The Author Chords & Tabs

by Brandon Lake

[Intro]
B

[Verse 1]
G#m           F#           B             E   
Picked up the Book for the first time in ages
G#m             F#             B           E    
Still washed me clean with the dust on the pages
   G#m       F#      B           E    
My life is a story I struggle to write
       G#m          F#          B          C#m  F#
But is it one worth telling? Is it one You like?

[Chorus]
E           B          
So who am I?  Who am I?
G#m         F#                       E   
Am I just a poor preacher's prodigal son?
              B             G#m
Troubled child, running wild
            F#                   E  
Chasing the glory instead of the One
               B       G#m                    F#           
Who says that I, even I, have something still left to offer?
E           B
So who am I?
G#m            N.C.
Who am I to question the pen in the hands of the Author?

[Instrumental]
G#m F# B E

[Verse 2]
     G#m        F#         B              E   
Like every good story, you learn from the loss
    G#m        F#         B             E  
And I lost the plot every time I played God
  G#m       F#         B       E    
I live in a moment You already wrote
     G#m            F#             B           C#m F#
It's proof that I'm someone, yeah, someone You love

[Chorus]
E           B          
So who am I?  Who am I?
G#m         F#                       E   
Am I just a poor preacher's prodigal son?
              B             G#m
Troubled child, running wild
            F#                   E  
Chasing the glory instead of the One
               B       G#m                    F#           
Who says that I, even I, have something still left to offer?
E           B
So who am I?
G#m            N.C.
Who am I to question the pen in the hands of the Author?

[Turnaround]
E B

[Bridge]
E             B                G#m               F#               
I see trauma, I see worthless, You see something You can work with
E               B              G#m               F#           
I see weakness, I see failure, You see something good on paper
    E               B               G#m              F#                
And I've seen ashes turn to beauty, I've felt heaven working through me
E               B              G#m                   F# G#m  B D#m
I've seen panic turn to power, felt Your peace in my darkest hour
C#m                B/D#              G#m         F#                      
What grace is this? Called me by name again and again and again and again
C#m                B/D#                 G#m            F#                  E                   B   
What grace is this? Crossed out my shame, forgives me again and again and again and again and again

[Chorus]
N.C.                       G#m
So who am I? God, who am I?
            F#                       E   
Am I just a poor preacher's prodigal son?
              B                   G#m
Troubled child, still running wild
            F#                   E  
Chasing the glory instead of the One
               B       G#m                    F#           
Who says that I, even I, have something still left to offer?
E           B
So who am I?
G#m         F#                                   E      B
Who am I to question the pen in the hands of the Author?

[Outro]
G#m            F#                      E     B/D#
I'm ink in the pen in the hands of the Author
G#m            F#                 C#m        E
I'm ink in the pen in the hands of the Author
G#m               N.C.
I'm ink in the pen in the hands of the Author