Easter

Theocracy

G#m9 E7+ G#m

Three days in darkness far below
F# A9/11# G#m
Death hearkens from an age ago
E7+ G#m F#
The ancient promise that we waited for so long
A9/11#
Has gone away

C#m A C#m A
All hope is lost, left upon that cross
C#m B
A bloodstained robe
A C#m
It seems redemption's dream has died

C#m
Visions and the prophecies all washed away in vain
C#m A
Groanings of creation as it cries out in pain
C#m
Sacrosanct the stories of what is and what will be
C#m A
All foretold this was supposed to end so differently

C# F#/A# A
All nature mourns in unison
C# F#/A# A
Creation forms its requiem
A C#m
Branded with the mark of sin and shame
B
A life laid down, a cursed name
C#m
A crown forsaken, burden, blame
B
Another cycle just the same
A
Is this the end of Promise
B G#m
Dying all alone?
E G#m
Easter morning's Son will rise
A
Radiance warming tearstained eyes
D#m E G#m. E
The Son of Man shall be raised up on the third day
F#
The grave denied

Instr: G#m G#m G#m E F# 2x

G#m
Run and see the stone has rolled away behold the way
G#m
They're trembling in terror at the grave
(Is this an empty promise, that we've been waiting for?
Because I'm so afraid to get my hopes up anymore
Is this a cruel illusion? Or could it really be
The miracle of miracles unfolding right in front or me?)

E
Blinding angel, white as lightning

Violent earthquakes, do not fear

E
Why seek the living among the dead?
E F#
Behold, He is not here
C#4 C# C#4 C# G#
Glory! Glory! Hope is alive
A° A#m F#
And lifted up, before your eyes
G# C# C#/B B
Waking all the world, open gates to paradise
G#m G#m/F#
Now it's done, life has come
D#7/9/G
Death has died
F# G# F# G#
Easter glory, what an ending to the story
F# G# C#
My Son, arise!

Instr:
A#m A#m G# G# Fm F# G° G# 2x
A#m A#m Fm Fm . . . 2x
D#m. 2x
G#M . . . .
D#m . . . .
D#m B E C# 2x
Fm 2x
A G# C#m 2x

C#m A
Early misty morning
B C#m
Just before the dawn
A G#m C#m
An empty tomb, a broken body gone
C#m A
Thieves have done their bidding
B C#m
Before the light of day
A G# C#m
They‘ve stolen Him and taken Him away

C#m B
Let me break apart
A E B/D#
The secrets you‘ve held in your heart
C#m B
Awaken now
A4 A
Remember
A B C#m B
Words you hid away
A E B/D# C#m
A promise to rise after the third day
B
It's Me
A4 A
Do you remember?

C#m A
All the things we'd hoped for
B C#m
And waited for so long
A B C#m
The kingdom of deliverance is gone
C#m A B C#m
Faded like a candle snuffed out to kill the light
A G# C#m
The morning runs away into the night

C#m B/D# Em D
Let me break apart
C G D/F#
The secrets you‘ve held in your heart
Em D
Awaken now
C4 C
Remember
C D Em D
Words you hid away
C G D/F# Em
My promise to rise after the third day
D
It's Me
C4 C D4 D
Do you remember? Remember

G4 G G4 G D
Glory! Glory! Hope is alive
D#° Em C
And lifted up, before your eyes
D G G/F F
Waking all the world, open gates to paradise
Em Em/D
Now it's done, life has come
A7/9/C# D
Death has died

C G/B C G/B D
Glory! Glory! Hope is alive
D#° Em11 C
And lifted up, before your eyes
G G/F F
Waking all the world, open gates to paradise
Em Em/D
Now it's done, life has come
A7/9/C#
Death has died
(Earth awaken, all creation open up your eyes again
Alive again, for Christ hath torn the veil of darkness away)

C D4 D C G D
Easter glory, what an ending to the story
C D4 D G
My Son, arise!