Ten Thousand John Mark McMillan
John Mark McMillan
Ten Thousand
While some of the submitted chords are correct that this is in E, that's
not the best way to play it. The way to get the hammer on's is capo 4 in
the C position. It sounds better and is much more playable.
Capo 4
Intro x2
C//-/// G// C//-///-///-/// Am7// G// C// F//-///-///-///
Verse 1
[C]Ten thousand glimmering like [G]coals in our [C]chest
[Am7]Our ball bearings [G]drawn to the [C]magnetic [F]breath
Of t[C]en thousand weeping with [G]wings on their t[C]ears
Amidst [Am7]ten thousand [G]voices for [C]ten thousand [F]years
For t[C]en thousand graves yawning [G]unlocked and un[C]latched
Now [Am7]ten thousand [G]holes with [C]rocks on their b[F]acks
Ten t[C]housand tombs gaping wide s[G]inging the [C]praises
Of [Am7]ten thousand [G]bodies un[C]laced and un[F]laid
Pre - Chorus
As the [G]ten thousand highways [Am7]unfold their d[F]oors
For the [G]ten thousand standing on [Am7]Nineveh's s[F]hores
Where the [C]blood of a husband s[G]ilences [C]wars
For the g[F]irl who [G]rises to [C]meet Him, and she sings
Chorus
[F]World, I have overcome you
[Am7]World, I have overcome you
[G]World, I have overcome
By my [F]song and the blood of a [G]son
Verse 2
Ten thousand rivers run red like my veins
Where the bones of men hum like a rattling cage
For sinew to cling to for wind to remain
In ten thousand lungs for ten thousand days
Breathing like a choir of holes in the ground
Where the cynical have lain, where the cynical go down
Save the gravity of time lets go of her drowned
Like ten thousand sparrows unlocked and unwound
Pre Chorus
Chorus x2
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