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Song: Asleep in the Light
Artist: Keith Green
Copyright 1978, Birdwing Music/Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co., Inc.
(Intro) A Bm7 D D/E E A Bm7 D
D/E
A Bm7
D D/E
E A
Do you see, do you see, all the people sinking down?
Bm7
D D/E
E C#+/E# F#m
Don’t you care, don’t you care are you gonna let them
drown?
E/G# A
Bm7 A/C# D
How can you be so numb not to care if they come?
A/C# Bm7 A
E/G# F#m E F#m7 E/G#
A Bm7 D D/E E
You close your eyes and pre-
tend the job’s done.
A
Bm7 D
D/E E A
“Oh bless me Lord, bless me Lord” you know it’s all I ever hear.
Bm7
D D/E
E C#+/E# F#m
No one aches, no one hurts, no one even sheds one tear.
E/G#
A
Bm7 A/C# D
But He cries, He weeps, He bleeds, and He cares for your needs,
A/C# Bm7 A
E/G# F#m E F#m7 E/G# A
And you just lay back and keep soa-king it
in.
D/F# D A/C# A
Bm7 A/C# Asus/G D/F#
Oh
can’t you see it’s such sin.
D B/D#
E Esus E C#m/E E C#m/E
‘Cause He brings people to your door and you turn them a-way
F#m E/G#
A
As you smile and say “God bless you, be at peace”
Bm7
A/C# D A/D D6
D A/C#
And all heav-en just weeps. ‘Cause
Jesus came to your door.
Bm7
D/E A
Bm7 D D/E E
You’ve left Him out on the streets.
A Bm7 D
D/E E A
Open up, open up, and give your-self a-way.
Bm7
D D/E E
C#+/E# F#m
You see the need, you hear the cries, so how can you de- lay?
E/G#
A
Bm7 A/C# D
God’s calling, you’re the one, but like Jonah you run,
A/C# Bm7 A E/G# F#m E F#m7 E/G# A
Asus/G D/F# D
He’s told you to speak but you keep hol- ding it in.
A/C# A
Bm7 A/C# Asus/G D/F#
Oh, can’t you see it’s such sin?
D B/D#
E Esus E
C#m/E E C#m/E
The world is sleeping in the dark that the church just can’t
fight
F#m E/G#
A
‘Cause it’s asleep in the light, how can you be so dead,
Bm7 A/C# D A/D D6 D
A/C#
When you’ve been so well fed?
Jesus rose from the grave- and you!
Bm7
D/E Asus/G
D/F# D
You can’t even get out of bed.
A/C# A Bm7 A/C#
Asus/G D/F# D
Oh Jesus rose from the dead,
A/C# Bm7 A Bm7 A/C# Asus/G
Come on, get out of your bed.
D/F# D B/D# B7/D B/D# B7/D# E Esus E C#m/E E
C#/E# C#7/E# Ddim/E# C/#/E#
F#m E/G#
A
Bm7 A/C# D
How can you be so numb not to care if they come?
A/C# Bm7 A E/G# F#m E
F#m7 E/G# A Bm7 A/C#
You close your eyes and pre-tend the job’s done.
D A/C# Bm7 A E/G# F#m7 E
F#m7 E/G# A Bm7 A/C#
You close your eyes and pre- tend the job’s done.
D A/C# Bm7 A E/G#
F#m7 E F#m7 E/G# A Bm7 D
D/E E
Don’t close your eyes don’t pre-tend the job’s done.
A Bm7
D D/E
E A
Come away, come away, come away, with me my love. (4X)
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