The Anchor Holds

Intro: G C     G C

 D      G        C G                        C
 I have journeyed    Through the long, dark night

  Am            Em           D    Dsus  D
              Out on the open sea

Am          D Dsus D  G G/F# Em
 By faith alone       Sight  unknown

C               D                G  C G
 And yet His eyes were watching me



CHORUS:


 D           G      C G                    C        Am
 The anchor holds      Though the ship is battered

            D                    C          G    C G
 The anchor holds     Though the sails are torn

Gsus G
 I have fallen on my knees

       C                Am
 As I faced the raging seas

               C         D            G      C G
 The anchor holds     In spite of the storm


Verse 2:


 D      G        C G                        C
 I've had visions         I've had dreams

 Am        Em              D    Dsus  D
 I've even held them in my hand

Am          D Dsus D  G G/F# Em
 But I never knew

G            G/F#        Em
 They would slip right through

C               D                G C G
 Like they were only grains of sand




CHORUS:


  D           G      C G                    C        Am
 The anchor holds      Though the ship is battered

            D                    C          G    C G
 The anchor holds     Though the sails are torn

Gsus G
 I have fallen on my knees

       C                Am
 As I faced the raging seas

               C         D            G      C G
 The anchor holds     In spite of the storm




BRIDGE:

C
 I have been young

G
 But I am older now

Em
 And there has been beauty

                       D
 That these eyes have seen

  C
 But it was in the night

G             G/F#           Em
 Through the storms of my life

C                     D
 Oh, that's where God proved

              G C G
 His love to me


CHORUS:

 D           G      C G                    C        Am
 The anchor holds      Though the ship is battered

            D                    C          G    C G
 The anchor holds     Though the sails are torn

Gsus G
 I have fallen on my knees

       C                Am
 As I faced the raging seas

               C         D            G      C G
 The anchor holds     In spite of the storm


TAG

Gsus G
 I have fallen on my knees

       C                Am
 As I faced the raging seas

               C         D            G      C G
 The anchor holds     In spite of the storm

              C
 The anchor holds .........

      D                     C     Am  G  C G
   In spite          of the storm