Cornerstone Chords & Tabs

by tobyMac

[Version Description]
To play this song with easy chords, transpose -2, and add a capo on the second fret.

[Intro]
N.C.
*clears throat*
N.C.
You ready, man?
A   
Okay

[Verse]
      F#m                    E                    
Yeah, lookin' out my window, feelin' the crescendo
D                 A  
Sunset on a quiet sea
F#m                        E                
Sittin' with the ones that I'll forever love
      D                     A    
We're waitin' on a flash of green

[Pre-Chorus]
    F#m                      E              
And even when the nights got cold (Got cold)
D                       A               
You have always held me close (Me close)
F#m                       E                    
You're the only Rock that I could ever stand on
D                       A 
You're the only one for me

[Chorus]
             F#m               E   
The sun goes up, the sun comes down
           D                     A                      
This whole world keeps spinnin' 'round (Spinnin' 'round)
         F#m                  E                D                      A    
I'm here travellin' down this long and winding road (Long and winding road)
        F#m              E 
Sеasons come and seasons go
             D                   A  
They takе me high, then leave me low
              F#m             E           D   
But I'm still standin' on the only Rock I know

[Post-Chorus]
A               F#m  
You're my cornerstone
   E    
Oh-oh-oh
D                 A 
No matter where I go
         F#m           
My cornerstone (—stone)

[Verse 2]
F#m                  E                            
Bible by my bedside, sweatin' through a long night
D                       A    
Wrestlin' the hounds of shame
F#m                       E                  
Tryna turn the hands back on a troublin' past
D                      A          
Every move I make's in vain (Vain)

[Pre-Chorus]
    F#m                  E    
But even in the shiftin' winds
D                         A   
You are Who You've always been
F#m                       E                    
You're the only Rock that I could ever stand on
D                     A   
Through it all, You remain

[Chorus]
             F#m               E   
The sun goes up, the sun comes down
           D                     A                      
This whole world keeps spinnin' 'round (Spinnin' 'round)
         F#m                  E                D                  A    
I'm here travellin' down this long and winding road (This winding road)
        F#m              E 
Seasons come and seasons go
             D                   A  
They take me high, then leave me low
              F#m             E           D   
But I'm still standin' on the only Rock I know

[Post-Chorus]
A               F#m  
You're my cornerstone
   E    
Oh-oh-oh
D                 A 
No matter where I go
         F#m  
My cornerstone
   E    
Oh-oh-oh
D                 A 
No matter where I go
    A            
Mr. Zach Williams

[Bridge]
F#m           E               D       A
On Christ the Solid Rock, I'm standin'
F#m       E                 D   A
All other ground is sinking sand
F#m           E               D             A        
On Christ the Solid Rock, I'm standin' (I'm standin')
F#m       E                 D             A    
All other ground is sinking sand (Sinking sand)
F#m           E               D       
On Christ the Solid Rock, I'm standin'
A        
Yes, Lord

[Break]
F#m                      E                      
You're the only One that I will build my life on
D                     A   
Through it all, You remain

[Chorus]
             F#m               E   
The sun goes up, the sun comes down
           D                    A     
This whole world keeps spinnin' around
             F#m                  E                D   A
And I'm here travellin' down this long and winding road
        F#m              E 
Seasons come and seasons go
       D                A  
I been high, and I been low
        F#m             E           D   
But I'm standin' on the only Rock I know

[Post-Chorus]
A               F#m       E                              
You're my cornerstone (Oh-oh-oh, on Christ, I'm standin')
D                 A 
No matter where I go
         F#m       E                                       
My cornerstone (Oh-oh-oh, all other ground is sinking sand)
D                 A 
No matter where I go

[Outro]
            F#m E                 D    A                                   
The sun goes up, and the sun comes down (Oh-oh-oh, on Christ, I'm standin')
          F#m  E             D      A                                            
I build my life on this solid ground (Oh-oh-oh, all other ground is sinking sand)
F#m      
Oh,  yeah
            E           D       A
You are the only Rock I stand on