Because He Lives
𝄞: G  🕑: 4/4  CCLI: 16880  🖉 Goria Gaither, William J. Gaither  © 1971 William J. Gaither, Inc.  

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God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus
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He came to love, heal and forgive
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He lived and died, to buy my pardon
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An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives

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And be-cause He lives, I can face tomorrow
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Because He lives,          all fear is gone
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Be-  cause I    know         He holds the future
         Am7/C  G/D   G7/F  E7      Am7    D7       G
And life is     worth the   living, just because He lives

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How sweet to hold, a newborn baby
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And feel the pride, and joy he gives
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But greater still, the calm assurance
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This child can face, uncertain days, because Christ lives

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And then one day, I'll cross that river
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I'll fight life's final, war with pain
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And then as death, gives way to vict'ry
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I'll see the lights, of glory and I'll know, He reigns