Lyrics

"GRACE FROM THE GROUND UP"
BY: Jason Tompkins Feb. 2025
(Baritone Guitar in standard "B")
Key: [B]

VERSE 1:
[B]Crowds are pressing, voices [B/D#]loud
I can barely [E]see through the [F#]crowd, oh [B]no
[B]Then I catch a glimpse of [B/D#]him
Perched upon that [E]sycamore [F#]limb, oh [B]no
A [B]man they call a sinful [B/D#]theif
CLimbing just to [E]catch be-[F#]lief, oh [B]no
But [B]what's this now? The Teacher [B/D#]stands
Calling down with [E]op-en [F#]hands, oh [B]no

CHORUS:
I saw [B]grace from the ground up
[B/D#]Mercy reaching where [E]none thought, and [F#]Love that [B]climbs
[B]Love that climbs and love that [B/D#]calls
Breaking every [E]man-made wall
and the [F#]King of all [B]Heaven,
He [B]walked right through our doubt and [B/D#]shame
and lifted up the [E]lowly [F#]once, a-[B]gain

VERSE 2:
[B]People whisper, shake their [B/D#]heads
"He's unworthy!" [E]That's what they [F#]said, oh [B]no
But [B]Jesus doesn't turn a-[B/D#]way
He's stepping toward his [E]house to-[F#]day, oh [B]no
[B]Could it be that grace ex-[B/D#]tends
Past the line we [E]drew for [F#]men? I think [B]so!
[B]If He calls the worst by [B/D#]name
Then maybe I can [E]do the [F#]same, I [B]know!

BRIDGE:
[G#m]What if I have been the one, to deny the son,
and thought that grace was mine a-[F#]lone?
[G#m]Now I see, from where I stand, the need to understand
That I'm no different than that man at [F#]all!
And if [G#m]God could call him near, then maybe God has placed me here
To see the way the Kingdom [F#]moves!
Yeah, [G#m]I put the wall and your the cannonball
that caused it all to fall with these things you [F#]do!