The Valley Song

C             G/B
You have led me to the sadness
    Am7
i have carried this pain
   C              G/B
on a back bruised, nearly broken
   Am7
i'm crying out to You
  C
i will sing of Your mercy
   G/B               Am7
that leads me through valleys of sorrow
          F
to rivers of joy

  C          G/B
when death, like a gypsy
  Am7
comes to steal what i love
   C                       G/B
i will still     look to the heavens
   Am7
i will still seek your face
  C               G/B
but i fear You aren't listening
  Am7
because there are no words
   C
just the stillness
  G/B
and the hunger
  Am7
for a faith that assures

  C
i will sing of Your mercy
   G/B                Am7
that leads me through valleys of sorrow
          F
to rivers of joy
   C
i will sing of Your mercy
   G/B                Am7
that leads me through valleys of sorrow
         F
to rivers of joy

C    G/B   C    G/B
alleluia, alleluia
alleluia, alleluia

  C            G/B
while we wait for rescue
   Am7
with our eyes tightly shut
   C               G/B
face to the ground using our hands
   Am7
to cover the fatal cut
    C          G/B
though the pain is an ocean
    Am7
tossing us around, around, around
   C           G/B
You have calmed greater waters
    Am7
higher mountains have come down

       C
i will sing of Your mercy
   G/B                   Am7
that leads me through valleys of sorrow
         F
to rivers of joy
C    G/B   C    G/B
alleluia, alleluia
alleluia, alleluia
       C
i will sing of Your mercy
   G/B                  Am7
that leads me through valleys of sorrow
          F
to rivers of joy

C    G/B   C   G/B
alleluia, alleluia
alleluia, alleluia