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U P H O L D E R by Joshua Leventhal


              U P H O L D E R



Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo

[Verse 1]
Am                                           F
Glory weaved through sin-scarred earth
Am                                           F
Like veins of gold catching light through dirt
Am                                           F
But all that's been made is tired
Am                                           F
Yeah all that's been made is tired
 
[Verse 2]
Am                                 F
Creation groans for the final day
Am                                 F
For all this weight to give way
Am                                 F
But all still sits in the meantime
Am                                 F
I still sit in the meantime
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]
        G                          Am
Will my questions resound in the void
             C                         F
Will I hear answers through all of the noise
 
[Chorus 1]
      Am
Is my suffering an altar or some cosmic spill
  F
A crack in the order outside of Your will
    Am
How much of the wreckage will You use in the end
F
How much is random, allowed or intended
Am
I'd like to think nothing happens in vain
    F
But sometimes the silence starts swallowing faith
   Am
If I only trust You while my world's still intact
      F
Is that actually trust or some thinly veiled act
 
[Verse 3]
       Am                         F
You're reigning now but still we feel
       Am                         F
Death rust all things and eat its fill
       Am                         F
But nothing is lost, You say
Am                                F
Nothing is lost You say
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
       G                           Am
But my questions scream out in the void
            C                             F
I need Your whisper to pierce through the noise
 
[Chorus 2]
        Am
How much peace should I long for while still in this life
      F
It's clear for the next one when all's been set right
        Am
But I'm still in the darkness awaiting the light
      F
And I know I should hope, but sometimes I'm just tired
    Am
And yes I've been blessed just to breathe air at all
        F
You've given much more and I'm grateful beyond
        Am
All the words that escape me in the midst of this loss
      F
You refine me as gold but I feel like the dross
 
Am               Em             F
oooh           oooh          ooh
Am               Em             F
oooh           oooh          ooh
 
[Outro]
           Am               Em             F
And I don't know how this works
           Am               Em             F
How your plan collides with pain
           Am               Em             F
And my fear lives in those gaps
           Am               Em             F
But there's one thing that I know
      Am         F
You sustain everything
      Am         F
You sustain everything
      Am         F
You sustain everything
      Am         F
You sustain everything
      Am         F
You sustain





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