Lord, I stand
in Your pres
(G)ence,
want ing (Bb)You
and
need ing You.
(F)And
I am (F)here,
and
I sur (F)ren
(G)der
all of (Bb)me
so
I can (Fsus)see.
Your will
is (Fsus)where
I
de (Bb)sire
(Bb)to be.
(Eb7)Take all of (G7sus)me.
(C)All that I (G)am
and (C)all that I (G)do,
(A7)I (Dm7)give it to (C)You.
(F6)Lord, it’s for (Fmaj7)You.
(C)(Just take my (G)hand
and (C)I’ll fol low (G)You.
(A7)For (Dm7)all that I (C)am (Gm7)and (C)all (Bbmaj7)that
I do, it’s for You.) (C)You are my (C7sus)soul;
it’s Your (Fm6)love that keeps me (Csus2)strong.
And You are the (C7sus)Light
in the (Fm6)dark ness of my (C)night.
I’m lost
with out You,
bro ken
with out You.
(Csus2)Oh, how
I need (Csus)You.
Oh, how
I need You.
(Fmaj7)You make (Bb9)life
worth (Fm6)liv
(C)ing.
(C)Your (F)grace al (Bb9)ways
keeps (Fm6)giv
(C)ing.
I’m lost
with out You,
bro ken
with out You.
Oh, how
I need You.
Oh, how
I (Csus)need (C)You.
Lord, have (Fm6)mer (C)cy.
Lord, have (G)mer (Am7)cy.
Have (G)mer cy.
(Fmaj7)Have (Fm6)mer (C)cy.
We need Your (Fm6)heal (C)ing;
please (Dm7)give (C)us (G)heal (Am7)ing.
(C)Lord, have (Fmaj7)mer (F6)cy,
have (Fm6)mer (C)cy.
Lord, (C)have mer (F6)cy,
have (Gm7)mer (F13)cy.
Oh, (Dm6/9)Lord,
Lord, I (Fmaj7)come
(Bb)bro ken in this (F)place,
(Bb)weak and poor, for (F)all I have is Yours,
oh, Yours.
This life,
these (Fmaj7)things,
they (Bb)can’t com pare to (F)You.
No (C)wealth, no fame can (F)sep a rate the (Em7)One my heart a dores.
Oh, (Bbmaj7)yet we take our (E)eyes off You, we’re (Dm7)blind in reach ing (Gsus2)for the (G13)truth, (F6)and (Bbmaj7)now this whole world (A7sus)cries
be (Bbmaj7)cause it re al iz es
(Bbmaj7)(there is none
(Dm7)quite like You.
The (Bbmaj7)earth, the stars, the u ni verse.
Re (Dm6/9)peat these words so true.)
(Bbmaj7)Life be gins and life will end with
You.
(Dm)Help me sing it: (Bbmaj7)(Life be gins and life will end with You,
ooh,
ooh.)
When I (Ab)die,
what will they (Dbmaj13)say
a bout me?
Will the work that I’ve done
be e (Gm11)nough to help some (Gb)one?
When I die
(Fm7)will (Ab)I (Bb7)draw men’s hearts to (Dbm6)You?
At the (Ab)set ting of
the (Db)sun,
wan na (Gbmaj7)hear You say, “Well (Eb)done,”
when I (Ab)die.
Well
(Bb)done,
(Dbm6)well
(Ab)done.
This page shows “The Appeal” by Kirk Franklin in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Eb at 60 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.