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D G D Dm


[Verse 1]
Dm
I saw the desert wind
G
Tear across the wilderness
Dm                        G
I felt it blowing off the page
D
My teacher told me, "son
G
Always remember this"
Dm                      G     Dm G
And I have always been afraid


  Dm
I read about the god of Moses
G
Roaring in the holy cloud
Dm                          G
It shook my bedroom window panes
D
I did not understand then
G
I do not understand now
Dm                       G
I don't expect you to explain


[Chorus]
F                               A#                    F A#
You've been a mystery since the moment that I met you
F                         A#                     F A#
You never move but I can never seem to catch you
                D G D
The cornerstone


[Verse 2]
Dm
You said to eat your flesh
  G
Before you broke the bread and blessed it
Dm                                   G
Before you poured the wine for every man
D
This is a hard, hard teaching
G
Can any man accept it?
Dm                        G
Can any sage here understand?

Dm
You turned the tables over
G
There in your father's temple
Dm                               G
You cracked a whip and raised a shout
D
My daughter asked me why
G
I said, "love is never simple
Dm                        G
It draws 'em in and drives 'em out."


[Chorus]
F                          A#                           F A#
I saw you there but it was too late to change my course
F                     A#                        F A#
And I collided with a beautiful immovable force
                D G D G
The Cornerstone
D               G
And so the stone that I rejected
D                 G
It has become the cornerstone
D               G
And so the stone that I rejected
D                 G
It has become the cornerstone

D G D G


[Bridge]
D
All the maps were drawn
D
But the maps were wrong
G
The stars spin around
G
Another sun
D
All the maps were drawn
D
But the maps were wrong
G
The rivers are running from
G               D
The cornerstone


[Chorus]
F                            A#                              F A#
You looked me in the eye and fixed me with a permanent stare
F                           A#                            F A#
I met your gaze and saw the forges of the firmament there
                D
The cornerstone


[Outro]
Dm                    G
And the floods come up
Dm                     G
And the rains come down
Dm
And the floods come up
G
And the rains come down
Dm
And the floods come up
G
And the rains come down

Dm G Dm G