Take Over
Take Over
We want to worship with God as the focus - not attention, prestige or power.
TAKE OVER
Written by Gabriella Velez (ASCAP), Jacqueline Harris (ASCAP), Diana Oestreich (ASCAP), Phillip Joubert (ASCAP), David Gate (PRS), Jo Saxton (ASCAP)
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VERSE 1
G
Have we been looking in the fire?
Em D
Listening to the wind?
Bm G
Have we been feeling the ground shake
Em D
But missed your whisperings?
G Bm A
We’re listening, we’re hoping
G Bm A
Take over, take over
CHORUS
Em Bm A
Lord would you move
Em Bm A
Lord would you move
Em Bm A
Lord would you move
G Bm A
Take over, take over
VERSE 2
G
Have we been blinded by the lights, yeah?
Em D
Charmed by the stage?
Bm G
Have we put our values
Em D
In all the things that fade?
G Bm A
Disrupt us, break through us
G Bm A
Take over, take over
BRIDGE
Em D
If all we are after
A G
Is personal gain
Em D
Where’s the room for your power?
A G
Where’s the zeal for your name?
G Bm A
Take over, take over
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