By The Grace Of God

hi there! i love this song : ) thank you
itunes festival! here’s the link to the
performance i tabbed it to –

* * as always play along with the video to get the
strumming/timing down : ) the intro is the same
rhythm throughout the verses . * *

eadgbe
G6 [ 020033 ]
D/F# [ 200233 ]
Em7 [ 022033 ]

standard tuning w/
capo on 3

( * ’d chords are one strum )

intro –
D * G * Cadd9 G6 D/F# * D * G * Cadd9 D
D * G * Cadd9 G6 D/F# * D * G * Cadd9 D *

D * G * Cadd9 G6 D/F# *
was twenty – seven surviving my return to sader
D * G * Cadd9 D *
a long vacation , didn’t sound so bad
D * G * Cadd9 G6 D/F# *
was full of secrets locked up tight like iron mountain
D * G * Cadd9 D
running on empty so out of cares

Cadd9 Em7
thought i wasn’t enough
G
found i wasn’t so tough
D/F#
laying on the bathroom floor
Cadd9 Em7
we were living on a fault line
G
and i felt the fault was all mine
D/F#
couldn’t take it anymore

Cadd9 G D
by the grace of god ( there was no other way )
Cadd9 G D
i picked myself back up ( i knew i had to say )
Cadd9 G D/F# Cadd9 *
i put one foot in front of the other and i
G * D * Em7 * Cadd9 *
looked in the mirror and decided to stay
G * D/F# * D * G * Cadd9 G6 D/F# *
wasn’t gonna let love take me up that way

D * G * Cadd9 G6 D/F# *
i thank my sister for keeping my head above the water
D * G * Cadd9 D *
when the truth was like swallowing sand
D * G * Cadd9 G6 D/F# *
now , every morning , oh there is no more mourning oh , i
D * G * Cadd9 D
can finally see myself again

Cadd9 Em7
i know i Am enough ,
G
possible to be loved
D/F#
it was not about me
Cadd9 Em7
now i have to rise above
G
let the universe call the bluff
D/F#
yeah , the truth’ll set you free

Cadd9 G D
by the grace of god ( there was no other way )
Cadd9 G D
i picked myself back up ( i knew i had to say )
Cadd9 G D/F# Cadd9 *
i put one foot in front of the other and i
G * D * Em7 * Cadd9 *
looked in the mirror and decided to stay
G * D/F# Em7
wasn’t gonna let love take me up , oh that way ( way no )

D/F#
that way , no
G
not in the name ( of love )
D/F#
in the name of love
Em7 D/F#
that way ( no ) that way , no
G D *
i Am not giving up

Cadd9 * G * D *
by the grace of god
Cadd9 * G * D *
i picked myself back up
Cadd9 G D/F# Cadd9
i put one foot in front of the other and i
D
looked in the mirror ( looked in the mirror )
i looked in the mirror ( looked in the mirror )

Cadd9 G D
by the grace of god ( there was no other way )
Cadd9 G D
i picked myself back up ( i knew i had to say )
Cadd9 G D/F# Cadd9 *
i put one foot in front of the other and i
G * D * Em7 * Cadd9 *
looked in the mirror and decided to stay
G * D/F# * D * G * Cadd9 G – once
wasn’t gonna let love take me up that way

have fun and rate : )
cristy ♥ twilight