Reckoner An Axe Laid At The Root chords by Jon Guerra

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Verse 1:
              B                      Em
These are the days of the devil in the wilderness
         A                      G
These are the tastes that have turned into bitterness
      G           Em
It’s not that we doubt that a stone can turn into bread
     F#                       Bm
It’s just we doubt that we’re hungry at all

      B                      Em
The serial temptations of the age are getting harder
         A                      G
The country’s getting meaner, computers getting smarter
      G           Em                      Bm
The pains we try to numb are only getting sharper
     F#                       Bm                F#
We’re going on like nothing's the matter at all

Chorus:
     F#              Bm
Every valley will be lifted
      F#               Bm
Every mountain brought low
         E               D
When the reckoner comes reckoning
      Gm             D
Every secret will be known

      F#               Bm
Truly truly, I tell you truly
           F#              Bm
There’s an axe laid at the root
           E              D
Before the reckoner comes reckoning
Gm                  D
Repent, believe the truth

Interlude:
B Em A D
A G Em Bm F#

Verse 2:
      B                      Em
The phone in my pocket was sold like a gain to me
      A                      G
I’ve lost so much time and attention to technology
      G           Em
That sells me the lie that it knows what I really need
     F#                       Bm
And God knows it only make me feel more alone

        B                      Em
This is the rot and the end of civilization
         A                      G
When the spirit is quenched by a spiritless simulation
   G                Em                         Bm
We need no other signs, no other tribulation
     F#
Than this

Chorus:

     F#              Bm
Every valley will be lifted
      F#               Bm
Every mountain brought low
         E               D
When the reckoner comes reckoning
      Gm             D
Every secret will be known

      F#               Bm
Truly truly, I tell you truly
           F#              Bm
There’s an axe laid at the root
           E              D
Before the reckoner comes reckoning
Gm                  D
Repent, believe the truth

Interlude:
Bm Bm Gm D Gm D

Bridge:

F#       E          Bm      Gm
We shall not live by bread alone
D                      Gm                      D
But by every word that comes from the mouth of God

       F#              Bm
Truly, truly I tell you truly
         F#              Bm
As you did it to one of these
    E                D
To least of these my brethren
    Gm          D
You did it unto me

           F#             Bm
For I was hungry, and you fed me
         F#                Bm
I was thirsty, you gave me drink
        E                  D
I was a stranger, and you welcomed me
    Gm          D
You did it unto me

Verse 3:
      B                      Em
Some trust in chariots, in power or politicians
       A                      G
Some trust in the market of collective superstitions
        G           Em
But we trust in the name of the Lord of crucifixion
      Bm
And the hope of resurrection
      F#
In Jesus Christ