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Highlands (Song of Ascent)
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Highlands (Song of Ascent)
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Intro
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Verse 1
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| Oh how | high would I climb m | ountains |
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| If the m | ountains were where You h | ide |
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| Oh how | far I'd scale the v | alleys |
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| If You g | raced the other s | ide |
Verse 2
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| How lon | g have I chased r | ivers |
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| From lowly s | eas to where they r | ise |
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| Against the | rush of grace desc | ending |
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| From the s | ource of its supp | ly |
Pre-Chorus 1
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| 'Cause in the h | ighlands a | nd the h | eartache |
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| You're neither m | ore or less inc | lined |
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| I would s | earch and s | top at n | othing |
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| You're just n | ot that hard to find |
Chorus
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| Oh | I will praise You on the mountain |
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| And I will praise You when the mountain's in my w | ay |
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| You're the s | ummit where my feet are |
| A | |
| So I will praise You in the valleys all the s | ame |
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| No less God within the shadows |
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| No less faithful when the night leads me as | tray |
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| ('Cause) You're the h | eaven where my heart is |
| In the highlands and the heartache all the same |
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Verse 3
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| Oh ho | w far beneath Your gl | ory |
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| Does Your k | indness extend the p | ath |
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| From where Your f | eet rest on the s | unrise |
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| To where You s | weep the sinner's p | ast |
Verse 4
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| And oh ho | w fast would You come r | unning |
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| If just to sh | adow me through the n | ight |
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| Trace m | y steps through all my f | ailure |
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| And walk me o | ut the other s | ide |
Pre-Chorus 2
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| For who could d | are asc | end that m | ountain |
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| That valleyed h | ill called Calvary |
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| But for the | one I c | all Good Sh | epherd |
| D | |
| Who like a l | amb was slain for me |
Chorus
| A | E | |
| Oh | I will praise You on the mountain |
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| And I will praise You when the mountain's in my w | ay |
| E | D | |
| You're the s | ummit where my feet are |
| A | |
| So I will praise You in the valleys all the s | ame |
| E | |
| No less God within the shadows |
| F#m | |
| No less faithful when the night leads me as | tray |
| E | D | |
| ('Cause) You're the h | eaven where my heart is |
| In the highlands and the heartache all the same |
Turn
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Bridge (2X)
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| Whatever I w | alk through wherever I a | m |
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| Your name can move m | ountains wherever I s | tand |
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| And if ever I w | alk through the valley of d | eath |
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| I'll sing through the sh | adows my song of as | cent |
Turn
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Pre-Chorus 3
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| From the g | ravest o | f all v | alleys |
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| Come the p | astures we call g | race |
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| A mighty r | iver fl | owing u | pwards |
| D | |
| From a d | eep but empty grave |
Chorus
| A | E | |
| Oh | I will praise You on the mountain |
| F#m | |
| (And) I will praise You when the mountain's in my w | ay |
| E | D | |
| You're the s | ummit where my feet are |
| A | |
| So I will praise You in the valleys all the s | ame |
| E | |
| No less God within the shadows |
| F#m | |
| No less faithful when the night leads me as | tray |
| E | D | |
| ('Cause) You're the h | eaven where my heart is |
| E | F#m | |
| In the highlands and the h | eartache all the s | ame |
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| E | D | |
| You're the h | eaven where my heart is |
| In the highlands and the heartache all the same |
