The Sower
Track 4
Dm Gm7 C7 In the hush between the heartbeats, Fmaj7 You are sowing in the dark Dm Gm7 Am7 Tiny mercies on the pathways, C7 in the thorns, and in the hard C7 Gm7 C7 Some words fall on the roadway; Fmaj7 pigeons circle, then they’re gone Dm Gm7 A# Some spark on shallow feelings, A#m Csus4 but there’s no root to hold on Gm7 Dm7 C Some grow among the briars, Am7 choked by worries we obey Gm7 C But some fall into open ground and C7 C rise to meet the day A#maj7C I’ve been the road, Dm7 I’ve been the rock, I’ve been the tangled vine A#maj7 C Make me the field that drinks the Am7 rain and gives the harvest time A# A#m Sow Your love in me Am7 Dm7 Where I can’t yet see, Gm7 still let it be When I sleep and rise, A#maj7 let mystery bring the green C Dm7 Sow Your love in me A#C Dm The farmer closes weary eyes; A# the midnight takes his hand C Dm The earth moves quiet, blade to head, Gm by more than he can plan Dm He doesn’t know the how of it only A# that life will be C So teach my restless soul to trust the work I cannot see A#maj7 A# Sow Your love in me Am7 Dm7 Where I can’t yet see, Gm7 still let it be When I sleep and rise, A# let mystery bring the green Dm Sow Your love in me A# C An enemy has sown at night there’s shadow in the rows Dm7 We beg to pull the sorrow up, but You say, Let them grow A#A#m C At harvest I will sort the field; the truth will shine like gold Aaug So give me patient, faithful hands, and keep my heart Your own A# A#m Sow Your love in me A7 Am7 D7 Gm7 Cut the thorns and set the captive free A7Dm When morning fires the sky and angels glean the sea A# Gather me in peace Dm Dm7 Dm Sow Your love in me Gm7 C In the hush after the heartbeat, A# I am open ground C7 Dm Word of Life, come down