Tabbed by: Harold Geronimo
Intro: C G Eb F
C G Eb F
Death rides blackened clouds across the sky
C G Eb F
The Son of man lays down to die
C G Eb F
With every pounding blow upon the nail
C G Eb F
Thunder rumbles all through hell
Bb Eb Bb C
And from death's barren womb the captives cry
Eb Bb G
Who is there to free us should He die
C G Eb F
His grave becomes a door, He enters in
C G Eb F
To face the author of all sin
C# G# F#m
Defying death and the grave He takes their keys
C# G# E F#
And with them every captive frees
E B Db
And from death's barren womb the captives cry
E B Ab
Arise for our redemption draweth nigh
Chorus1:
Db Gb Ab Db
For He holds the keys
Bbm Ebm Ab Ab7
He holds the keys
Gb Ab
And though we've been held captive
F Bbm
At long last we are free
Gb Ab A B A B
For He holds the keys
Db Ab E Gb
Against the gates of hell I now resist
Db Ab E Gb
For the shackles that had torn my wrists
D A Bb C
Lay before me now upon the ground
D A Bb C
To sin I am no longer bound
F C
For from death's barren womb
D
He heard my cry
F C A
And loosed the chains that bound me to a lie
Chorus2:
D G A D
For He holds the keys
Bm Em A A7
He holds the keys
G A
And though we've been held captive
F#m Bm
At long last we are free
G A D Am D
For He holds the keys
G A
And to all the things that have kept you away
F#m F# Bm A G
That keep you defeated day after day after day
Em A
The heartache that nobody sees
F# Bsus4 B
That eats at your soul like a cruel disease
Em D C
He who set the captives free
Em F#
It is He, it is He who holds your keys
Chorus3:
Eb Ab Bb Eb
For He holds the keys
Cm Fm Bb
He holds the keys
Ab Bb
And though we've been held captive
G Cm
At long last we are free
Ab Bb Eb
For He holds the keys
Ab Bb Eb
He holds the keys
B C# Eb
He holds the keys
