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[Intro]
|    G|    G|   Em|   C|   G|   G|   Em| C  
[Verse 1]
His Gheart beats, His Gblood begins to flow
EmWaking up what was dead a Cmoment ago
And His Gheart beats, now Geverything is changed
'Cause the Emblood that brought us peace with God
Is Cracing through His veins
And His Gheart beatsG  
His Emheart beatsC  
[Verse 2]
He Gbreathes in, His Gliving lungs expand
The Emheavy air surrounding death Cturns to breath again
He Gbreathes out, He is Gword and flesh once more
The EmLamb of God slain for us is a CLion ready to roar
And His Gheart beatsG  
[Pre-Chorus]
So Emcrown Him the GLord of CLife
EmCrown Him the GLord of CLove
AmCrown Him the EmLord of CAll
[Chorus 1]
He Gtook one breathG  
And put Bm7death to deathBm7  
Where Emis your sting, O Emgrave?
How grave is Cyour defeat
I know, I know His Gheart beatsG  Em  C  
[Verse 3]
He Grises, Gglorified in flesh
EmClothed in immortality, the Cfirstborn from the dead
He Grises, and His Gwork's already done
So He's Emresting as He rises to reCclaim the Bride He won
And His Gheart beatsG  
[Pre-Chorus]
So Emcrown Him the GLord of CLife
EmCrown Him the GLord of CLove
AmCrown Him the EmLord of CAll
[Chorus 1]
He Gtook one breathG  
And put Bm7death to deathBm7  
Where Emis your sting, O Emgrave?
How grave is Cyour defeat
I Cknow, I know His Emheart beats
[Interlude]
|    Em|   C|   G  Bm7|
[Bridge]
The last Emenemy to be destroyed is Cdeath
The last Genemy to be destroyed is Bm7death
He must rEmeign until no enemy is Cleft
The last Genemy to be destroyed, to Bm7be destroyed is deathEm  C  
[Verse 4]
His Gheart beats, He will Gnever die again
I Emknow that death no longer has doCminion over Him
So my Gheart beats with the Grhythm of the saints
As I Emlook for the seeds the King has sown
To Cburst up from their graves
[Chorus 2]
I Cknow, I know
He Gtook one breathG  
And put Bm7death to deathBm7  
Where Emis your sting, O Emgrave?
How grave is Cyour defeat
I Cknow, I know
He Gtook one breathG  
And put Bm7death to deathBm7  
Where Emis your sting, O Emgrave?
How grave is Cyour defeat
How Cgreat, how great is His Amvictory
I Cknow, I know His Gheart beats   G(it Emworks)
I Cknow, I know His Gheart beats   G(it Emworks)C  G  

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His Heart Beats

by Andrew Peterson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

[Intro]

G G Em C G G Em C

| | | | | | | |

[Verse 1]

G G

His heart beats, His blood begins to flow

Em C

Waking up what was dead a moment ago

G G

And His heart beats, now everything is changed

'Cause the blood that brought us peace with God

Is racing through His veins

G G

And His heart beats

Em C

His heart beats

[Verse 2]

G G

He breathes in, His living lungs expand

Em C

The heavy air surrounding death turns to breath again

G G

He breathes out, He is word and flesh once more

Em C

The Lamb of God slain for us is a Lion ready to roar

G G

And His heart beats

[Pre-Chorus]

Em G C

So crown Him the Lord of Life

Em G C

Crown Him the Lord of Love

Am Em C

Crown Him the Lord of All

[Chorus 1]

G G

He took one breath

Bm7 Bm7

And put death to death

Em Em

Where is your sting, O grave?

How grave is your defeat

G G Em C

I know, I know His heart beats

[Verse 3]

G G

He rises, glorified in flesh

Em C

Clothed in immortality, the firstborn from the dead

G G

He rises, and His work's already done

Em C

So He's resting as He rises to reclaim the Bride He won

G G

And His heart beats

[Pre-Chorus]

Em G C

So crown Him the Lord of Life

Em G C

Crown Him the Lord of Love

Am Em C

Crown Him the Lord of All

[Chorus 1]

G G

He took one breath

Bm7 Bm7

And put death to death

Em Em

Where is your sting, O grave?

How grave is your defeat

C Em

I know, I know His heart beats

[Interlude]

Em C G Bm7

| | | |

[Bridge]

Em C

The last enemy to be destroyed is death

G Bm7

The last enemy to be destroyed is death

Em C

He must reign until no enemy is left

G Bm7 Em C

The last enemy to be destroyed, to be destroyed is death

[Verse 4]

G G

His heart beats, He will never die again

Em C

I know that death no longer has dominion over Him

G G

So my heart beats with the rhythm of the saints

As I look for the seeds the King has sown

To burst up from their graves

[Chorus 2]

I know, I know

G G

He took one breath

Bm7 Bm7

And put death to death

Em Em

Where is your sting, O grave?

How grave is your defeat

I know, I know

G G

He took one breath

Bm7 Bm7

And put death to death

Em Em

Where is your sting, O grave?

How grave is your defeat

C Am

How great, how great is His victory

C G G Em

I know, I know His heart beats (it works)

C G G Em C G

I know, I know His heart beats (it works)

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