God Who Listens

Songwriter/Translator/Composer Chris Tomlin

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The God who made the winters and the summers
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The one who put the stars all in their place
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The only one who stands above all others
    D        Em    C
And  He knows me by name
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The angels hide their faces in  His  presence
    D              Em            C
The demons run for  cover when You  speak
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You rule the world and reign above the heavens
    D          Em       C
And still draw close to me

    Am     G        D
And when I close my eyes
D
I know that

G
  I'm not just hoping
C
  I'm not just wishing
Em
  I know I'm praying
D
  To a God who listens
G
  I know He hears me
C
  I know He's living
Em
  Yes, I am praying
D
  To a God who listens

G                    Em                C
He walks with me and leads me by still waters
  D               Em          C
I lay my troubles down at His feet (lay my troubles down)
      D               Em             C
It's amazing that the Savior and the Father
   D     Em7               C
He is a friend a friend to me
C
How can it be, oh?

G
  I'm not just hoping
C
  I'm not just wishing
Em
  I know I'm praying
D
  To a God who listens
G
  I know He hears me
C
  I know He's living
Em                             D
  Yes, I am praying (Yes, I am praying)
D
To a God who listens

    G
Who knows me? Who loves me?
    C
Who never will fail me?
    G                      D
Who tells me that I am his own?
            Em
And you surround me, remind me
    C
You always are for me
G                           D
  So, I come boldly to Your throne

G
  I'm not just hoping
C
  I'm not just wishing
Em
  Yes I am praying
D
  To a God who listens
G
  Oh, what a promise
C
  That we've been giving
Em                 G
  Yes, we are praying
                        G  C
   To a God who listens
         G                 D
Yes, You are, yes, You are
G                 C
  Ooh, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah
G       D
Oh, oh, oh

Em                                   C
   I'm not just hoping (I'm not just hoping)
                                   G         D
I'm not just wishing (I'm not just wishing)