because of your love
( the prodigal son’s lullaby )

intro :
G C Am D

verse :
G C
how can i see your face
G C
and receive your loving grace
G C
when i Am here shamed in sin
Am D
hurting you deep within

G C
yet everytime i run and flee
G C
you take me home forgiving me
G C
with the skies i feel your touch
Am D
no other love can be this much

refrain :
C G
you are there as i hide
Am C
with your arms open wide

chorus :
G
for you alone
C G
have the greatest love the world has ever known
F C
a love that never ceases to embrace a weary heart
G
and give a brand new start
E C
provides light where the sun has never shown
G
now i can understand
Am C G
that i Am here because of your love

( repeat verse chords )
so i take your gentle hand
only to sin again
and yet you turn then stubbornly
you take me home , forgiving me

how can love as great as this
even want to exist
oh god of all that’s good and true
please believe i love you too

( repeat refrain chords )
though i walk through desert’s doors
i will fear nothing more

repeat chorus except last line

Am
that i Am here because . . .
C G
you are there as i hide
C G
with your arms open wide
C G
though i walk through desert’s doors
C G D
i will fear nothing more
E
nothing more

repeat chorus except last line ( 1 octave higher )

A
as you take me by the hand
Bm
that i Am here
D A
because of your love