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[Verse 1]
  G                         G
There, in the distance--a pillar of fire
   D                        C
Rumbling like thunder in a dream
     D                               C
It roars among the pines along the lines
                  G
Of the great Mississippi

G G C D


[Verse 2]
      G                            C          G
It scatters all the cattle, and rattles the leaves
     D                               C
It skids across the prairie by the moon
     D                         C
It sings like a choir, this pillar of fire
                 G C                D     C
And the name of God is the burning tune


[Chorus]
                G
I can see it swirling and whirling
       C            D
And spinning all around
  G                      C       D
Onward and upward and homeward bound
      Em                        C
Oh, Jesus, lead me through the night
               G
Pillar of Fire

G G C D


[Verse 3]
     G                              C          G
Now on through the passes of the mountains it goes
       D           C
As bouldered and broken as my heart
    D                    C
I shiver and cry and I watch as it winds down
          G   C              D
To the deepest and the darkest parts


[Chorus]
                G
I can see it swirling and whirling
       C            D
And spinning all around
  G                      C       D
Onward and upward and homeward bound
      Em     G                   C
Oh, Jesus, lead me through the night
           G C D     G  C  D
Pillar of Fi-i-ire, Who-o-oah


[Bridge]
     C                    D
So where, Oh Lord, are you leading?
       G       D            C    G
I can get so scared in the night
     Am                D
My feet are cut and bleeding
            G      C          D
With every step I feel less alive


[Verse 4]
          G                    C          G
Oh, but Pillar of Fire, you blazed that trail
        D                C
You've been there every step along the road
        D                    C
From a barn in Bethlehem to Hell and back again
       G            C               D    C
You blazed the trail that leads me home


[Chorus]
                G
I can see it swirling and whirling
       C            D
And spinning all around
  G                      C       D
Onward and upward now homeward bound
      Em               D                   C
Oh, Jesus, won't you hold me through the night
           G C D
Pillar of Fi-i-ire


[Outro]
            G                  C         D
Whoah now, on to the ocean I follow it down
            G                      C                D
Where it sizzles and boils in the waves along the sound
      Em    G               C
Oh, Jesus, lead me to the shore
               G
Pillar of Fire