Key: E
Introduction:
E
A single thread in a tapestry
D
Through its color brightly shine
Can never see its purpose
E BmE
In the pattern of the grand design
And the stone that sits on the very top
D
Of the mountain's mighty face
Bm
Does it think it's more important
E
Than the stones that form the base?
A
So how can you see what your life is worth
Or where your value lies?
C#m
You can never see through the eyes of man
G#m
You must look at your life
C#m E
Look at your life through heaven's eyes
E DE F D# F
Lai-la-lai...
F
A lake of gold in the desert sand
D#
Is less than a cool fresh spring
And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy
F Cm F
Is greater than the richest king
If a man lose ev'rything he owns
D#
Has he truly lost his worth?
Cm
Or is it the beginning
F Cm F
Of a new and brighter birth?
Bb
So how do you measure the worth of a man
In wealth or strength or size?
Dm
In how much he gained or how much he gave?
C Am
The answer will come
Bb Dm
The answer will come to him who tries
Am D
To look at his life through heaven's eyes
Bb
And that's why we share all we have with you
Though there's little to be found
C Dm
When all you've got is nothing
Bb C
There's a lot to go around
G#
No life can escape being blown about
Cm
By the winds of change and chance
Bb F
And though you never know all the steps
Bb C F C
You must learn to join the dance
D
You must learn to join the dance
D G F G FE DE
Lai-la-lai...
A
So how do you judge what a man is worth
By what he builds or buys?
G#m F#m
You can never see with your eyes on earth
C#m E
Look through heaven's eyes
G#m
Look at your life
A
Look at your life
D E DE
Look at your life through heaven's eyes