Key: G
Introduction:
Em D/F#
For just a moment
G/B C9
I wish I could have been there
Em D/F# C9
To see Your first step, hear Your very first word
Em D/F# G/B C9
Tell me, did You ever fall and scrape Your knee?
Em D/F# C9
Did You know Your wounds would one day heal the world?
Em D/F#
For just one moment
G/B C9
I wish I could have seen You growing
Em D/F# C9
Learning the ways of a carpenter's son
Em D/F# G/B C9
Just a little boy gazing at the stars
Em D/F# C9
Did You remember creating every one?
C9 D/F# C9
If you passed by, would I have seen a child or a King?
D/F#
Would I have known?
C9 Em
I wish I could have been there
G D/F#
My only wish is to see You, face to face
C9 Em
Wish I could have been there
G D/F# Em C9
Just to see You, Jesus, face to face
Em D/F#
For just a moment
G/B C9
I wish I could have been there
Em D/F# C9
When You left Your footprints upon the waves
Em D/F# G/B C9
To walk along beside You and never look away
Em D C
Just Your whisper and the wind and sea obey
C9 D
To see You feed the people
C D/F#
To feel Your healing in Your touch
C9 Em
I wish I could have been there
G D/F#
My only wish is to see You, face to face
C Em
Wish I could have been there
G D/F# Em C
Just to see You, Jesus, face to face
Em D G/B C
To hear you pray in the garden alone
Em D C
Laying down Your will with each tear
Em D G/B C
To see You walk that lonely road
Em D C
Willing to die for me
Em D
And in that moment
G/B C
I know I should have been there
Em D C
You took my cross and gave Your life
C D C
And you live again, oh
D CEm G D
And You live again!
C Em
Wish I could have been there
G D
My only wish is to see You rise again
C Em
Wish I could have been there
G D/F# Em C
My only wish is to see You, Jesus, face to face
C Em
Someday I'll be there, I'm gonna be there
G D
I'll see Your face, Your mercy, Your grace
C Em
Someday, someday
G D/F# Em C
I'm going to see You, Jesus, Face to face