The Author

Brandon Lake

The Author Brandon Lake

Intro:
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1 Verse:
G#m           F#           H             E
Picked up the Book for the first time in ages
G#m             F#             H           E
Still washed me clean with the dust on the pages
   G#m        F#       H          E
My life is a story I struggle to write
       G#m    F#                H      G#m     F#
But is it one worth telling? Is it one You like?  
 
Chorus:
E             H 
  So who am I?  Who am І?
G#m            F#                       E
   Am I just a poor preacher's prodigal son?
              H             G#m
Troubled child, running wild
            F#                   E
Chasing the glory instead of the One
               H       G#m                    F#
Who says that I, even I, have something still left to offer?
E             H 
  So who am I?
        G#m                                        G#m   F# H E
Who am I to question the pen in the hands of the Author?  
 
2 Verse:
     G#m        F#         H              E
Like every good story, you learn from the loss
    G#m        F#         H             E
And I lost the plot every time I played God
  G#m       F#         H       E
I live in a moment You already wrote
     G#m            F#             H           C#m  F#
It's proof that I'm someone, yeah, someone You love  
 
Chorus:
E             H 
  So who am I?  Who am I?
G#m            F#                       E
   Am I just a poor preacher's prodigal son?
              H             G#m
Troubled child, running wild
            F#                   E
Chasing the glory instead of the One
               H       G#m                    F#
Who says that I, even I, have something still left to offer?
E             H 
  So who am I?
        G#m                                        E      H 
Who am I to question the pen in the hands of the Author?  
 
Bridge:
E             H                G#m               F#
I see trauma, I see worthless, You see something You can work with
E               H              G#m               F#
I see weakness, I see failure, You see something good on paper
    E               H               G#m              F#
And I've seen ashes turn to beauty, I've felt heaven working through me
E               H              G#m                   F# G#m  H D#m
I've seen panic turn to power, felt Your peace in my darkest hour
C#m                   H                 G#m             F#              C#m
   What grace is this? Called me by name again and again and again and again
                       D#m                  G#m            F#                  E                   H 
And what grace is this? Crossed out my shame, forgives me again and again and again and again and again  
 
Chorus:
                             G#m
So who am I? God, who am I?
            F#                         E
Am I just a poor preacher's prodigal son?
              H                   G#m
Troubled child, still running wild
            F#                   E
Chasing the glory instead of the One
               H       G#m                    F#
Who says that I, even I, have something still left to offer?
E             H 
  So who am I?
        G#m              F#                      E      H 
Who am I to question the pen in the hands of the Author?  
 
Outro:
G#m               F#                      E     H 
   I'm ink in the pen in the hands of the Author
G#m               F#                 C#m        E G#m
   I'm ink in the pen in the hands of the Author
               F#        
I'm ink in the pen in the hands of the Author