The Reckoning How Long

      C
I can see the storm descending on 
the hill tonight
F2
Tall trees are bending to your will 
tonight
        Am7
Let the mighty bow down
       G                       
At the thundering sound of your 
 F2
voice
      C
I can hear the howling wind and feel
 the rain tonight
F2
Every drop a prophet in your name 
tonight
        Am7
And the song that they sing
      G
It is washing me clean,

[Chorus]
    C           Em         F2    
But how long how long how long 
                            F2 
until this curtain is lifted?
Fadd9 F2 Fadd9

    C        Em                   
How long how long is this the song
                  F2
 that we sing?
    Gsus                      C   
How long until the reckoning?
   F2     C      F2


[Verse 2]
      C
And I know you hear the cries of 
every soul tonight
F2
You see the teardrops as they roll 
tonight
         Am7
Down the faces of saints
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         G                       
Who grow weary and faint in your 
F2
fields
        C
And the wicked roam the cities and 
the streets tonight
    F2
But when the God of love and thunder
 speaks tonight
  Am7                         G
I believe You will come Your justice
 be done

[Chorus]
    C           Em         F2    
But how long how long how long 
                            F2 
until this curtain is lifted?
Fadd9 F2 Fadd9

    C        Em                   
How long how long is this the song
                  F2
 that we sing?
    Gsus
How long until the reckoning?

[Chorus Tag]
C/E    F2
Oh the reckoning

[Bridge]
        Am
You are holiness and grace
        Em
You are fury and rest
        F2
You are anger and love
     G
You curse and you bless
        Am
You are mighty and weak
        G/B
You are silence and song
        C
You are plain as the day
              F2
But you have hidden your face--
        Am        G
For how long? How long?

[Verse 3]
          C
And I am standing in the stillness 
of the reckoning
     F2
The storm is past and rest is 
beckoning
        Am
Mighty God, how I fear you
      G                      F2
How I long to be near you, O Lord

[Final Chorus]
    C        Em       F2         
How long how long how long until 
                     F2 Fadd9 F2 
the burden is lifted?
Fadd9

    C         Em                  
How long how long is this the song
       F2
 that we sing?
    F2
How long until the reckoning?
      C      Em     F2       
And I know I know I know that I 
                              F2 
don't know what I'm asking
Fadd9 F2 Fadd9

       C     Em                   
But I long I long to look you full
       F2
 in the face
     C
I am ready for the reckoning