The Altar And The Door
                           (Casting Crowns)


Half-Step Down...eb Bb Gb Db Ab eb


Verse1:
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)    ECareless, (022100@1)I am reckless
      D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)               EI'm (022100@1)a wrong-way-travelin-slowly-unraveling shell of a man
D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)      EBurnt (022100@1)out, I'm so numb now
         D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1)                EThat (022100@1)the fire's just an ember way down in the corner of my cold, cold heart


Pre-Chorus:
F#m (244222@1)        E (022100@1)               D (xx0232@1)                Bm (x24432@1)           F#m (244222@1)  Lord this time I'll make it right, here at the altar I lay my life
             A (x02220@1)                  E (022100@1)               E(hold (022100@1)out)
Your kingdom come but my will was done, my heart is broken as I...


Chorus:
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)       F#m (244222@1)      ECry___like (022100@1)so many times before
       D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)       F#m (244222@1)              Ebut (022100@1)my eyes___are dry before I leave the floor, oh Lord
  D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)   F#m (244222@1)             E (022100@1)          DI (xx0232@1)try___but this time, Jesus, how can I be sure
           A (x02220@1)            DI (xx0232@1)will not lose my follow through
            E (022100@1)            D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) EBetween (022100@1)the altar and the door


Verse2:
            D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)     EHere (022100@1)at the altar, oh my world so black and white
                 D (xx0232@1)    AHow (x02220@1)could I ever falter
            EWhat (022100@1)you've shown me to be right   (pre-chorus) then (chorus)


Organ Plays: D  A  F#m  E


Bridge:
    D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)      F#m (244222@1)     EI'm (022100@1)trying so hard to stop trying so hard
             D (xx0232@1)             AJust (x02220@1)let you be who you are
      F#m (244222@1)          ELord, (022100@1)who you are in me
    D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)      F#m (244222@1)     EI'm (022100@1)trying so hard to stop trying so hard
             D (xx0232@1)             AJust (x02220@1)let you be who you are
      F#m (244222@1)          ELord, (022100@1)who you are in me...

Oh Lord, I...   (chorus 2x then fade)