Awesome God Chords & Tabs

by Michael W. Smith

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Verse (Em):
BPM: 72
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [3, 101, 1, 103, 1, 103, 1, 101]
Verse (Am, D):
BPM: 72
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [3, 101, 1, 101, 3, 101, 1, 101]
The chords in brackets are optional.  It sounds better if you play them, though.

[Verse 1]
Em                                                            
When He rolls up His sleeves He ain't just puttin' on the ritz
     Am         D      Em
Our God is an awesome God
There is thunder in His footsteps and lightning in His fists
     Am         D      Em
Our God is an awesome God

[Pre-chorus 1]
      C                                              
The Lord wasn't joking when He kicked 'em out of Eden
    D                            Em           
It wasn't for no reason that He shed His blood
       C                        Am                
His return is very soon so you better be believin'
                     D      Em
That our God is an awesome God

[Chorus]
Em   C          G     Em 
Our God is an awesome God
     D   B     Em   D   Em 
He reigns from heaven above
       C       G        Em 
With wisdom, power and love
     Am       C   D    Em 
Our God is an awesome God!

[Verse 2]
        Em                                            
And when the sky was starless in the void of the night
     Am         D      Em
Our God is an awesome God
He spoke into the darkness and created the light
     Am         D      Em
Our God is an awesome God

[Pre-chorus 2]
C                                        
Judgment and wrath He poured out on Sodom
D                  Em                  
Mercy and grace He gave us at the cross
   C                    Am                   
I hope that we have not too quickly forgotten
                      D     Em 
That our God is an awesome God!

[Chorus]
Em   C          G     Em 
Our God is an awesome God
     D   B     Em   D   Em 
He reigns from heaven above
       C       G        Em 
With wisdom, power and love
     Am       C   D    Em 
Our God is an awesome God!