Intro: AEBmF#mVerse 1AE
The only thing I want in life
BmF#m
Is to be known for loving Christ
AE
To build His church, to love His bride
BmA/C#D
And make His name known far and wide
ChorusDA
For this cause I live
F#mE
For this cause I'd die
A/C#DA
I sur-render all
F#mE
For the cause of Christ
A/C#DA
All I once held dear
F#mE
I will leave behind
A/C#DA
For my joy is this
F#mEA
Oh, the cause of Christ
AEBmF#mVerse 2AE
He is all my soul will prize
BmF#m
Regardless of the joy or trial
AE
When agonizing questions rise
BmA/C#D
In Jesus all my hope abides
ChorusBridge:
BmF#m
Jesus, my Jesus
AE
For Your glory, for Your name
BmF#m
Jesus, my Jesus
AE
I will only sing Your praise (repeat)
Chorus:
DA
For this cause I live
F#mE
For this cause I'd die
A/C#DA
I sur-render all
F#mE
For the cause of Christ
A/C#DA
All I once held dear
F#mE
I will leave behind
A/C#DA
For my joy is this
F#mEF#m
Oh the cause of Christ
A/C#DA
For my joy is this
F#mEA
Oh the cause of Christ
AEBmF#mVerse 3AE
It is not fame that I desire
BmF#m
Nor stature in my brother's eye
AE
I pray it's said about my life
BmA/C#D
That I lived more to build Your name than mine
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