Highlands Song Of Ascent

[ intro ]
Em /// | D /// | C /// | G ///
Em /// | D /// | C /// | G ///

[ verse 1 ]
Em D
o how high would i climb mountains
C G
if the mountains were where you hide
Em D
o how far i’d scale the valleys
C G
if you graced the other side

[ verse 2 ]
Em D
o how long have i chased rivers
C G
from lowly seas to where they rise
Em D
against the rush of grace descending
C G
from the source of its supply

[ pre – chorus 1 ]
C D Em
’cause in the highlands and the heartache
G D
you’re neither more or less inclined
C D Em
i would search and stop at nothing
C
you’re just not that hard to find

[ chorus ]
G
i will praise you on the mountain
D Em
and i will praise you when the mountain’s in my way
D C
you’re the summit where my feet are
G
so i will praise you in the valleys all the same
D
no less god within the shadows
Em
no less faithful when the night leads me astray
D
you’re the heaven where my heart is
C Em D C G
in the highlands and the heartache all the same

[ verse 3 ]
Em D
o how far beneath your glory
C G
does your kindness extend the path
Em D
from where your feet rest on the sunrise
C G
to where you sweep the sinner’s past

[ verse 4 ]
Em D
o how fast would you come running
C G
if just to shadow me through the night
Em D
trace my steps through all my failure
C G
and walk me out the other side

[ pre – chorus 2 ]
C D Em
for who could dare ascend that mountain
G D
that valleyed hill called calvary
C D Em
but for the one i call good shepherd
C
who like a lamb was slain for me

[ bridge ]
Em D
whatever i walk through , wherever i Am
C G
your name can move mountains wherever i stand
Em D
and if ever i walk through the valley of death
C G
i’ll sing through the shadows my song of ascent

Em D
whatever i walk through , wherever i Am
C G
your name can move mountains wherever i stand
Em D
and if ever i walk through the valley of death
C G Em D C G
i’ll sing through the shadows my song of ascent , my song of ascent
Em D C G
my song of ascent

[ pre – chorus 3 ]
C D Em
from the gravest of all valleys
G D
come the pastures we call grace
C D Em
a mighty river flowing upwards
C
from a deep but empty grave