In Your Hands

 YouTube version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YcLqImXSN8

Alternative live version (for picking pattern) available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsxrQUvgChk



[Intro] 

(х2)

G       Em7     C         C

C6/9    C       G         G  D7



[Verse]

     G                    Em7

Like clay in the potter's hands

               C                  C

Expanded or contracted at will.

       C6/9        C

So are we, so are we

        G         C  C6/9   D7

in Your hands.

     G                      Em7

Like stone in the cutter's hands

              C                   C

Held tight or smashed at will

       C6/9        C

So are we, so are we

        G         G

in Your hands.



[Chorus]

(first version)

        C               G

In Your hands, in Your hands

       D7               G

We are resting in Your hands

        C               G

In Your hands, in Your hands

C6/9                  D7      D7

Please have mercy on us.   (extra strums)

      G           Em7

So we sing and we pray

C               C

   for a better day

         C6/9              C

And that You will bring us healing

          G               G

with Your hands.



[Break]

G       Em7     C         C

C6/9    C       G         D7



[Verse]

     G                     Em7

Like glass in the blower's hands

          C                     C

Shaped or melted at will,

       C6/9        C

So are we, so are we

        G         C  C6/9   D7

in Your hands.

     G                      Em7

Like cloth in the weaver's hands

                C                   C

Straightened or twisted at will

       C6/9        C

So are we, so are we

        G         G

in Your hands.



[Chorus]

(2nd version)

        C               G

In Your hands, in Your hands

       D7               G

We are resting in Your hands

        C               G

In Your hands, in Your hands

C6/9                 D7      D7

Please have mercy on us.   (extra strums)

      G            Em7

So we look to the sky

  C            C

(pause) and we cry,

C6/9               C

Please hold us gently

        G               G

in Your hands.



[Break 2]

G       Em7     C         C

C6/9    C       G   C   C6/9   D7

G       Em7     C         C

C6/9    C       G         D7



[Chorus]

(3rd version)

        C               G

In Your hands, in Your hands

       D7               G

We are resting in Your hands

        C               G

In Your hands, in Your hands

C6/9                 D7      D7

Please have mercy on us.   (extra strums)

          G               Em7

Source of Life, Source of Death,

        C              

(pause) Source of every breath,

C6/9         C

    Please help us

          G               D7       G

with Your hands.