Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 22:39:38 -0800 From: jsjacob@hooked.net (John S. Jacob) Subject: CRD: "Worlds Apart" by Jars of Clay Worlds Apart ------------ By Jars of Clay, Lyrics by Dan Haseltine As recorded on _Jars of Clay_ Transcribed by John S. Jacob , Natasha Henke , Greg Cootsona Chords: A(9) x 0 2 2 0 0 B x 2 4 4 4 2 Bsus x 2 4 4 0 0 C#m x 4 6 6 5 4 C#m7 x 4 6 6 0 0 E 0 2 2 1 0 0 F#7sus x 9 11 11 0 0 F#7sus 2 4 4 4 0 0 ("Real" way: I like the previous version although that's not quite the way it sounds on the album) A(9) Bsus A(9) I am the only one to blame for this A(9) Bsus F#7sus Somehow it all ends up the same A(9) Bsus C#m7 Soaring on the wings of selfish pride A(9) Bsus F#7sus I flew too high and like Icharus I collide C#m7 Bsus A(9A(9) With a world I try so hard to leave behind C#m7 Bsus A(9) A(9) To rid myself of all but love, to give and die A(9) Bsus A(9) To turn away and not become A(9) Bsus F#7sus Another nail to pierce the skin of one who loves A(9) Bsus C#m7 More deeply than the oceans, more abundant than the tears A(9) Bsus F#7sus Of a world embracing every heartache C#m7 Bsus A(9A(9) Can I be the one to sacrifice C#m7 Bsus A(9) A(9) Or grip the spear and watch the blood and water flow (Chorus) C#m7 (To love you) E A(9) Take my world a - part (To need you) A(9) C#m7 I am on my knees (To love you) E A(9) Take my world a - part (To need you) A(9) C#m7 A(9) Broken on my knees A(9) Bsus A(9) All said and done I stand alone A(9) Bsus F#7sus Amongst remains of a life I should not own A(9) Bsus C#m7 It takes all I am to believe A(9) Bsus F#7sus In the mercy that covers me C#m7 Bsus AA(9) Did you really have to die for me C#m7 Bsus All I am for all you are because what I need A(9) And what I believe are worlds apart A(9) And I pray (Chorus) C#m7 A(9) On my knees C#m I look beyond the empty cross B Forgetting what my life has cost A(9) I wipe away the crimson stains A(9) And all the nails that still remain C#m More and more I need you now B I owe you more each passing hour A(9) The battle between grace and pride A(9) I gave up not so long ago C#m So steal my heart and take the pain B And wash the feet and cleanse my pride A(9) Take the selfish, take the weak A(9) And all the things I cannot hide C#m Take the beauty, take my tears B My sinful soiled heart, make it pure A(9) Take my world, it all is yours A(9) Take it now, take it now C#m7 C#m7 To serve the ones that I despise (To love you) E E A(9) Speak the words I can't deny Take my world a - part (To need you) A(9) And watch the world I used to know A(9) A(9) C#m7 Fall to dust and blow away I am on my knees (To love you) C#m7 I look beyond the empty cross E E A(9) Forgetting what my life has cost Take my world a - part (To need you) A(9) So wipe away the crimson stains A(9) A(9) C#m7 And all the nails that still remain Broken on my knees (To need you) C#m7 And steal my heart and take the pain Bsus And take the selfish, take the weak A(9) A(9) And all the things I cannot hide (To need you) A(9) Take the beauty, take my tears C#m7 C#m7 Take my world apart On my knees (To need you) Bsus Take my world apart A(9) A(9) And I do pray (To need you) A(9) And I pray, and I pray CBsus A(9) A(9) C#m7 Take my world apart On my knees A(9A(9) My worlds apart -- (========== John S. Jacob ==========) | jsjacob@hooked.net |-----------------------------+ | jsjacob@csua.berkeley.edu | Watch | +-----------------------------------+ this space! -- | +-------------------------------- |