Intro:  Am G Am Gsus4 G

Verse I
F (133211@1)     G(add4)                Am (x02210@1)                   Cmaj7Here (x32000@1)I   am, Lord, and I'm      drowning in Your        sea of forgetfulness.
F (133211@1)             G(add4)        Am (x02210@1)           Cmaj7The (x32000@1)chains of   yesterday sur-  round me; I     yearn for peace and rest.
F (133211@1)             G(add4)                Am (x02210@1)                   Cmaj7I (x32000@1)don't want to         end up where You        found me, and it        echoes in my mind,
F (133211@1)     G(add4)        Fkeeps (133211@1)  me awake to-    night.

I know You've cast my sin as far as the East is from the West,
and I stand before You now as though I've never sinned.
But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away 
from You leaving me this way.

Chorus
FJesus, (133211@1)can You show me just how
Am (x02210@1)            C (x32010@1)            Gsus4 (3x0013@1)         GFar (320003@1)the East is         from the        West?
Dm7                                             F (133211@1)                    G'Cause (320003@1)I can't bear to see the man I've been    arising up in me        again.
Am (x02210@1)                            C (x32010@1)    Gsus4 (3x0013@1)         GIn (320003@1)the arms of Your mercy       I find  rest,
Dm7                                             
'cause You know just how far the East is from the West,
Ffrom (133211@1)one scarred hand to the other.

Verse 2
I start the day the war begins, endless reminding of my sin.
Time and time again Your truth is drowned out by the storm I'm in.
Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
from Your leaving me this way.

Bridge:
CI (x32010@1)know You've washed me white,
G/Bturned (143121@7)my darkness into light
Am7 (x02010@1)                   F/AI (x03211@1)need Your peace to    get me through
Fget (133211@1)me though this night
CI (x32010@1)can't live by what I feel,
Em7
but by the truth Your word reveals
Am7I'm (x02010@1)not holding on to You,
Fbut (133211@1)You're holding onto me.
Am (x02210@1)    Gsus4G
You're holding on to me
AmChorus (x02210@1)II (chords are different this time)
GJesus, (320003@1)You know just how
Cfar (x32010@1)the East is from the West
G/B (143121@7)           Am'Cause (x02210@1)I don't  have to see the man I've been
F/A (x03211@1)           Frising (133211@1)up in    me again.
CIn (x32010@1)Your arms of your mercy I find rest,
G/B (143121@7)                   Dm7
'cause You know         just how far the East is from the West,
Ffrom (133211@1)one scarred hand to the other
Am (x02210@1)            Gsus4 (3x0013@1) GAm              Gsus4G
One scarred hand to the other
Am (x02210@1)            Gsus4 (3x0013@1) GAm
FFrom (133211@1)one scarred hand to the other.