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If I Stand Tab

by Rich Mullins



Intro:    


Verse 1:
                                               
There's more that rises in the morning than the sun
                                      
More that shines in the night than just the moon
                                         
There's more than just this fire here that keeps me warm
                                   
In a shelter that is larger than this room

                                         
There's a loyolty that's deeper than mere sentiment
                                       
And a music higher than the songs that I can sing
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The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance
                                 
I owe only to the giver of all good things


Chorus:
                                                               
So if I stand let me stand on the promise that you will pull me through
                                                           
And if I can't let me fall on the grace that first brought me to you
                                                           
If I sing let me sing for the joy that has born in me these songs 
                                                           
But if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for his home 

verse 2: 
                                                 
There's more that dances on the prairies than the wind
                                 
More than pulses in the ocean than the tide 
                                               
There's a love that fiercer than the love between friends
                                               
More gently than a mother's when her baby's at her side

                                                
And there's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment 
                                    
A music higher than the songs that I can sing  
                                 
The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance 
                                  
I owe only to the giver of all good things

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