        D          G      A       D
Blessed Jesus, our Master and our Guide
         A           G             Asus   A
Grant us grace to continue in Your truth
          D        G     A         Bm
Through a sea of entanglements and lies
         A           G         G/A      D
Let your Word, never changing, point us on
D/F# G       D    G/B   A/C# D
As a compass in a rag - ing  storm
D/F#    G                 D/F# Bm7     A
Keeping course though our eyes fail to see
     D         G        A        Bm
As a rock in a world of shifting sand
        A              G        G/A      D
On Your Word give your servants grace to stand

Instrumental:
G A | Bm   |A   G G/A | D

Verse 2:
        D                G       A     D
Give us strength for the burdens to be borne
        A            G         Asus   A
For the way wide and easy lies behind
        D           G     A       Bm
If Your pathway was suffering and scorn
          A             G      G/A    D
Will your church find approval and applause?
D/F#    G      D       G/B   A/C# D
No, but in distress we cling to   love
D/F#    G            D/F# Bm7    A
Knowing well we were foes of the cross
        D            G         A    Bm
But for grace we’d refuse your open hand
           A             G        G/A      D
So in your love give you servants grace to stand

Instrumental:
G A | Bm   |A   G G/A | D

Verse 3:
        D               G      A      D
Give us faith that Your gospel is our pow’r
        A            G               Asus   A
Not our wit, not our wisdom, nor our zeal
     D            G        A          Bm
Only here sinners stand in judgment’s hour:
      A            G       G/A    D
Jesus died, he was buried, he was raised
D/F#    G     D         G/B    A/C# D
On this solid hope your church is   built
D/F# G            D/F# Bm7      A
And against every foe  shall prevail
         D          G       A     Bm
Words of life for a dry and weary land
         A                G        G/A      D
Near the cross, give your servants grace to stand

Instrumental:
Bm A | G D/F# Em D |A   Bsus

Verse 4:
        E           A       B      E
Give us hope set completely on the grace
      B              A        Bsus     B
To be ours when Your glory is revealed
           E        A        B          C#m
Though the godless around us rule these days
        B              A       A/B   E
Nations rise, kingdoms totter, Jesus reigns
E/G#    A         E           A/C# B/D# E
All the praise be Yours for - ev - er - more
E/G#    A              E/G#   C#m7    B
King of Kings, Lord of Lords, quickly come
        E          A          B      C#m
Till we see in the clouds the Son of Man
          B              A        A/B      E
Strong in hope give your servants grace to stand

Tag:
E/G#    A         E           A/C# B/D# E
All the praise be Yours for - ev - er - more
E/G#    A              E/G#   C#m7    B
King of Kings, Lord of Lords, quickly come
        E          A          B      C#m
Till we see in the clouds the Son of Man
          B              A        A/B      E
Strong in hope give your servants grace to stand

          B              A        A/B      E
Strong in hope give your servants grace to stand