The Word Is Alive(Chords)

	        Verse 1  

D                    A          Eb                      D  
Looking out from His throne the Father of light and of men  
                      A         Eb                       D  
Chose to make Himself known and show us the way back to Him  
                    F#m            Eb                      Bm  
Speaking wisdom and truth into the hearts of peasants and Kings  
D             F#m                      Eb                        D  
He began to unveil the Word that would change the course of all things  
                    E  
With eyes wide open all would see  


             F#m                                   Eb  
The Word is alive and it cuts like a sword through darkness  
                              D             A  
With a message of love to the hopeless and afraid  
          D                   Eb  
Breathing life into all who believe  
             F#m          A                          Eb  
The Word is alive and the world and its glories will fade  
        F#m           Eb         D  
But His truth it will not pass away  
   A             D                   Eb                   F#m  Eb  
It remains yesterday and forever the same...the Word is alive
  

Verse 2  

D                   A     Eb                   D  
Simple strokes on a page eternity's secrets revealed  
                       A       Eb                     D  
Carried on from age to age it speaks truth to us even still  
                       F#m              Eb                 Bm  
As the rain falls from heaven feeds the earth before it returns  
      D                     F#m    Eb                           D  
Lord, let Your Word fall on us and bring forth the fruit You deserve  
                    Eb  
With eyes wide open let us see  

Chorus  

             F#m                                   Eb  
The Word is alive and it cuts like a sword through darkness  
                              D             A  
With a message of love to the hopeless and afraid  
          D                   Eb  
Breathing life into all who believe  
             F#m          A                          Eb  
The Word is alive and the world and its glories will fade  
        F#m           Eb         D  
But His truth it will not pass away  
   A             D                   Eb  
It remains yesterday and forever the same  
             D         Eb                     F#m  
The Word is alive (The world and its glories will fade)  
             D         Eb                       F#m  
The Word is alive (His truth it will not pass away)  
             D         Eb                           F#m  
His Word is alive (His Word is alive, His Word is alive)  




	        

Written by John Mark Hall, Steven Curtis Chapman