Title: If I Stand Written by: Rich Mullins and Steve Cudworth Performed by: Rich Mullins Copyright 1988 BMG Songs, Inc. intro-{Bb(no 3rd),Bb,Bb(no3rd)} Verse 1: Bb F/A Bb And there’s more than rises in the morning than the F/A Gm Gm/D D D7 sun, and more than shines in the night than just the Eb Bb/D Cm Fsus moon; there’s more than just this fire here that Bb F/A Gm Csus C/E keeps me warm in a shelter that is larger than this Fsus F Bb F/A room. And there’s a loyalty that’s deeper than Bb F/A Gm Gm/D mere sentiment, and a music higher than the songs D Eb Bb/D Cm Fsus that I can sing. The stuff of earth completes F Bb F/A Gm C7sus C7/E for the allegiance_ I owe only to the giver of all Fsus F good things chorus: Gm7 F/A Bb Bbsus/C Bb Eb Gm C7sus So, if I stand let me stand on the promise that you C7 Fsus F Fsus F Cm Bb/D Eb will pull me through; and if I can’t let me fall Gm Bb/F F Bb Eb F Gm Fsus on the grace that first brought me to you. F Bb Cm7 Bb/D Eb Gm And if I sing let me sing for the joy that has born C7sus C7 Fsus F Fsus F Cm Bb/D Eb in me these songs, and if I weep let it be as a Gm Bb/F F Bb Eb F Gm man who is a-longing for his home. Verse 2: F Bb F/A And there’s more than dances on the praries than Bb F/A Gm Gm/D D the wind, and more than pulses in the ocean than Eb Bb/D Cm Fsus F the tide. There’s a love that is fiercer than Bb F/A Gm Csus the love between friends; more gentle than a C7/E Fsus F mother’s when her baby’s at her side. And Bb F/A there’s a loyalty that’s deeper than mere Bb F/A Gm Gm/D D sentiment, and a music higher than the songs that I Eb Bb/D Cm Fsus F can sing. The stuff of earth completes for the Bb F/A Gm C7sus C7/E allegiance_ I owe only to the giver of all good Fsus F things. (repeat chorus) Fsus F Bb Eb/Bb Gm C7sus And if I stand let me stand on the promise that you C7 F Gm7 F Cm will pull me through; and if I can’t (pick up here at chorus and go to the end when done with the chorus) end: Gm Eb Bb/D Cm Bb/D Eb Gm Fsus And if I weep let it be as a man who is longing F Bbsus Bb for his home. ending-(Bbsus,Bb,Eb/Bb,F/Bb,Bb,Eb/Bb,F/Bb,Bb,F,F7,Bb)