Desert

This song from emmanuelworship‘s album He Is Moving is by Dominic Dougherty.

It is another sung prayer that would be OK for youth rallies, but also for liturgies involving commitment – lets pencil it in for ordinations! In their version it starts quietly and builds up to boisterous, but it could stay restrained just as well.

The chord sheet is free at their site. They state a tempo of 145 bpm, but it’s best to think of it as ~72 bpm, because they do everything half time. This one is in B, which is almost as bad as F#, but the guitarists play it capo 4 in G. I massaged their chords into Band in a Box and did my best to guess the melody line, but it is likely approximate.

1 I have nothing to show
No earthly bound things
I only have my life
My treasured gift to you
Use it as you please
Take it as your own
I boast in Christ alone
My rock my cornerstone

Chorus
Jesus – I’m giving you all of my life
All of my dreams and desires
I’ve been in the desert and
You’ve called me home.

2 The God of Israel,
Came down to meet with me
He spoke into my heart
Shackles broken free
Now Christ the Lamb of God
Word made flesh Divine
Fulfilling prophecy
My saviour ransomed me

Chorus x2

Bridge x2
Jesus take all I am Not one part of me, left for myself
The breath in my lungs is yours
I raise up my hands and call on your name

Chorus

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