Sow in Tears (Reap With a Shout of Joy) — Nashville Number Chart Key: Bb major | 94 BPM | 4/4 2m=Cm 4=Eb 5=F 6m=Gm 1=Bb Public domain (CC0). Transcribed from the audio — verify by ear. ================================================== [Intro (lone gated drum, low synth pulse, one hushed voice)] 1 4 6m ((Turn it around, it's coming, turn it around)) [Verse 1 (hushed, aching, voice and synth bass)] 5 1 4 1 5 (I go out in the grey with the seed in my hand,) 6m 4 1 5 (salt of my crying on the hard, thirsty land.) 2m 4 1 5 (It's a long, dry season and the sky won't break,) 1 4 6m (but I'm burying gold for the harvest's sake.) [Verse 2 (still low, synths breathing underneath)] 5 1 4 1 (So I planted my grief and I planted my prayer,) 5 6m 4 1 (every tear that I cried, I was sowing it there.) 5 2m 4 1 (Precious the seed, and it costs me my all,) 5 1 4 6m (down in the furrow where the slow rains fall.) [Pre-Chorus (the build begins, drums start to drive)] 5 1 4 1 5 (I can feel the ground moving, I can smell the first rain,) 6m 4 1 5 (and the joy I was promised is rising again,) 2m 4 1 5 (it starts as a whisper, a trembling, a spark,) 1 4 6m 5 1 (then it rises, it rises, like a dawn in the dark,) 4 1 5 6m 4 (till I can't hold it in, I can't keep it down,) 1 5 2m 4 (here it comes, here it comes, that glory sound,) [Chorus (huge gated drums, stacked gang vocals, cathartic)] 1 5 1 (Shout! (shout!) for the joy of the harvest!) 4 6m 5 (Shout! (shout!) let the reaping begin!) 1 4 1 5 (We went out weeping, now we're bringing in the grain,) 6m 4 1 5 2m (we sowed in the tears, and we reap with a shout of joy!) 4 1 5 (The Lord has done great things, so shout!) [Verse 3 (the turn, warmer, more air in the track)] 1 4 6m 5 1 (We don't come back empty, we don't come back the same,) 4 1 5 6m (the God who sent us weeping is calling our name.) 4 1 5 2m 4 (He has filled up our mouths with a laughter and song,) 1 5 1 4 (and the nations are saying, He has done great things.) [Pre-Chorus (rebuild, bigger, synths stacking)] 6m 5 1 4 1 (I can feel the ground moving, I can smell the first rain,) 5 6m 4 1 (and the joy that was buried is rising again,) 5 2m 4 1 (it starts as a whisper, a trembling, a spark,) 5 1 4 6m 5 (then it rises, it rises, like a dawn in the dark,) 1 4 1 5 6m (till we can't hold it in, we can't keep it down,) 4 1 5 2m (here it comes, here it comes, that glory sound,) [Chorus (huge gated drums, stacked gang vocals)] 4 1 5 (Shout! (shout!) for the joy of the harvest!) 1 4 6m (Shout! (shout!) let the reaping begin!) 5 1 4 1 (We went out weeping, now we're bringing in the grain,) 5 6m 4 1 5 (we sowed in the tears, and we reap with a shout of joy!) 2m 4 1 (The Lord has done great things, so shout!) [Bridge (the big cathartic climb, chant driving underneath)] 5 1 4 6m (Turn our captivity, like streams in the desert, flow!) 5 1 4 1 (Water the furrows where we buried our tears long ago.) 5 6m 4 1 5 (We were like those who dream when You turned it around,) 2m 4 1 5 (the tears we sowed are the songs we reap,) 1 4 6m 5 (the grief we carried is the joy we keep!) 1 4 1 5 (He has done great things, (He has done great things!)) 6m 4 1 5 (He has done great things, (He has done great things!)) 2m 4 1 (Bring in the sheaves, bring the harvest home,) 5 1 (and shout,) [Final Chorus (full anthem, key-lift to C, synths wide open)] 4 6m 5 (Shout! (shout!) for the joy of the harvest!) 1 4 1 (Shout! (shout!) let the reaping begin!) 5 6m 4 1 (We went out weeping, now we're bringing in the grain,) 5 2m 4 1 5 (we sowed in the tears, and we reap with a shout of joy!) 1 4 6m (The Lord has done great things, so shout!) [Outro (the wave recedes, one voice over the fading pulse)] 5 1 4 ((Shout of joy, shout of joy)) 1 5 6m 4 (Bringing in the sheaves with a shout of joy.) 1 5 2m (The Lord has done great things for us,) 4 1 (shout for joy.)