
Better Is One Day
Matt Redman
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Tom : E
E
How lovely is Your dwelling place,
A B
oh Lord Almighty
E B
My soul longs and even faints for You
E
For here my heart is satisfied,
A B
within Your presence
E B
I sing beneath the shadow of Your wings
[CHORUS]
A
Better is one day in Your courts
B
Better is one day in Your house
A
Better is one day in Your courts
B
Than thousands elsewhere
[VERSE 2]
E
One thing I ask and I would seek,
A B
to see Your beauty
E B
To find You in the place Your glory dwells
[BRIDGE]
C#m7 B
My heart and flesh cry out,
A B
for You the living God
C#m7 B A B
Your spirit's water to my soul
C#m7 B
I've tasted and I've seen,
A
come once again to me
E/G#
I will draw near to You
F#m7 B
I will draw near to You
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