The Builders

Bm7 F#7 Bm7Em7 I drew a line along the shore, where sand remembers none A                    Dmaj7 I framed a dream with easy hands,          D and called the drifting home G                            C#m7 The sky was blue, the air was soft,          F#m7 I thought I’d found my place                      F#7 But winds can turn a whisper sharp and waves erase a face Bm7             Em7 I heard a voice on higher ground, a Cornerstone to stand A7                    D Build your life on what I say,               G not castles made of sand                             A So stone by stone I learned Your                  F#m7 words, like music through the rain                 F#7 And under every trembling board,   F#  F#7   Gmaj7 Your mercy held the frame              A7      D       F#m7 When thunder names our weakness and    F#m7Bm7 lightning shows our flaws Gmaj7A7             F#m7F# Your faithful bedrock answers with     Em7 love that keeps its laws Bm                   Bm7 Build me on the Rock of Your word              E7 Where storms break loud but hearts hold firm      A When rivers rise and nights run long D                   Gmaj7G Keep this house with living stone and song C#m7b5 F#m               Bm Build me on the Rock of Your word Bm7               Em7 I tried to brace the windows when                A7 the ocean pulled the nails A          A7   Dmaj7 I prayed to all my empty gifts to          Gmaj7 bargain with the gales                    C#m7          C#m7b5 The floor gave way beneath my feet I   F#m7 reached for more of me But only You could hold me fast and         F#7  Bm7 set the footing free                          Em7 I’ll write Your truth on every beam,                 A7 Your name on every door                  Dmaj7 So when the rain remembers us,                Gmaj7 it finds a stronger floor               C#m7b5 And if I ever love in sand,             F#m7 forgetting how to stay Come call me back to higher ground                       Gmaj7 and teach my heart to say                     F#m7 Not just Lord, Lord in fair weather G   F#m7        Bm7 Bm But hear and do in storm together                      Bm7 Build me on the Rock of Your word       Em7 Where storms break loud but hearts hold firm A7 When rivers rise and nights run long D Keep this house with living stone    A and song F#m7                 Bm Build me on the Rock of Your word Bm7 G            F#m7 If love is only sand and shine                        Em7 Then let it learn Your faithful time F#m7                   Bm7 If fears come knocking at the frame                            G I’ll answer with Your holy name                    F#m The wind and waves still hear Your voice                  Em7 We stand because You gave the choice F#          Bm Build me on the Rock of Your word G                                 Bm Where storms break loud but hearts hold firm A Through every flood and final dawn D Keep this house with living stone    E7 and song                              Bm Build me on the Rock of Your word