Dc Talk - Jesus Freak Album guitar tab
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From kyleb@juno.com Sun May 4 10:10:26 1997
To: guitar@olga.net
Cc: acoustic@olga.net
Subject: The Jesus Freak Album.crd by D.C. Talk
*Jesus Freak Album*
compiled by Kyleb@Juno.com
Songs in their track order off the CD:
So Help Me God
Colored People
Jesus Freak
What if I stumble
Day by Day
Between you and Me
Like it, Love it, Need it
In the Light
What Have We Become
Mind's Eye
Alas my Love
*So Help Me God*
Group: dc Talk (Jesus Freak)
By: Toby McKeehan, Micheal Tait, Kevin Smith, Mark Heimermann & Dann
Huff
Revision: Josh Rosentreter (01jwrosentre@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
Intro:
E-G-A-E-G-D-C-Gmsus4/Bb
Cm
Cm-F-Cm7-F
Cm F
Bombarded by philosophies that satisfy the surface
Cm F
I flee to something deeper at the risk of seeking purpose
Cm F
How can I hang in this environmental state of being
Cm F
Like everything I'm striving for it's nothing that I'm seeing
Bb Eb/Bb C/Bb
Won't you take my heart, won't you take my soul
Eb F
Won't you come and make me whole again
Bb Eb/Bb C/Bb
You, You've got what I need and you never retreat
Eb F
Unto you I will concede
Chorus-
Cm Bb F
So help me God, to put my faith in you
Cm Bb F
So help me God, before I come unglued
Cm Bb F
Call it my addiction, I can't get enough of you
Cm Bb F
So help me God, to put my faith in you
Cm [vamp]
Cm F
Infected by the skin I'm in that's starving with desire
Cm F
And Jesus ain't the latest thing to come across the wire
Cm F
I throw myself in mercy for I am the chief of sinners
Cm F
But daily taking up my cross has brought it's share of splinter's
Bb Eb/Bb C/Bb
You're there when I call and you're there when I fall
Eb F
Even though I don't deserve it all
Bb Eb/Bb C/Bb
You, you light my way, through the night and the day
Eb F
And from you I will not stray
Chorus-
Vamp: Cm-Dbm-Dm
Dm-G 4X
Bb Eb/Bb C/Bb
Won't you take my heart, won't you take my soul
Eb F
Won't you come and make me whole again
Bb Eb/Bb C/Bb
You, You've got what I need and you never retreat
Eb F
Unto you I will concede
Chorus-
Cm Bb F
God so help me
Cm Bb F
This is my soul's plea
Cm
I'm despeerately devoted
Bb F
I can't get enough of you
Cm-Bb-F
So help me God
Cm Bb-F
Cause you are the one I love
Cm Bb-F
Cause you are the one I need
Cm Bb-F
Cause you are the one I'm seeking
Cm Bb-F
Cause you are the one for me
Cm-F-Cm7-F 2X
Cm
*Colored People*
Group: Dc Talk (Jesus Freak)
By: Toby McKeehan & George Cocchini
Status: Chords unchecked for accuracy
Intro:
D-A-G 4X
D A G D A G
1...1...1...1...2...2...2...2...3...3...3...3...4...4...4...4...
Bm G Em
Pardon me, your epidermis is showing
Bm G Em
I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin
Bm G Em
I tip my hat to the colourful arrangement
Bm G Em
Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin
C G A
We gotta come together, and thank the maker of us all
D A G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D A G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D A G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D A G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
A
Bm G Em
A piece of canvas is only the beginning
Bm G Em
It takes on character with every loving stroke
Bm G Em
This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist's heart
Bm G Em
By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope
C G A
We gotta come together, aren't we all human after all?
D A G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D A G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D A G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D A G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
Bm Bm4
Ignorance has wronged some races
Bm Bm9
And vengeance is the Lord's
Bm Bm4
If we aspire to share this space
Em G-A
Repentance is the cure
D A G D A G
1...1...1...1...2...2...2...2...3...3...3...3...4...4...4...4...
D
Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man
A G
Should make it easy for you to see
D
That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones
A G
As a part of our anatomy
D A G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D A G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D A G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D A G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
D-A-G...
*Jesus Freak*
Author/Artist: DC Talk
Album: Jesus Freak
Transcribed by: aXman
This is pretty much all chords, but .crd was already reserved so I
labered a little harder and got the baseline to the second part of the
intro(heavy part) As always any *better* versions, or errors
found, mail me at KyleB@Juno.com
[The Baseline in the Heavy part of the intro]
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2|-------------------------------------------------------------------
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5|----------------3-33-----------------------------------------------
6|-0-0-0--2/3-3-3----------------------------------------------------
Am 002210
A 002220
G 320003
Em 022000
C X32010
E 022100
D X00212
Intro: Acoustic: E G D A
Electric(Heavy):E G D F A
[Play Electric Intro with quick down strokes, you really need to listen
to
the cd to get the timing down.]
Em C A
Separated, I cut myself clean
Em C A
>From a past that comes back in my darkest of dreams
Em C A
Been apprehended by a spiritual force
Em C A
And a grace that replaced all the me I've divorced
E C
I saw a man with tattoo on his big fat belly
A Am
It wiggled around like marmalade jelly
E C
It took me a while to catch what it said
A Am
Cause I had to match the rhythm of his belly with my head
E C A Am
'Jesus Saves' is what it raved in a typical tattoo green
E C
He stood on a box in the middle of the city
A Am
And claimed he had a dream
E G D A
What will people think when they hear that I'm a Jesus freak
E G D A
What will people do when they find that it's true
E G D A
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak
E G D A
Cause there ain't no disguising the truth
Kamikaze my death is gain
I've been marked by my maker
A peculiar display
The high and lofty they see me as weak
Cause I won't live and die for the power they seek
There was a man from the desert with naps in his head
The sand that he walked was also his bed
The words that he spoke made the people assume
There wasn't too much left in the upper room
With skins on his back and hair on his face
They thought he was strange by the locusts he ate
The Pharisee's tripped when they heard him speak
Until the king took the head of this Jesus freak
[ repeat chorus ]
E G D A
People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger
E G D A
That my best friend was born in a manger
E G D A
People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger
E G D A
That my best friend was born in a manger
[ repeat chorus twice ]
E G
What will people think
D A
What will people think
E G
What will people do
D A
What will people do
E G
I don't really care
D A
What else can I say
E G
There ain't no disguising the truth
D A
Jesus is the way
*What if I stumble*
Group: dc Talk (Jesus Freak)
By: Toby McKeehan, Daniel Joseph
Revision: Josh Rosentreter (01jwrosentre@bsu.edu)
Intro:
Dm-C-G
Dm C-G
What if I stumble? What if I fall?
Dm
Is this one for the people?
C G
Is this one for the Lord?
Dm C G
Or do I simply serenade for things I must afford?
Dm C G
You can jumble them together, my conflict still remains
Dm C G
For holiness is calling, in the midst of courting fame.
{Bridge}
Bb F C
Cause I see the trust in their eyes
(Though the sky is falling)
Bb F C
They need your love in their lives
(Compromise is calling)
{Chorus}
C G E
What if I stumble? What if I fall?
Am F
What if I lose my step and I make fools of us all?
C G E
Will the love continue when my walk becomes a crawl?
Am F Dm
What if I stumble, and what if I fall?
Dm
What if I stumble? What if I fall?
C G
You never turn in the heat of it all.
Dm C-G
What if I stumble? What if I fall?
Dm C G
Father please forgive me for I can not compose
Dm C G
The fear that lives within me, or the rate at which it grows.
Dm C G
If struggle has a purpose on the narrow road you've carved
Dm C G
Why do I dread my trespasses will leave a deadly scar?
Bb F C
Do they see the fear in my eyes?
(Are they so revealing?)
Bb F C
This time I can not disguise
(All the doubt I'm feeling)
{Chorus}
C-G-E-Am-F (x4)
Dm C G
Everyone's got to crawl when you know that your up against the wall
(It's about to fall)
Dm C G
Everyone's got to crawl when you know that . . .
Dm C G
Everyone's got to crawl when you know that your up against the wall
(It's about to fall)
Dm C G
Everyone's got to crawl when you know that . . .
Bb F C
I hear you whispering my name, you say
Bb F C
My love for you will never change, never change
{Chorus} x 2
Dm
What if I stumble? What if I fall?
C G
You never turn in the heat of it all.
Dm
What if I stumble? What if I fall?
C G
You are my comfort, and my God!
Dm
Is this one for the people?
C G
Is this one for the Lord?
Dm-C-G
*Day by day*
Group: dc Talk (Jesus Freak)
By: Stephen Schwartz (from the musical 'Godspell')
Revision: Josh Rosentreter (01jwrosentre@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
Intro: E-D/E-E 2X E-G-A-F-G 2X
Verse 1-
E G
I live a simple life, I take a day at a time
A F
I spend my mornings with God before i hit the grind
E G
The sublets of darkness never cease to amaze
A F
A a physical world creates a spiritual haze
E G
Blinded by distractions
A C
Lost in matterless affairs
E G
Reachings through the darkness
A C
Trusting you will meet me there
Chorus-
E A E A
Day by day. Day by day
E A E A
Oh dear Lord, three things I pray
A C
To see thee more clearly
A C
To love thee more dearly
A C E
To follow thee more nearly
E-G-A-C 2X
Verse 2-
E G
You sweep your feet down alley street
A F
Sometimes you creep I never see you coming
E G A F
Monday, man your on my back like a napsack strapped with my heavy burden
E G
You cannot condemn me
A C
I won't buy your bag of goods
E G A C
You've got nothing for me anyway that's why I pray
Chorus-
E A E A
Day by day. Day by day
E A E A
Oh dear Lord, three things I pray
A C
To see thee more clearly
A C
To love thee more dearly
A C E
To follow thee more nearly
G
These three things
A F
I do pray
E
Day by day
E G-A-F-E
Day by day..... 2X
Chorus-
E A E A
Day by day. Day by day
E A E A
Oh dear Lord, three things I pray
A C
To see thee more clearly
A C
To love thee more dearly
A C E
To follow thee more nearly
E A E A
Day by day, day by day
E A E A
Day by day, day by day
E A
To see thee more clearly
E A
To love thee more dearly
E A E-A
To follow thee more nearly
E G-A-F-E
Day by day.....
*Between You and Me*
Group: dc Talk (Jesus Freak)
By: Toby McKeehan & Mark Heimermann
Revisions: Josh Rosentreter (01jwrosentre@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
Intro:
G-Em9-EbM7-F
G-Em9-EbM7-F/D
E Bm7
Sorrow is a lonely feeling
A Am
Unsettled is a painful place
E Bm7
I've lived with both for far too long now
A Am
Since we've parted ways
E Bm7
I've been wrestling with my conscience
A Am
And I found myself to blame
Cm Eb/C
If there's to be any resolution
Cm Eb/C
I've got to peel my pride away
G
Just between you and me
Em9
I've got somethin' to say
EbM7
I wanna get it straight
F
Before the sun goes down
G
Just between you and me
Em9
Confession needs to be made
EbM7 F/D
Recompense is my way to freedom (now)
G
Just between you and me
C9 F
I've got something to say
E Bm7
If confession is the road to healing
A Am
Forgiveness is the promised land
E Bm7
I'm reaching out in my conviction
A Am
I'm longing to make amends
E Bm7
So, I'm sorry vor the words I've spoken
A Am
For I've betrayed a friend
Cm Eb/C
We have a love that's worth preserving
Cm Eb/C
And a bond I will defend
G
Just between you and me
Em9
I've got somethin' to say
EbM7
I wanna get it straight
F
Before the sun goes down
G
Just Between you and me
Em9
Confession needs to be made
EbM7 F/D
Recompense is my way to freedom (now)
G
Just between you and me
C9 F
I've got something to say
Eb-F-Gm-F/A (2X)
Eb F
In my pursuit of God I thirst for holiness
Gm F/A
As I approach the Son I must consider this
Eb F
Offenses unresolved will keep me from the throne
Gm F/A
Before I go to him my wrong must be atoned
Cm Eb/C
If there's to be any resolution
Cm Eb/C
I've got to peel my pride away
F/D
G-Em9-EbM7-F
G-Em9-EbM7-F/D C
G
Just between you and me
Em9
I've got somethin' to say
EbM7
I wanna get it straight
F
Before the sun goes down
G
Just Between you and me
Em9
Confession needs to be made
EbM7 F/D
Recompense is my way to freedom
G-Em9-EbM7-F
G-Em9-EbM7-F/D...
*EbM7=E flat Major 7=Eb G Bb D
*Like it, love it, need it*
Group: dc Talk (Jesus Freak)
By: Toby McKeehan, Kevin Smith, Mark Heimermann, David Soldi & Jason
Barrett
E B A G E B-A-G
Under these circumstances they can hardly cope
E B A G E B-A-G
Notice their fleeting glances and their lack of hope
E B A G E B-A-G
I offer this suggestion they don't seem to care-o
E B A G E B-A-G
This is my generation drowning in despair-o
E G A
You'll never find peace of mind in your pool of self
E G A
You'll never find peace of mind in a sea of wealth
E G A
You'll never find peace of mind in your rock and roll
E G A
You'll never find peace of mind if you sell your soul
Chorus-
E F#
You gotta like it, You gotta love it
G A
I know you need some freedom from the strife
E F#
You gotta like it, You gotta love it
G A
I know you need some Jesus in your life
E-F#-G-A
E-B-A-G 4X
E B A G E B-A-G
We circumvent our feelings through an angry sound
E B A G E B-A-G
He who complains the loudest wears the fattest crown
E B A G E B-A-G
We're anti-everybody call it paranoia
E B A G E B-A-G
Well, I ain't no judge or jury, but I'm praying for ya
E G A
You'll never find peace of mind in your lucky charm
E G A
You'll never find peace of mind on a hippie farm
E G A
You'll never find peace of mind in a one-night stands
E G A
You'll never find peace of mind in your superman
Chorus- 2X
E-B-A-G
F#-B-A 8X
F# B A
Ya dropped right into the middle of a freak attack
F# B A
Cause we're back and we're comin' like that
F# B A
Ya see we're lowerin' the boom in the middle of the tune
F# B A
Cause the funk is always heavy where it's at
F# B A
So, while you're whining all the time never changing any minds
F# B A
It is clear to see your lip has lost it's button
F# B A
Cause, if ya take a think at this it is easy to admit
F# B A
That the selfish way you're living is for nothing
E-F#-G-A 2X
Chorus- 4X
E-G-F#-F 4X
E
*In the light*
Group: Dc Talk (Jesus Freak)
By: Charlie Peacock (Love Life)
Status: Chords unchecked for accuracy
Intro:
E-F#-G#m-B 4X
E F# G#m B
I keep trying to find a life
E F# Gm# B
On my own, apart from you
E F# G#m B
I am the king of excuses
E F# G#m B
I've got one for every selfish thing I do
Chorus-
E F# G#m B E F# G#m B
What's going on inside of me? I despise my own behavior
E F# G#m B E F#
G#m B
This is only serves to confirm my suspicious, that I'm still a man in
need of a savior
E B F# G#m
I wanna be in the Light as You are in the Light
E B F# E B
F# G#m
I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens. Oh Lord be my Light and be
my salvation
E F# G#m E F# G#m
'Cause all I want is to be in the Light, all I want is to be in the Light
E F# G#m B
The disease of self runs through my blood
E F# G#m B
It's a cancer fatal to my soul
E F# G#m B
Every attempt on my behalf has failed
E F# G#m B
To bring this sickness under control
E F# G#m B E F# G#m B
What's going on inside of me? I despise my own behavior
E F# G#m B E F#
G#m B
This is only serves to confirm my suspicious, that I'm still a man in
need of a savior
E B F# G#m
I wanna be in the Light as You are in the Light
E B F# E B
F# G#m
I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens. Oh Lord be my Light and be
my salvation
E F# G#m E F# G#m
'Cause all I want is to be in the Light, all I want is to be in the Light
C#m-D#m-G#m-E-B-F# 2X
C#m D#m G#m
Honesty becomes me ( There's nothing left to lose )
E B F#
The secrets that did run me ( In Your Presence are defused )
C#m D#m G#m
Pride has no position ( And riches have no worth )
E B F#
The fame that once did cover me ( Has been sentenced to this earth )
F#
Has been sentenced to this earth
E F# G#m B E F# G#m B
What's going on inside of me? I despise my own behavior
E F# G#m B E F#
G#m B
This is only serves to confirm my suspicious, that I'm still a man in
need of a savior
E B F# G#m
I wanna be in the Light as You are in the Light
E B F# E B
F# G#m
I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens. Oh Lord be my Light and be
my salvation
E F# G#m E F# G#m
'Cause all I want is to be in the Light, all I want is to be in the Light
E F# G#m
All I want is to be in the Light
E-F#-G#m-B 13X
*What have we become*
Group: Dc Talk (Jesus Freak)
By: Toby McKeehan, kevin Smith & Mark Heimermann
Status: Chords unchecked for accuracy
Intro:
Fm-Cm-Eb-Bb-Db-Cm-Fm
Fm Db
A preacher shuns his brother cause his bride's a different color
Bb Db Fm
And this is not acceptable his Papa thaught him so
Fm Db
It was love that he'd been preaching, but this was overreaching
Bb Db Fm
The boundaries stretched further than his heart would choose to go
Db-Eb-Ab Cm Fm
Like an angel with no wings
Db-Eb-Ab Cm Db
Like a kingdom with no king
Chorus-
Fm
What have we become, a self indulgent people
Fm Fm7
What have we become, tell me where are the righteous ones
Bbm Cm Db
What have we become, in a world degenarating
Eb Fm
What have we become
Rap-
Fm
Speak your mind, look out for yourself
Fm
The answer to it all is a life of wealth
Fm7
Grab all you can cause you live just once
Fm7
You got the right to do whatever you want
Db
Don't worry about others or where you came from
Eb E-Fm
It ain't what you were, it's what you have become
Fm Db
Mom and Dad are fighting as Rosie lies there crying
Bb Db Fm
For once again she's overheard regrets of their mistake
Fm Db
With Christmas bells-a-ringing, lit' Rosie'd leave them grieving
Bb Db Fm
The gift she'd give her family would be the pills she'd take
Db-Eb Ab Cm Fm
An inconvenient child
Db-Eb Ab Cm Db
Shewasn't worth their while
Chorus-
Rap-
Db
Don't worry about others or where you came from
Eb E-Fm
It ain't what you were, it's what you have become
Fm
What about love?
Fm
What about God?
Bbm-Bbm/A-Bbm/Ab-Bbm/G
What about holiness?
Bbm Bbm/A Bbm/Ab Bbm/G
What about mercy, compassion and selflessness?
Db-Eb-Ab-Cm-Fm
Db-Eb-Ab-Cm-Db
Chorus-
Fm-Fm7-Db-Eb-Fm
Rap-
Fm-Fm7-Db-Eb-Fm
*Mind's ey*e
Group: Jesus Freak (Dc Talk);
By: Toby McKeehan, Mark Heimermann & Michael Tait.
Status: Chords unchecked for accuracy
Intro:F-G-Dm-Bb-C
F G
In my mind I can see your face
Dm B G
Love pours down in a shower of grace
F G
People tell me that your just a dream
Dm C-G-G4
Faith is the evidence of things unseen
Dm-C-G-G4
Dm C
You know what I'm going through
G G4
I know that it's true cause you've stood in my shoes
Dm C
Desire's inside of me
G G4
But it's hard to believe in what you cannot see
Bb F/A
Can you catch the wind? See a breeze?
C G/B G
It's presence is revealed by the leaves on a tree
Bb F/A F
An image of my faith in the unseen
F G Dm
In my mind's eye I see your face
Bb C
You smile as you show me grace
F G Dm
In my mind's eye You take my hand
Bb C Dm Bb C
We walk through foreign lands, the foreign lands of life
Dm-C-G-G4
Dm C G G4
In my mind I'm where I feeling as I rest in your arms
Dm C G G4
And like a child hold on to you in my moment of truth
Bb F/A
We can ride the storm, endure the pain
C G/B G Bb F/A F
You comfort me in my hurricane and I'll never be alone again
F G Dm
In my mind's eye I see your face
Bb C
You smile as you show me grace
F G Dm
In my mind's eye You take my hand
Bb C
We walk through foreign lands
F G Dm
In my mind's eye I see your face
Bb C
You smile as you show me grace
F G Dm
In my mind's eye You take my hand
Bb C Dm
We walk the lands of life
Dm-C-G-G4
Dm F Dm F
In my mind I can see your face, love pours down in a shower of grace
Dm F Dm
F
Life is a gift that you choose to give and I believe that we eternally
live
Dm F Dm
F
Faith is the evidence of things unseen, people tell me that your just a
dream
Dm F Dm
F
But they dont't know you the way that I do, you're the one I live to
pursue
Bb F/A-C-G/B-G
Can you catch the wind?
Bb F/A
Can you see the breeze?
F G Dm
In my mind's eye I see your face
Bb C
You smile as you show me grace
F G Dm
In my mind's eye You take my hand
Bb C
We walk through foreign lands
F-G-Dm-Bb-C...
*Alas My Love*
Group: dc Talk (Jesus Freak)
By: Kevin Smith
string intro-
Em Am/C Em/B Am 2x
Em Am/C
"alas my love you say goodbye
Em/B Am
wipe the poison from my brow
Em Am/C
alas my love this guilty night
Em/B Am
it gives me up like a foster child
and in this moment I take my vow
at these angels sleeping at my feet
Am7 Em9
and in this moment you do not know how
Am7 E5-F#5-G5
how my spirit wants to flee."
Am7 Em
You see what was one man, against the night
Am7
C-B--E5-E5-E5-E5
taking on a multitude that had left him high and dry
Em
no candle burning vigil could light the way,
E5-E5-E5-E5
darkness hit the ground like a fallen satellite
Em E5-E5-E5-E5
he wrestled until morning with human souls
Em
and dark angels
Em E5-E5-E5-E5
and there he finished his work
Em
on the third day.
remember.
Am Em Am E5-F#5-G5
Am Em Am C B
D5 D5-C5/D 4x
Em
Am Em Am Em (repeat and fade)
