John Mark Mcmillan - Ten Thousand

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these are the chords that the acoustic is playing during the song . your going to
have to figure out the strum pattern by yourself . the chorus can be played with A
D instead of A B but it’s going to sound funny on guitar no matter what . try it on
a key board and it will fit .

intro : E , A

verse 1 :
E
ten thousand glimmering like coals in our chest
A
ball bearings drawn to the magnetic breath
E
of ten thousand weeping with wings on their tears
A
amidst ten thousand voices for ten thousand years
E
for ten thousand graves yawning unlocked and unlatched
A
now ten thousand holes with rocks on their backs
E
ten thousand tombs gaping wide singing the praise
A
of ten thousand bodies unlaced and unlaid

pre – chorus :
B A
as the ten thousand highways unfold their doors
B A
for the ten thousand standing on nineveh’s shores
E A
where the blood of a husband silences wars
B E
for the girl who rises to meet him
and she sings

chorus :
A
world , i have overcome you
E
world , i have overcome you
B
world , i have overcome
A E B
by my song and the blood of a son

verse 2 :
E
ten thousand rivers run red like my veins
A
where the bones of men hum like a rattling cage
E
for sinew to cling to for wind to remain
A
in ten thousand lungs for ten thousand days
E
breathing like a choir of holes in the ground
A
where the cynical have lain , where the cynical go down
E
save the gravity of time lets go of her drowned
A
like ten thousand sparrows unlocked and unwound