Highlands (Song Of Ascent)

Hillsong UNITED

 
Intro
| Em7 / / / | Dsus / / / | C2 / / / | G5 / / / | 
| Em7 / / / | Dsus / / / | C2 / / / | G5 / / / | 
 
Verse 1
 
O h
Em7 
ow high would I c
Dsus 
limb mountains
 
If the
C2 
mountains were where You hi
G5 
de
 
O ho
Em7 
w far I’d scale the v
Dsus 
alleys
 
If Y
C2 
ou graced the other si
G5 
de
 
Verse 2
 
O ho
Em7 
w long have I cha
Dsus 
sed rivers
 
From lowly
C2 
seas to where they ri
G 
se
 
Against the
Em7 
rush of grace desc
Dsus 
ending
 
From the
C2 
source of its suppl
G 
y
 
Pre-Chorus 1
 
In the
C 
highlands
Dsus 
and the he
Em7 
artache
 
You’re neither
G2 
more or less incli
Dsus 
ned
 
I would
C 
search and
Dsus 
stop at no
Em7 
thing
 
You’re just
C2 
not that hard to find
 
Chorus
G 
I will praise You on the mountain
D 
 
And I will praise You when the mountain’s in my
Em 
way
 
You’re the s
D 
ummit where my feet are
C 
 
So I will praise You in the valleys all the
G 
same
 
No less God within the shadows
D 
 
No less faithful when the night leads me a
Em 
stray
 
You’re the h
D 
eaven where my heart is
C 
 
In the highlands and the heartache all the
Em 
same
D 
C 
G 
 
Verse 3
 
O ho
Em7 
w far beneath Your gl
Dsus 
ory
 
Does Your
C2 
kindness extend the p
G 
ath
 
From where Your
Em7 
feet rest on the s
Dsus 
unrise
 
To where You
C2 
sweep the sinner’s pa
G 
st
 
Verse 4
 
O ho
Em7 
w fast would You come r
Dsus 
unning
 
If just to
C2 
shadow me through the
G 
night
 
Trace my
Em7 
steps through all my fa
Dsus 
ilure
 
And walk me
C2 
out the other
G 
side
 
Pre-Chorus 2
 
For who could
C 
dare a
Dsus 
scend that
Em7 
mountain
 
That valleyed
G2 
hill called Cal
Dsus 
vary
 
But for the
C 
One I
Dsus 
call Good Sh
Em7 
epherd
 
Who like a
C2 
lamb was slain for me
 
REPEAT CHORUS
 
Bridge
 
Whatever I w
Em7 
alk through, wherever I a
D 
m
 
Your Name can move m
C2 
ountains wherever I st
G 
and
 
And if ever I w
Em7 
alk through the valley of de
D 
ath
 
I’ll sing through the s
C2 
hadows my song of asc
G 
ent
 
REPEAT BRIDGE
 
Tag
 
My song of as
Em7 
cent, whoa
D 
, whoa
C2 
G 
 
My song of as
Em7 
cent, whoa
D 
, whoa
C2 
G 
 
Pre-Chorus 3
 
From the
C 
gravest o
D 
f all v
Em 
alleys
 
Come the
G 
pastures we call gra
D 
ce
 
A mighty r
C 
iver fl
D 
owing u
Em 
pwards
 
From a
C 
deep but empty grave
 
REPEAT CHORUS
 
END CHORD
| G | 
Writer(s):

Benjamin Hastings, Joel Houston

Tempo:

Slow

Ministry:

Hillsong

Original Key:

G

Recommended Key(s):

A, C, G

CCLI #:

7122399

Scripture Reference:

Psalm 121:1-2, Psalm 23:4, Psalm 34:1-4