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I Looked Up

By: Sons Of Sunday

Transpose: 
[INTRO]
| A | E/G# | F#m | D |

[VERSE 1]
A                                       E/G#
   I remember that long cold night, how dark it was
F#m                                          D
Heart broke blinds closed, didn’t even wanna see the sun
A                                 E/G#
   Like a refugee with nowhere to run
                        F#m                   D
Lies in my mind held me hostage like a loaded gun
        D
Telling me I had no one, was no one
A                                 E/G#
   God I was too prideful to pick  up  that phone
          F#m                     
Three a.m.    I knew I needed help 
                         D
But man I didn’t want anyone else to know I was losing it
A                                E/G#
   Somewhere between the deepest hell and lowest low
F#m                                       D
    I heard a voice from overhead sayin’ “Son, don’t you dare let go”

[CHORUS]
A            E/G#
I looked up,  I  looked up
Bm                    
From the bottom and I saw You
D
   It was all You
A            E/G#
I looked up,  I  looked up
Bm                    
From the bottom and I saw You
D
   It was all You

[TURN]
| A | E/G# | Bm | D |

[VERSE 2]
A                                   E/G#
   I was at my lowest that night on August sixth
                                        F#m                    
Trying to wrestle with all the pain and hell I was dealing with
                         D
Punching holes, throwing blows, pitching fits, trying not to drown
A                                   E/G#
   Wasn’t feeling like I was good enough
                            F#m
I knew I just couldn’t ever keep this up
                                D
Started sinking underneath from all this endless over-thinking
A                                      E/G#
   How could I forget, I can’t forget spending forty days in the wilderness
F#m                                     D
   Feeling like I messed up too bad, so bad I’d never get out of it
A                            E/G#
   Ain’t it funny how heaven comes in the least expected ways
F#m                                 D
My roommate in rehab looked over at me, said “It’s gonna be okay” then

[CHORUS]

[TAG] [x2]
A   E/G#  Bm           D
Oh   oh   oh oh it was all You

[VERSE 3]
A                            E/G#
  Sunday morning I just kept    circling the Church
             F#m      
My heart was beating out of my chest
         D
Couldn’t make a sound or even say a word
A                                   E/G#
  Tried to pick up my phone call my wife and tell her how I feel
       F#m  
But my hands were heavy as two stones
        D
Ten and two, stuck on the steering wheel
A                              E/G#
  How do you worship when your soul ain’t got a song to sing
     F#m                        D
It’s hard to remember when your heart forgets the melody, Jesus
A                          E/G#
   When all I had was Your name on my lips
              F#m
That’s when I sent an SOS to heaven
           D
And heaven broke in to come and rescue me

[CHORUS]

[TAG] [x2]

[INSTRUMENTAL]
| A | E/G# | Bm | D |

[VERSE 4]
A                                     E/G#
   Sometimes I gotta look back at the man I was
F#m                                   
To remember just how far You brought me
        D
How far I’ve come, all those little victories won
A                                 E/G#
   I’m so glad You always see the best in me
           F#m
You always knew the man that I could be
         D
From the moment I got down on my knees

[OUTRO]
| A           | E/G# | Bm | D |
  I looked up
| A | E/G# | Bm | D |
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Songwriters: Brandon Lake, Chandler Moore, Chris Brown, Leeland Mooring, Mitch Wong, Pat Barrett

CCLI#: 7245807

Recommended Key: A

Tempo/BPM: 140