By Your Side

Why are you striving these days?

Why Why are you (Em7)trying

as if to earn e grace?

To Why are you (Dsus)crying?

Let Me lift up your face.

Just don't turn (G)away.

(G)Why are you looking for love?

Why are you still (Em7)searching

as if to earn e nough?

To where will you (Dsus)go, child?

Tell Me, where will you run,

to where will you (G)run?

(G)Why are you

'Cause I'll be (Em7)by your side (C)wherever you fall,

in the (G)dead of night, (D)whenever you call.

And (Em7)please don't fight these (C)hands that are holding you.

And (D)My hands are holding you.

(D)Look at these hands

and My side;

they swallowed the grave

(Em7)on that night

when I drank the world's sin,

so I could carry you in and give you life.

I want to give you life.

And I'll be by at your side (C)wherever you fall,

in the (G)dead of night, (D)whenever you call.

And (Em7)please don't fight these (C)hands that are holding you.

And (D)My hands are holding you (Em7)by at My side,

(C)wherever you fall, in the (G)dead of night,

(D)whenever you call.

And (Em7)please don't fight these (C)hands that are holding you.

And (D)My hands are holding you My hands are holding you.

'Cause I, I love you.

I want you to know

that I, I love (Em7)you.

I'll never let you go.

Lord, Lord.

And I'll be by at your side (C)wherever you fall,

in the (G)dead of night, (D)whenever you call.

And (Em7)please don't fight these (C)hands that are holding you.