Pillar of Fire           Std. Tuning   no capo

  G                                         C            G
There in the distance, it's a Pillar of Fire
  D                                          C
Rumbling like thunder in a dream
      D                                                C
It roars among the pines along the line
                                           G    C     D
Of the great Mississippi

        G                                       C               G
It scatters all the cattle, and it rattles the leaves
       D                                              C
It skids across the prairie by the moon
      D                                C
It sings like a choir, this Pillar of Fire
                              G                C         D          C
And the name of God is the burning tune

	                      G
	I can see it swirling and whirling
	             C                D
	And spinning all around
	G                                       C                 D
	Onward and upward and homeward bound
	         Em    D                              C
	Oh, Jesus, lead me through the night
	                       G    C    D
	Pillar of Fire

G                                                C               G
On through the passes of the mountains it goes
         D                                          C
As bouldered and broken as my heart
      D                               C
I shiver and cry and I watch as it winds down
              G      C                          D          C
To the deepest and the darkest parts


	Chorus

  C                                        D/F#
Where, oh Lord, are You leading?
          G         G/F#             C       C/B    Am
I can get so scared in the night
        Am                      D
My feet are cut and bleeding
                  G           C           D
With every step I feel less alive

               G                            C               G
Oh, but Pillar of Fire, You blazed that trail
               D                                                C
You've been there every step along that road
               D                               C
From a barn in Bethlehem to hell and back again
           G               C                         D          C
You blazed the trail that leads me home


	    G
	Always whirling, swirling
	            C                 D
	And spinning all around
	   G                                        C              D
	Onward and upward, now homeward bound
	         Em                       D                               C
	Oh, Jesus, won't you hold me through the night
	                       G    C    D
	Pillar of Fjre

      G
Oh now on to the ocean
      C           D
I follow it down
                   G
Where it sizzles and boils
             C                        D
In the waves along the sound
          Em         D               C
Oh, Jesus, lead me to the shore
                       G
Pillar of Fire



G	320033
C	x32033   not really a C but it sounds good.
D	xx0232
Em	022000
D/F#	2x0232  use your thumb, its easy!
G/F#	2x0033
C/B	x22033
Am	x02210



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