Intro: Am G Gsus G Am
Am G Am
The gates and doors were barred and all the windows fastened down.
G Am
I spent the night in sleeplessness and rose at every sound.
Dm G Am
Half in hopeless sorrow and half in fear the day
G Am G Am
Would find the soldiers breaking through to drag us all away.
Am G Am
And just before the sunrise I heard something at the wall.
G Am
The gate began to rattle and a voice began to call.
Dm G Am
I hurried to the window and looked down into the street
G Am G Am
Expecting swords and torches, and the sound of soldiers feet.
Am G Am
There was no one there but Mary so I went down to let her in.
G Am
John stood there beside me as she told us where she'd been.
Dm Am
She said "They moved Him in the night and none of us knows where.
G Am
The stone's been rolled away and now His body isn't there."
Am G Am
We both ran toward the garden, then John ran on ahead.
G Am
We found the stone and the empty tomb just the way that Mary said.
Dm Am
But the winding sheet they wrapped Him in was just an empty shell.
G Am G Am
And how or where they'd taken Him was more than I could tell.
Am G Am
Well, something strange had happened there, but, just what I didn't know.
G Am
John believed a miracle but I just turned to go.
Dm G Am
Circumstance and speculation couldn't lift me very high,
G Am G Am
Cause I'd seen them crucify Him, then I saw Him die.
Am G Am
Back inside the house again, the guilt and anguish came.
G Am
Everything I'd promised Him just added to my shame.
Dm Am
When, at last, it came to choices, I denied I knew His name.
G Am G Am
And even if he was alive, it wouldn't be the same.
Am Am G
But suddenly the air was filled with strange and sweet perfume.
Am Am
Light that came from everywhere drove shadows from the room.
Dm G Am
Jesus stood before me with His arms held open wide
G Am G Am
And I fell down on my knees and just clung to Him and cried.
Am G Am
He raised me to my feet and, as I looked into His eyes,
Am G C
Love was shining out from Him, like sun light from the skies.
F G Am
Guilt and my confusion disappeared in sweet release,
Am G A A C G D
Every fear I'd ever had just melted into peace.
D A C
He's alive .......... He's alive.
G D
He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide.
D A C
He's alive .......... He's alive.
G D
He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide.
D A C
He's alive .......... He's alive.
G D
He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide.
A C G D A
He's alive ........ He's alive ........ He's alive!