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G1.      If I cEmould only fDly I’d go up 
Gand look down CfroG/Bm the sky 
Am7so I could see tDhe bigger picture
Gand lord if I coulEmd sit with yDou at your feet
Gfor an ChouG/Br or two, I’m sAm7ure I’d ask tDoo many questions
CcauG/Bse there’s sAm7o mucD/Fh going on down here, 
G7susthat I must confess I just Cmaj7don’t understand,
DI don’t understand
GBut I have prayed and at your feet my whole life
Bmhas been Claid, so I woDn’t worry I Emwon’t be afraid
Ccause my soul is Cmresting on your Ghigher ways.
GSo let the road ahead becomBme unclear,
Coh I am yours Dso what have I tEmo fear
CIf my soul is reCmsting on your hGigher ways.
Ebmaj7Chorus:  Dm7Your GHigher ways teach me to trust you
Ebmaj7Your higDm7her ways Gare Am7not G/Blike mine
EmYour higher ways are Bmthe ways of a father,
Bbhiding his children in his Amlove.D  G  
2.      So let it rain and if my eyes grow dim with tears 
of pain, this hope I have will not be washed away,
cause my soul is resting on your higher ways
3.      someday I will fly and maybe then
you will take me aside and show me the bigger picture
but until I’m with you I’ll be here
with a heart that is true, and a soul thats resting on
your higher ways.

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Higher Ways

by Steven Curtis Chapman

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

Am7

D/F

G7sus

Cmaj7

Ebmaj7

Dm7

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G Em D

1. If I could only fly I’d go up

G C G/B

and look down from the sky

Am7 D

so I could see the bigger picture

G Em D

and lord if I could sit with you at your feet

G C G/B Am7 D

for an hour or two, I’m sure I’d ask too many questions

C G/B Am7 D/F

cause there’s so much going on down here,

G7sus Cmaj7

that I must confess I just don’t understand,

I don’t understand

But I have prayed and at your feet my whole life

Bm C D Em

has been laid, so I won’t worry I won’t be afraid

C Cm G

cause my soul is resting on your higher ways.

G Bm

So let the road ahead become unclear,

C D Em

oh I am yours so what have I to fear

C Cm G

If my soul is resting on your higher ways.

Ebmaj7 Dm7 G

Chorus: Your Higher ways teach me to trust you

Ebmaj7 Dm7 G Am7 G/B

Your higher ways are not like mine

Em Bm

Your higher ways are the ways of a father,

Bb Am D G

hiding his children in his love.

2. So let it rain and if my eyes grow dim with tears

of pain, this hope I have will not be washed away,

cause my soul is resting on your higher ways

3. someday I will fly and maybe then

you will take me aside and show me the bigger picture

but until I’m with you I’ll be here

with a heart that is true, and a soul thats resting on

your higher ways.

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