Songbook

Alabaster

By Rocky Votolato

Key of G

[Intro]
G

[Verse]
G                Cadd9
  On the outside looking in
     Am
I've never been able to crack the code
   C                D
To break the secret spell

G                        Cadd9
  That would open up the door and let me in
   Am
To everything I've been looking for
   C               D
So hard I've never seen

[Chorus]
Em                         C
  But I feel my strength returning tonight
     Am
It's flowing from the purest well
   C         D
To ever give water

Em                          C
Out into an ocean where the sharks are circling
       Am
A carnival of counterfeits
       C                  D
Has no room for something real

G

[Verse]
G                          Cadd9
Arrogance and ego wrapped around every word
Am
Shouted from the pulpit
     C              D
As a judgment to control

G                               Cadd9
These were my roots my seed was thrown in shallow soil
  Am
I grew into the thorn bushes
   C                  D
To be scorched by the sun

[Chorus]
Em                      C
  But I feel the gravel move beneath my feet
    Am
The smell of the gasoline
C                 D
Mixed in with the trees

Em                        C
When my faith is strong I know my strength
    Am
The threats will be screamed
         C                  D
When the vultures feel threatened

G

[Verse]
G                     Cadd9
  So I'll open up the door and let you in
  Am
I want to break the alabaster
C                  D
Smell the sweet perfume

G                                         Cadd9
  And when the bottle is broken I'll have nothing left to give
  Am
I know I'll already have
     C           D
Everything worth having

[Chorus]
Em                         C
  But I feel my strength returning tonight
     Am
It's flowing from the purest well
   C         D
To ever give water

Em                          C
Out into an ocean where the sharks are circling
       Am
A carnival of counterfeits
             C            D
Want to crucify something real

G