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Dying Star

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[Just three chords but such an awesome song!]:
 Cm- 335543
 Bb- 688766
 G#- 466544
(....We just sang out the Lord one day, 
and, I said 'Lord I wanna be part of your army'
and, said 'Lord I wanna be part of your army'
'I wanna be part of that generation of people you raise up'
and the Lord, just sang this over me and said):
  CmYou've got your Bbbest man on the G#front side
  CmYou Bbalways show your G#best side
  CmAnd Bbevil's always on the G#other side
  CmYou Bbsay this is your stG#rategy
  CmBut Bbson I hope you G#take it from me
  CmYou Bblook just like your G#enemy
  You're full of priCm--- iBb-- i-G#- de
  You're full of priCm--- iBb-- i-G#- de
(and I just sing that day and said):
 CmWe better trash our G#idols if we want to G#be 
 In the Bbarmy of the LCmordBb  G#  
 CmAnd the greatest G#idol is you and G#me,
 We bettBber get on the threshing fCmloorBb  G#  
 CmWhen will we G#learn that God's strateG#gy
 Is giving Bbglory to the LCmord?Bb  G#  
 CmSo God, so trash our G#idols cos' we want to G#be
 In the Bbarmy of the LCmordBb  G#  
  CmStar how bBbeautiful you sG#hine
  CmYou shine more Bbbeautiful than G#mine
  CmYou shine from Bbsea to shining G#sea
  CmWorld-wide Bbis your sG#tra--tegy
  CmBut shinning sBbtar I hope you G#see
  CmIf the wBbhole wide world is sG#taring straight at you
  They can't - see - me...
[play this in "me..."]:
e----Cm-------3Bb-----3-G#-----------|
B--1-3--4-4---3-3---1---3-4-3--|
G--3----5-5---5-5---3----------|
D------------------------------|
A------------------------------|
E------------------------------| x2
(...I want them to know me but they can't see me
I want them to know me, 
I want to show my glory but they, they can't see me..)
(        Cm      Bb   G#  
So rise... rise... rise...
Live out your fantasy; think that your better than me?
CmRise... Bbrise... G#rise...
Live out your man-made religiosity!
CmRise... Bbrise... G#rise...
Live out your strategies!
Rise, rise, rise so the world can see
Rise, rise, rise so the world can see
So the world can see just another dying star...
 CmWe better trash our G#idols if we want to G#be 
 In the Bbarmy of the LCmordBb  G#  
 CmAnd the greatest G#idol is you and G#me,
 We bettBber get on the threshing fCmloorBb  G#  
 CmWhen will we G#learn that God's strateG#gy
 Is giving Bbglory to the LCmord?Bb  G#  
 CmSo we trash our iG#dols cos' we want to G#be
 In the Bbarmy of the LCmordBb  G#  
 In the army of the Lord
[    Cm     Bb   G#]:
Raise up an army, Raise up an army, Raise up an army, Oh God!
Raise up an army, Raise up an army, Raise up an army
In the army of the Lord, In the army of the Lord
there's no room, there's no room, there's no room for idolatry
In the army of the Lord
there's no room, there's no room for man's pleasing
In the army of the Lord
In the army, In the army of the Lord
Raise us up, Raise us up, Oh God!

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Dying Star

by Jason Upton

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#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#This file represents the author's own work, please only use it for research#

#or private study. Rights are strictly property of their respective authors,#

#artists or labels. Chords and lyrics below are for non-commercial use only.#

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------#

[Just three chords but such an awesome song!]:

- 335543

- 688766

- 466544

(....We just sang out the Lord one day,

and, I said 'Lord I wanna be part of your army'

and, said 'Lord I wanna be part of your army'

'I wanna be part of that generation of people you raise up'

and the Lord, just sang this over me and said):

Cm Bb G#

You've got your best man on the front side

Cm Bb G#

You always show your best side

Cm Bb G#

And evil's always on the other side

Cm Bb G#

You say this is your strategy

Cm Bb G#

But son I hope you take it from me

Cm Bb G#

You look just like your enemy

Cm Bb G#

You're full of pri--- i-- i-- de

Cm Bb G#

You're full of pri--- i-- i-- de

(and I just sing that day and said):

Cm G# G#

We better trash our idols if we want to be

Bb Cm Bb G#

In the army of the Lord

Cm G# G#

And the greatest idol is you and me,

Bb Cm Bb G#

We better get on the threshing floor

Cm G# G#

When will we learn that God's strategy

Bb Cm Bb G#

Is giving glory to the Lord?

Cm G# G#

So God, so trash our idols cos' we want to be

Bb Cm Bb G#

In the army of the Lord

Cm Bb G#

Star how beautiful you shine

Cm Bb G#

You shine more beautiful than mine

Cm Bb G#

You shine from sea to shining sea

Cm Bb G#

World-wide is your stra--tegy

Cm Bb G#

But shinning star I hope you see

Cm Bb G#

If the whole wide world is staring straight at you

They can't - see - me...

[play this in "me..."]:

Cm Bb G#

e-----------3-----3------------|

B--1-3--4-4---3-3---1---3-4-3--|

G--3----5-5---5-5---3----------|

D------------------------------|

A------------------------------|

E------------------------------| x2

(...I want them to know me but they can't see me

I want them to know me,

I want to show my glory but they, they can't see me..)

Cm Bb G#

(

So rise... rise... rise...

Live out your fantasy; think that your better than me?

Cm Bb G#

Rise... rise... rise...

Live out your man-made religiosity!

Cm Bb G#

Rise... rise... rise...

Live out your strategies!

Rise, rise, rise so the world can see

So the world can see just another dying star...

Cm G# G#

We better trash our idols if we want to be

Bb Cm Bb G#

In the army of the Lord

Cm G# G#

And the greatest idol is you and me,

Bb Cm Bb G#

We better get on the threshing floor

Cm G# G#

When will we learn that God's strategy

Bb Cm Bb G#

Is giving glory to the Lord?

Cm G# G#

So we trash our idols cos' we want to be

Bb Cm Bb G#

In the army of the Lord

Cm Bb G#

[ ]:

Raise up an army, Raise up an army, Raise up an army, Oh God!

Raise up an army, Raise up an army, Raise up an army

In the army of the Lord, In the army of the Lord

there's no room, there's no room, there's no room for idolatry

In the army of the Lord

there's no room, there's no room for man's pleasing

In the army of the Lord

In the army, In the army of the Lord

Raise us up, Raise us up, Oh God!

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