Keeping Watch chords by Margaret Becker

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
E  B/D#  G#m            B2
E  B/D#  G#m      E D#  E


Verse 1:
G#m           B
Out over the hillside
  F#                    E
I see the houselights shine
G#m                B              F#
Burning bright to guide somebody home
G#m             B
Here inside my own house
F#             E
I am lighting mine
        G#m                B            F#
And it burns against the night for You alone

Chorus:
             E             F#
Until these arms grow too heavy
   G#m               B
To hold this candle high
             E            B/D#
Until these eyes grow too weary
     A                 Bsus B
To search the midnight sky
             E                    F#
Until this heart has stopped its beating
             G#m                 C#7sus C#
Until these dreams have all run dry
       E         F#        B
I'll be keeping watch for You


Verse 2:
G#m                B
Friends are all around me,
        F#              E
There's laughter in my home
    G#m                B           F#
But still sometimes I feel so far away
G#m            B
Here inside of my heart
      F#         E
I'll always be alone
  G#m            B                 F#
Until I finally touch Your gentle face


Chorus 2:
             E             F#
Until these arms grow too heavy
   G#m               B
To hold this candle high
             E            B/D#
Until these eyes grow too weary
     A                 Bsus B
To search the midnight sky
             E                    F#
Until this heart has stopped its beating
             G#m                 C#7sus C#
Until these dreams have all run dry
       E         F#        B
I'll be keeping watch for You


Bridge:
D     A/C#           B
Everything inside of me
D             C#m7               B
   Is missing something without You
D       A/C#                B
I don't care if it takes forever,
           F#sus            F#
I'll keep waiting here for You
F#sus             F#
Waiting here for You
E
I don't care how long it takes,
B/D#
I don't care how much it takes
    C#m7     B/G#  A2       B/D# C#/E#  D# E
I'm waiting here      for You


Chorus 3:
             F#            G#
Until these arms grow too heavy
   A#m               C#
To hold this candle high
             F#           C#/E#
Until these eyes grow too weary
     B                 C#sus C#
To search the midnight sky
             F#                   G#
Until this heart has stopped its beating
             A#m                 D#7sus D#
Until these dreams have all run dry
       F#        G#       A#m
I'll be keeping watch for You
       F#        G#       A#m
I'll be keeping watch for You


Outro:
A#m    A#m    C#    F# C#/E#