Year: 1983 - Album: The Ultimate Collection
Written by Bob Hartman
INT -> { Dm C2 | Dm C2 } Dm D/Bb THERE'S A STEP THAT WE ALL TAKE ALONE C2 Am A AN APPOINTMENT WE HAVE WITH THE GREAT UNKNOWN Dm D/Bb LIKE A VAPOR THIS LIFE IS JUST WAITING TO PASS C2 Am A LIKE THE FLOWERS THAT FADE, LIKE THE WITHERING GRASS Dm D/Bb BUT LIFE SEEMS SO LONG AND DEATH SO COMPLETE C2 Am A AND THE GRAVE AN IMPOSSIBLE PORTION TO CHEAT Dm D/Bb BUT THERE'S ONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE AND STILL LIVES TO TELL C2 Am A THERE IS ONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH BOTH HEAVEN AND HELL Am Am/G# Am/G Am/F# AND THE GRAVE WILL COME UP EMPTY-HANDED THE DAY F G JESUS WILL COME AND STEAL US AWAY C2 G/B WHERE IS THE STING, TELL ME WHERE IS THE BITE Am G WHEN THE GRAVE ROBBER COMES LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT C2 G/B WHERE IS THE VICTORY, WHERE IS THE PRIZE Am F G Dm C2 WHEN THE GRAVE ROBBER COMES AND DEATH FINALLY DIES Dm Bb MANY STILL MOURN AND MANY STILL WEEP C2 Am A FOR THOSE THAT THE LOVE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP Dm D/Bb BUT WE HAVE THIS HOPE THOUGH OUR HEARTS MAY STILL ACHE C Am A JUST ONE SHOUT FROM ABOVE AND THEY ALL WILL AWAKE Am Am/G# Am/G Am/F# AND IN THE REUNION OF JOY WE WILL SEE F G DEATH WILL BE SWALLOWED IN SWEET VICTORY Chorus... Am A# F WHEN THE LAST ENEMY IS DONE FROM THE DUST WILL COME A SONG Am A# F THOSE ASLEEP WILL BE AWAKENED - NOT A ONE WILL BE FORSAKENED Am A# F HE SHALL WIPE AWAY OUR TEARS - HE WILL STEAL AWAY OUR FEARS