The Author

Brandon Lake

The Author
The Author
 
Intro
|B / |B / | 
 
Verse 1
G#m7 
Picked up the
F#(add4) 
book for the
first time in
E2 
ages
G#m7 
Still washed me
F#(add4) 
clean with the
dust on the
E2 
pages
 
My
G#m7 
life is a
F#(add4) 
story I
struggle to
E2 
write
 
But is
G#m7 
it one worth
F#(add4) 
telling?
 
Is
it one You
C#7sus 
like?
F#(add4) 
 
Chorus 1
E2 
So who am I?
Who am I?
G#m7 
Am I just a
F#(add4) 
poor preacher's prodigal
E2 
son?
 
A troubled child
Running wild
G#m7 
Chasing the
F#(add4) 
glory instead of the
E2 
One
 
Who says that I
Even I
G#m7 
Have something still
F#(add4) 
left to offer
E2 
So who am I
Who am I
G#m7 
To
N.C. 
question the pen in the hands of the
(G#m7) 
Author
 
Turnaround
|G#m7 F#(add4) |B |E2 / | 
 
Verse 2
 
Like
G#m7 
every good
F# 
story you
learn from the
loss
 
And
G#m7 
I lost the
F# 
plot every
time I’ve played
God
 
I
G#m7 
live in a
F# 
moment You
already
wrote
 
This
G#m7 
proof that I’m
F# 
someone
 
Yeah,
someone You
C#m7 
love
F# 
 
Chorus 2
E2 
So who am I?
Who am I?
G#m7 
Am I just a
F#(add4) 
poor preacher's prodigal
E2 
son?
 
A troubled child
Running wild
G#m7 
Chasing the
F#(add4) 
glory instead of the
E2 
One
 
Who says that I
Even I
G#m7 
Have something still
F#(add4) 
left to
F#/A# 
of-
fer
E2 
So who am I
Who am I
G#m7 
To
N.C. 
question the pen in the hands of the
Author
 
Bridge
I see trauma,
I see worthless
G#m7 
You see something
F# 
You can work with
I see weakness,
I see failure
G#m7 
You see something
F# 
good on paper
I’ve seen ashes
turn to beauty
G#m7 
I’ve felt heaven
F# 
working through me
I’ve seen panic
turn to power
G#m7 
Felt Your peace in my
F# 
dark
B/D# 
est
F#/A# 
ho-
ur
 
Channel
C#m7 
What grace is this?
B/D# 
You called me by name
G#m7 
Again and a
F# 
gain and again
C#m7 
What grace is this?
B/D# 
Crossed out my shame
G#m7 
Forgives me a
F# 
gain and again
 
And a
gain and again and a
gain
 
Chorus 3
N.C. 
So who am I?
N.C. 
Who am I?
G#m7 
Am I just a
F# 
poor preacher's prodigal
E2 
son?
 
A troubled child
Running wild
G#m7 
Chasing the
F# 
glory instead of the
E2 
One
 
Who says that I
Even I
G#m7 
Have something still
F# 
left
B/D# 
to
F#/A# 
of-
fer
E2 
So who am I
Who am I
G#m7 
To question the
F# 
pen in the hands of the
(E) 
Author
 
Ending
|E / |B / | 
G#m7 
I’m ink in the
F# 
pen in the hands of the
(E) 
Author
|E / |B/D# / | 
G#m7 
I’m ink in the
F# 
pen in the hands of the
(C#m7) 
Author
|C#m7 / |E / | 
G#m7 
I’m ink in the
N.C. 
pen in the hands of the
Author
Writer(s):

Benjamin Hastings, Brandon Lake

Tempo:

Medium

BPM:

78

Original Key:

B

Recommended Key(s):

Bb

CCLI #:

7282004

Scripture Reference:

Ephesians 2:10; Luke 15:11–24; Isaiah 64:8; Isaiah 61:3