If It Had Not Been For The Lord chords by Keith & Kristyn Getty

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Bb

✝ Intro:


Bb Eb Bb F Gm7
Eb Bb/D Fsus F



✝ Verse 1:

Bb            Eb           Bb    F      Gm7
If it had not been for the Lord, on our side
     Eb            Bb/D               Fsus F
When strong raging floods surraounded us
        Eb     Bb/D
We'd be surely crushed beneath
   Bb/F   F#dim7  Gm
The waves of sin
              Eb    Bb/D
If it had not been for,
              Eb   Fsus    Bb
If it had not been for the Lord

✝ Verse 2:

Bb            Eb           Bb    F      Gm7
If it had not been for the Lord on our side
     Eb            Bb/D               Fsus F
When dry desert plains had wearied us
        Eb       Bb/D               Bb/F   F#dim7  Gm
But for grace we'd still be wandering in those lands
              Eb    Bb/D
If it had not been for
              Eb   Fsus    Bb
If it had not been for the Lord

✝ Chorus:

    F                    Eb             Bb
Our hope, our help, from age to age the same
    F                    Eb          Bb
Our God, our rock, most worthy to be praised
          Gm       F/A
From this mount of grace
     Bb/D                Eb       Bb/D
Our grateful hearts will say evermore
              Eb   Fsus    Bb
If it had not been for the Lord

✝ Verse 3:

Bb            Eb           Bb    F      Gm7
If it had not been for the Lamb on that cross
      Eb            Bb/D               Fsus F
Where love full and free reached down to us (reached to us)
            Eb    Bb/D               Bb/F   F#dim7  Gm
There would be no peace with God, no peace with man
              Eb    Bb/D
If it had not been for
              Eb   Fsus    Bb
If it had not been for the Lord

✝ Chorus:

    F                    Eb             Bb
Our hope, our help, from age to age the same
    F                    Eb          Bb
Our God, our rock, most worthy to be praised
          Gm       F/A
From this mount of grace
     Bb/D                Eb       Bb/D
Our grateful hearts will say evermore
              Eb   Fsus    Bb
If it had not been for the Lord

✝ Verse 4:

Bb            Eb           Bb    F      Gm7
If it had not been for the Lord on that day
      Eb            Bb/D               Fsus F
Before heaven's throne what would we say
            Eb    Bb/D               Bb/F   F#dim7  Gm
There with endless wonder we will shout, "Amen" (Pause)
              Eb    Bb/D
If it had not been for (if it had not been for)
              Eb   Fsus    Bb
If it had not been for the Lord (oh-oh)

✝ Chorus:

    F                    Eb             Bb
Our hope, our help, from age to age the same
    F                    Eb          Bb
Our God, our rock, most worthy to be praised
          Gm       F/A
From this mount of grace
     Bb/D                Eb       Bb/D
Our grateful hearts will say evermore
              Eb   Fsus    Bb
If it had not been for the Lord

End:

              Eb   Fsus    Bb
If it had not been for the Lord