F/G G7 C F You're the Word of God the Father C G From before the world began. F C/E Ev'ry star and ev'ry planet Dm7 F Has been fashioned by Your hand. F/G G7 F All creation holds together G7 C G By the power of Your voice. F C/E Let the skies declare Your glory; Dm7 F6 Gsus Let the land and seas rejoice! CHORUS Gsus G F C/E You're the Author of creation; F Gadd9 Am You're the Lord of ev'ry man; Am/G F F/G Am7 G7 C And Your cry of love rings out across the lands. G Fadd9 C G Fadd9 VERSE 2 F/G G7 C F Yet You left the gaze of angels, C G Came to seek and save the lost, F C/E And exchanged the joy of heaven Dm7 F For the anguish of a cross. F/G G7 F With a prayer You fed the hungry; G7 C G With a word You calmed the sea; F C/E Yet how silently You suffered Dm7 F6 Gsus That the guilty may go free! CHORUS Gsus G F C/E You're the Author of creation; F Gadd9 Am You're the Lord of ev'ry man; Am/G F F/G Am7 G7 C And Your cry of love rings out across the lands. G Fadd9 C G Fadd9 VERSE 3 G7sus G7 C F With a shout You rose victorious, C G Wresting vict'ry from the grave, F C/E And ascended into heaven, Dm7 F Leading captives in Your way. F/G G7 C F Now You stand before the Father, G7 C G Interceding for Your own; F C/E From each tribe and tongue and nation, Dm7 F6 Gsus You are leading sinners home! CHORUS Gsus G F C/E You're the Author of creation; F Gadd9 Am You're the Lord of ev'ry man; Am/G F F/G Am7 G7 C And Your cry of love rings out across the lands. G Fadd9 C G Fadd9