When I Am Afraid

G#m                             B
When I am afraid I will trust in You

C#m                        E
When I’m overcome I will cling onto

   G#m                   B
The Rock that is higher, He’s higher

    C#m             E
The Rock that is higher,


Vs.1:
G#m
When my enemy’s too strong for me

G#m/F#
I don’t know how to fight the fear

E
That comes against my heart and mind

D#m
I call upon the name of Christ

G#m   G#m/F          E              D#m
He’s higher, He’s higher, He’s higher


Vs.2:

G#m
When my enemy’s surrounding me

G#m/F#
He comes to steal my joy, my peace

E
I let go of my reasoning

D#m
And fall upon the Rock

G#m              G#m/F#       E     D#m
That is higher, He’s higher


Bridge:

 G#m                                 E
I will not build my life upon the passing sands

 C#m                               F#sus      F#
Of how I feel inside from one moment to the next

 G#m                                   E
But I will love you Lord, my Rock, my God, my Strength

          C#m                  D#sus                  D#
A precious cornerstone that floods of death can never shake

 C#m D#
For there is no peace of mind, outside of truth in Christ

 C#m                           D#
For the fear is real and it’s power can kill

     D#sus                 D#        D#sus           D#
But the stability of our times, the stability of our times

        G#m                       G#m/F#
Will be the Rock that is higher, He’s higher

       E           D#m
The Rock that is higher