East to West
Casting Crowns
Intro:
(Em G D) x2
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
As the east is from the west
 D/F# Em
And I stand before You now as
 G C/E
As 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:
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) on chorus repeat
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 C/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
Turn 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
And 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 (watch out, chords are different!)
 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 (mercy I find rest)
 Am G/B C
You know just how far the east is from the west
 
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