• Song:

    If We Are The Body

  • Artist:

    Casting Crowns

  • Album:

    Live In Atlanta

Casting Crowns: If We Are the Body
Tuning: Standard Capo 2

Intro: Em7, Em/F# (repeat as needed) 

(What you do is hold an Em7 chord 022003 with your pinky on the high 3 and have 
your ring finger on the fret next to it to make this 022002) 

Strum pattern for intro: U D DU U U DUDU

Some chords you might not know: (my naming might be incorrect, but here's the fingerings)

Asus7: x02233
Asus:  x02230 (just lift up pinky)


Intro: Em7, Em/F# (repeat as needed) 

VERSE 1
      Em7                  C2It's (x32030@1)crowded in worship today
           Asus7   Asus (x02230@1)       C2 (x32030@1)           D/f#          
As she slips in, trying to fade into the faces
      Em7                        C2 (x32010@1)                       Asus7 AsusThe (x02230@1)girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
                  C2 (x32030@1)    D/f#          
Farther than they know

CHORUS
        G (320003@1)                             D/f#          
But if we are the body, why aren't His arms reaching
                 Em7                           C2Why (x32030@1)aren't His hands healing, why aren't His words teaching
       G (320003@1)                               D/f#          
And if we are the body, why aren't His feet going
           Em7                D/f#                C2Why (x32030@1)is His love not showing them there is a way
            Em (022000@1) (into Intro)
There is a way

VERSE 2
    Em7                       C2A (x32030@1)traveler is far away from home
               As      A (x02220@1)     C2 (x32030@1)           D/f#          
He sheds his coat and quietly sinks into the back row
      Em7                         C2 (x32030@1)                          As
The weight of their judgemental glances tells him that his chances
    A (x02220@1)              C2 (x32030@1)    D/f#          
Are better out on the road

CHORUS

BRIDGE
D/f#          Em7 D/f#           C2Jesus (x32030@1)paid much too hit a price
                                      D/f#
For us to pick and choose who should come
          Em7 D/f#    C2We (x32030@1)are the body of Christ
(Do the 1st chorus after the bridge sort of muted, and build in the 2nd)
Chorus 2x

Intro


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