Mason Jennings - Jesus Are You Real

by mason jennings
from the album boneclouds

tuning : D# ( D# G# C# F# A# D# )

chords used :

A . x02220
F#m . 233222
D . x00232
E . 022100
C#m . x46654
G6 . 320000
F#m/Bmsus4 242252
F#m/B7 . 224242

this song is made up of three parts : verse type 1 ( v1 ) , verse type 2
( v2 ) and chorus ( ch ) . i have listed the chords for each line until
the first chorus so you can get the hang of it . the song pattern is
v1 – v2 – v1 – v2 – ch – v1 – v2 – ch , with the last part of the chorus repeated at
the very end . it’s easy to hear when you listen .

v1 :
A F#m
jesus are you real
D A
did we make you up
A F#m
is salvation what you want
D A
or is faith enough
A F#m
do you know where i?m bound
D A
do you know who i Am
A F#m
are you just a word i use
D A
when i don?t understand

v2 :
A F#m
standing like a statue in the sea
D A
in a little truck stop in tennessee
E F#m
bombs are crashing down in waves
D A
on a giant tv screen
E F#m
and i Am struck i cannot move
D A
to make it stop what can i do
E F#m
people are dying in their beds
D A E
while this flag flies over our heads

v1 :
A F#m
jesus are you stronger
D A
than a loaded gun
A F#m
i?m beginning to believe
D A
you?re not the only one
A F#m
strong enough to show your love
D A
strong enough to give
A F#m
strong enough to go through hell
D A
strong enough to live

v2 :
A F#m
all night long i sat with you
D A
in a darkened hospital room
E F#m
nurses checked in by the hour
D A
i was made aware of a higher power
E F#m
and how this fragile life we live
D A
is not ours to keep but ours to give
E F#m
what in the world Am i gonna do
D A E
if anything should happen to you

ch :
E C#m
all i do is doubt you god
A E
all is do is love you god
G6 F#m
all i do is question you
F#m/Bmsus4 F#m/B7
what else can i do
E C#m
this world was never solid ground
A E
the past is coming back around
G6 F#m
all i do is search for you
F#m/Bmsus4 F#m/B7
what else can i do
E C#m
and when i say i search for you
A F#m E
i mean i search for peace
E C#m
i search for hope i search for love
A F#m E
and one day for release

v1 :
jesus , my life
does not feel the same
new things happen every day
things i can?t explain
but i Am not a man of faith
i?m a man of truth
but is this feeling in my heart
is this feeling proof

v2 :
when you do not know
you know
and when you know
you do not know
and when you think you do you die
and when you do do not think you grow
are we left here in the dark
or are we left here in the light
it seems to me that both are true
and it?s up to us to know what?s right

ch :
all i do is doubt you god
all is do is love you god
all i do is question you
what else can i do
this world was never solid ground
religion cannot help me now
all i do is search for you
what else can i do
and when i say i search for you
i mean i search for peace
i search for hope
i search for love
and one day for release

E C#m
god give me strength to accept the things
A F#m E
that i just cannot know
E C#m
and even when i lose control
A F#m E
i will not let you go