Chord/Tab song: Every Grain of Sand

Bootleg Series version




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[Repeat from beginning]

In the [F]time of my con[Dm/F]fession, in the [F]hour of my deepest [Dm/F]need
When the [F]pool of tears [Dm/F]beneath my feet [C]flood every [Csus4]newborn [C]seed
There's a [F]dyin' voice with[Dm/F]in me [F]reaching out some[Dm/F]where,
[F]Toiling in the [Dm/F]danger and in the [C]morals [Csus4]of des[C]pair.
Don't [C]have the incli[C7]nation to look [F]back on any mis[C]take,
Like [C]Cain, I now be[C7]hold this chain of e[F]vents that I must [C]break.[C11]
In the [F]fury of the [Dm/F]moment I can [F]see the Master's [Dm/F]hand
In [F]every leaf that [Dm/F]trembles, in [C]every grain of [F]sand.
Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear,
Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer.
The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way
To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame
And every time I pass that way I always hear my name.
Then onward in my journey I come to understand
That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand.
I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night
In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light,
In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space,
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face.
I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me.
I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan )
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.
) On Shot of Love he sings "of the reality of man".
Shot of Love version



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In the [G]time of my con[C]fession, in the [G]hour of my deepest [C]need
When the [G]pool of tears be[C]neath my feet [D]flood every [Dsus4]newborn [D]seed
There's a [G]dyin' voice with[C]in me [G]reaching out some[C]where,
[G]Toiling in the [C]danger and in the [D]morals [Dsus4]of des[D]pair.
Don't [D]have the incli[D7]nation to look [G]back on any [D]mistake,
Like [D]Cain, I now be[D7]hold this chain of e[G]vents that I must [D]break.[C]
In the [G]fury of the [C]moment I can [G]see the Master's [C]hand
In [G]every leaf that [C]trembles, in [D]every grain of [G]sand.

In the [C]time of my con[F]fession, in the [C]hour of my deepest [F]need
When the [C]pool of tears be[F]neath my feet [G]flood every [Gsus4]newborn [G]seed
There's a [C]dyin' voice with[F]in me [C]reaching out some[F]where,
[C]Toiling in the [F]danger and in the [G]morals [Gsus4]of des[G]pair.
Don't [G]have the incli[G7]nation to look [C]back on any [G]mistake,
Like [G]Cain, I now be[G7]hold this chain of e[C]vents that I must [G]break.[F]
In the [C]fury of the [F]moment I can [C]see the Master's [F]hand
In [C]every leaf that [F]trembles, in [G]every grain of [C]sand.