There Is a Cause

Words and Music by Jim E. Davis

© Centergy Music Group

Key – G

Verse 1

G                                    A^m/G

What would case Moses to walk away

               A^dim/G         G

From the palace of the king

G                                        A^m/G

What would cause David to leave the sheep

        A^dim/G                  E^m

And trade his harp for a sling

B^7sus4                      B⁷/D^#

Why on earth would twelve common men

             E^m   E^m/D      C

Leave it all    to follow Christ

A^m7                       G/B       E^m

There was a cause so much greater

A^m7              D^sus4     D

I offer up my life

Chorus

A^m/G       G       D/F^#             E^m

There is a cause worth fighting for

A^m           G/B            A/C^#           D

There is a cause in the house of the Lord

C        D               E^m                      D

I will arise and say yes to the call

C                 C^maj7/D        A^m/G  G

I will give my all                for the cause

Music interlude

G^m/F      F      F^m/E^b      E^b      D^sus4      D

Verse 2

G                                A^m/G

Look on the fields the harvest is white

             A^dim/G           G

But the servants are so few

G                               A^m/G

Why do I linger in the house of the Lord

          A^dim/G                                E^m

When there’s so much work yet to do

B^7sus4                   B⁷/D^#

This is the day and now is the time

     E^m        E^m/D          C

To answer the Savior’s cry

A^m7                   G/B       E^m

There is a cause so much greater

A^m7              D^sus4     D

I offer up my life

Bridge

            B^b                         F/A

Let the world fade away behind me

                   B^b               F/A

Increase my vision of the cross

           E^b                    B^b/D

May I never forget the glory

             E^b                  D^sus4        D

And the passion of the cause

Ending (from within chorus)

C        D               E^m                     D

I will arise and say yes to the call

C                  C^maj7/D

I will give my all

A^m/D   G

For the cause

A^m7/G      G

There is a cause