EAST TO WEST by CASTING CROWNS: LYRICS & CHORDS

INTRO: Em – G – D (2x)

 

VERSE 1:

 

C/E     D/F#                  Em

Here I am, Lord, and I'm drowning

 

             G                   C/E

In Your sea of forgetfulness

 

                       D/F#            Em
The chains of yesterday surround me

 

  G                             C/E
I yearn for peace and rest

 

                        D                           Em
I don't want to end up where You found me

 

          G/B                C                  D/F#          C
And it echoes in my mind, keeps me awake tonight

 

 

VERSE 2:

C/E                 D/F#             Em

I know You've cast my sin as far as

 

       G                      C/E

The east is from the west

 

        D/F#                   Em
And I stand before You now as

 

G                        C/E

Though I've never sinned

 

                 D                       Em                G/B
But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away

 

              C                         D/F#

From You leaving me this way

 

C
Jesus, can You show me just how

 

 

CHORUS 1:

 

Em                  G            D

Far the east is from the west

 

                   Am
'cause I can't bear to see the man I've been

 

C

Rising up in me again

 

          Em                         G        D
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest

 

               Am                              G/B           C
You know just how far the east is from the west

 

                             D
From one scarred hand to the other

 

INSTRUMENTAL: Em – D – Em – D

 

 

VERSE 3:

C/E          D/F#                Em
I start the day, the war begins

 

               G                     D/E

Endless reminding of my sin

 

              D/F#                  Em
Time and time again Your truth is drowned out

 

G                        C/E

By the storm I'm in

 

             D                     Em              G/B
Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away

 

C                                    D/F#

From You leaving me this way

C
Jesus, can You show me just how

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

 

BRIDGE:

 

G                                    D/F#
I know You've washed me white,

 

                                       Em

Turned my darkness into light

 

                               G/C
I need Your peace to get me through,

 

     C                             G

To get me through this night

 

                                Bm
I can't live by what I feel,

 

                                          Em

About the truth Your work reveals

 

                                 C
I'm not holding on to You,

 

                                     Em      D

But You're holding on to me

 

                                 Em    D
You're holding on to me

 

 

CHORUS 2:

 

                                        G                                 D/F#

Jesus, You know just how far the east is from the west

 

           Em
I don’t have to see the man I’ve been

 

          G/C                   C

Come rising up in me again

 

          G                                     D   

In the arms of Your mercy I find rest

 

               Am                              G/B           C
You know just how far the east is from the west

 

                             D
From one scarred hand to the other

 

 

ENDING:

 

Em           D                                 Em                    D

(Just how far, the east is from the west, just how far)

 

                                              Em

From one scarred hand to the other

 

                              D                                     Em                C

(You know just how far, the east is from the west, just how far)

              

From one scarred hand to the other

 

 

 

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