By The Grace Of God

Intro: [Em] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [C] [D]

[Em]Was twenty-s[C]even surviving [G]my return of [D]Saturn

[Em]A long [C]vacation, didn't sound [D]so bad

[Em]Was full of [C]secrets [G]locked up tight like iron[D] mountain

[Em]Running [C]on empty so out [D]of gas

 

[C]Thought I wasn't [Em]enough

Found I wasn't so [G]tough

Laying on the bathroom [D]floor

[C]We were living on a fault [Em]line

And I felt the fault was all [G]mine

Couldn't take it [D]anymore

 

[C]By the [G]grace of [D]God (There was no other way)

I [C]picked [G]myself [D]back up (I knew I had to say)

I [C]put one f[G]oot in f[D]ront of the other and[C] I

Looked in the [G]mirror and [D]decided to [Em] [C]stay

Wasn't gonna let [G]love take me [D]out that [D]way [Em] [C] [G] [D]

 

[Em]I thank [C]my sister for keeping [G]my head above [D]the water

[Em]When the [C]truth was like [D]swallowin' sand

Now[Em], every mo[C]rning, oh th[G]ere is no more m[D]ourning Oh I

Ca[Em]n finally se[C]e mysel[D]f again

 

[C]I know I am [Em]enough,

Possible to be [G]loved

It was not about [D] me

[C]Now I have to rise [Em]above

Let the Universe call the [G]bluff

Yeah, the truth'll set you [D]free

 

[C]By the [G]grace of [D]God (There was no other way)

I [C]picked [G]myself [D]back up (I knew I had to say)

I [C]put one f[G]oot in f[D]ront of the other and[C] I

Looked in the [G]mirror and [D]decided to [Em] [C]stay

Wasn't gonna let [G]love take me [D]out that [Em]way

 

Of that [Em]way, [C]no

That [G]way, [D]no

[Em]Not in the name (Of [C]love)

[D] In the name of love

That [Em7]way [C](No) that [G]way, [D]no

[G]I am not giving [D]up

 

[C]By the [G]grace of [D]God

I [C]picked [G]myself back [D]up

I [C]put one [G]foot in [D]front of the other and [C]I

Looked in the mirror [D](Looked in the mirror)

[C]I looked in the mirror [D](Looked in the mirror)

 

[C]By the [G]grace of [D]God (There was no other way)

I [C]picked [G]myself [D]back up (I knew I had to say)

I [C]put one f[G]oot in f[D]ront of the other and[C] I

Looked in the [G]mirror and [D]decided to [Em] [C]stay

Wasn't gonna let [G]love take me [D]o

ut that [D]way [Em] [C] [G]