Chords with lyrics
Shadows
By Sarah Gerstenberg
Key of Eb MajorEb
Intro:
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
Verse 1:
G minorGm DmDm
This earth’s a shadow, it won’t last
G minorGm DmDm
Like every flower it will pass
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And the sky will be rolled up someday
F/CF/C C minorCm
and put away
G minorGm C minorCm
Like an old worn-out garment
Bb majorBb AbAb
They will perish and be changed
G minorGm Eb MajorEb
Every fearfully tall mountain
C minorCm FF
Will vanish from its place
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb AbAb
But: Your throne Oh God
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Is forever and ever
Eb MajorEb AbAb
And your kingdom Oh God
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Stands on steady righteousness
Eb MajorEb AbAb
Though You laid earthly foundations
C minorCm Eb MajorEb
They’ll pass to herald your new creation
AbAb Eb MajorEb
You’re doing a new thing
Bb majorBb
In us
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
Through Your righteousness
Verse 2:
G minorGm DmDm
Even sun and moon and stars
G minorGm DmDm
Will be burned up where they are
C minorCm Bb majorBb
Their magnitude is nothing when it
F/CF/C C minorCm
stands against Your hand
G minorGm C minorCm
And with a mighty thundering roar
Bb majorBb AbAb
The façade will dissolve that is the world
G minorGm Eb MajorEb
And we’ll be aware – our eyes wide open
C minorCm FF
That we’re naked before You
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb AbAb
But: Your throne Oh God
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Is forever and ever
Eb MajorEb AbAb
And your kingdom Oh God
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Stands on steady righteousness
Eb MajorEb AbAb
Though You laid earthly foundations
C minorCm Eb MajorEb
They’ll pass to herald your new creation
AbAb Eb MajorEb
You’re doing a new thing
Bb majorBb
In us
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
Through Your righteousness
Verse 3:
G minorGm DmDm
Lord: we hasten on this day
G minorGm DmDm
Of Your coming so grand and plain
C minorCm Bb majorBb
We seek to live our lives in
F/CF/C C minorCm
Holiness
G minorGm C minorCm
We wait for the new heavens
Bb majorBb AbAb
And the new earth you will make
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In which only righteousness
C minorCm FF
dwells!
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb AbAb
But: Your throne Oh God
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Is forever and ever
Eb MajorEb AbAb
And your kingdom Oh God
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Stands on steady righteousness
Eb MajorEb AbAb
Though You laid earthly foundations
C minorCm Eb MajorEb
They’ll pass to herald your new creation
AbAb Eb MajorEb
You’re doing a new thing
Bb majorBb
In us
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
Through Your righteousness
Bridge:
Eb MajorEb G minorGm Bb majorBb
You work, and who can turn it back?
AbAb C minorCm Bb majorBb
We’ll remember not the things of old
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Nor will we say that the former days
G minorGm Bb majorBb
were better
Eb MajorEb G minorGm Bb majorBb
Christ Jesus sits at the Father’s hand
AbAb C minorCm Bb majorBb
His work is done, the kingdom ushered in
AbAb Eb MajorEb
He’s made a path in the wilderness
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That reaches Jordan’s other shore
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb AbAb
But: Your throne Oh God
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Is forever and ever
Eb MajorEb AbAb
And your kingdom Oh God
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Stands on steady righteousness
Eb MajorEb AbAb
Though You laid earthly foundations
C minorCm Eb MajorEb
They’ll pass to herald your new creation
AbAb Eb MajorEb
You’re doing a new thing
Bb majorBb
In us
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
Through Your righteousness
Outro:
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb