The God Who Stays

Songwriter/Composer/Translator Matthew West

   Am           F                    C
If I were You I would've given up on me by now
                        Am          F
I would've labeled me a lost cause
                              C
'Cause I feel just like I’m a lost cause

   Am           F                          C
If I Were You I would've turned around and walked away
                      Am             F
I would've labeled me beyond repair
                         C
'Cause I feel like I'm beyond repair
        Am      G         F             C
Oh, but somehow You don't see me like I do
    Am  G            F
Somehow You're still here

                   C
You're the God who stays
You're the God who stays
                   F
You're the one who runs in my direction
                     G
When the whole world walks away
                   C
You're the God who stands
     G    Am
With wide open arms
                F
And You tell me nothing I have ever done
    G
Can separate my heart
                 C
From the God who stays

          Am
I used to hide
                       F       C
Every time I thought I let You down
                          Am          F
I always thought I had to earn my way
                           C
But I'm learning You don't work that way
       Am      G         F             C
'Cause somehow You don't see me like I do
    Am  G            F
Somehow You're still here

You're the God who stays...

   Am
My shame can't separate
   G
My guilt can't separate
   C
My past can't separate
    Dm
I'm Yours forever

   Am
My sin can't separate
   G
My scars can't separate
   C
My failures can't separate
    Dm
I'm Yours forever

   Am
No enemy can separate
   G
No power of hell can take away
     C
Your love for me will never change
    F
I'm Yours forever

You're the God who stays...