Monday, December 1, 2003

You'll Be There For Me

YOU'LL BE THERE FOR ME
Christian Jung
(c) 2003

VERSE 1
Bm---D----------A---------------------Bm---D-----------A
Jesus, You're always so faithful, Your blood it sanctifies me
Bm---D--------A-------------Bm---D----------A
And I want to thank You, and I want to give You praise

CHORUS
Bm---------D--------Em---D---------A----------G
You'll be there for me, You'll be there for me
Em-------D---------------------C------------------Cm
After everybody else has gone their own way
Bm--------A----------D
You'll be there for me

VERSE 2
Bm---D---------A------------------Bm----D----------A
Jesus, Your friendship is vital, Your love, it captivates me
Bm---D---------A----------Bm---D----------A
And I want to thank You, and I want to give You praise

CHORUS

BRIDGE
C#m------------G#----------A--------------E
You've always been the One who loved me
C#m-------------G#---------A---------------E
You've always been the One who cared
C#m---------G#---------A--------------E
I've always been the one who needs You
C#m-------------G#---------B-------------Bb
You've always been the One who's there

CHORUS

CHORUS/TAG
Bm--------------------------------------A
Even from the time I was in my mother's womb
A----------------D
You've been there for me, You've been there for me
Bm---------------------------------------------A
When all of my friends and everyone else has gone there own way
A----------------D
You've been there for me, You've been there for me
Bm------------------------------------------------------A
Well we lift Your name on high because You are the only One
A--------------D
Who could pay the penalty as God's one and only Son
Bm
You came to the earth and You died on the cross
A
Just to take all of my sins away
D
Then You rose from the dead and You sat on the throne

And You're gonna come back anyday now
Bm---------------A--------------------------D
Jammin' with Jah, jammin' with Jah Jah...

COMMENTARY:
I actually began to write the chorus of this song in California after coming back from a snow boarding trip with my good friend David Ronca. David was on the summer missions team that I was on back in 1994 when we went to Croatia. I remember just thinking about how God is always there for us, even if everyone else around us bails on us, He will never leave us or forsake us. This is the first song that I have ever written that was reggae. I have always loved reggae music since I gave my life to Christ and would listen to Christian reggae from Christifari, a band from Southern California. I saw them live while we were in Bible College in 1997. Later on, in 2005, I had the privilege of leading worship for a season with James Pach, one of the original members of Christifari, while we were at Calvary Chapel in Tigard, Oregon. He is also the one who made dreadlocks out of my long hair around that time. The off-time signature rhythm is just a part of who I am...from where it originated, in Africa, and then from Jamaica and the Carribean. I make it my aim to incorporate indigenous music style and instruments into all of the original worship that flows from my heart in every country that we travel to as missionaries. Check out the little bit of "scatting" I tried to do at the end of the song on the Reckless Abandon album.

Friday, August 1, 2003

Floored

FLOORED
Christian Jung and Phil Jung
(c) 2003

DROP C with hammer-ons

VERSE 1
C-------------D--Eb--D-------C------------D--Eb--D

You are the hope that I have, You are the reason I live
C---------------D----Eb----D
How can it be that You bore all my shame?
C-------------D---Eb-----D------------A--G#--C---A--G#--C--A--G#--C--A--G#--C
Who am I that You would know my name?

CHORUS
C-----------------A----Bb-------F

I kneel down...and give You my praise
C---------A--Bb-----F
I lay down...everything
C---------A--Bb------F
I fall down...onto my face
C----------A--Bb--------F
I bow down...for You are my King

VERSE 2
C--------------D--Eb--D---------C----------------D--Eb--D

You are the truth that I seek, You are my strength when I'm weak
C---------------D--Eb--D
How can it be that You died in my place?
C-----------------D---Eb----D--------A--G#--C--A--G#--C--A--G#--C--A--G#--C
Who am I that You would show me grace?

CHORUS

BRIDGE
DROP C with hammer-ons

C--Eb--C--Eb--C--Eb--C--Eb--C--F---C--Eb--C--Eb--C--Eb--C--Eb--C--F--G

CHORUS

CHORUS

Tuesday, July 1, 2003

Sincerity Song

SINCERITY SONG
Christian Jung
(c) 2003

E----E/Eb----A/G#----A----E----E/Eb----A/G#----A

C#m---C#m/A---C#m/B---C#m/G#-----C#m---C#m/A---C#m/B

VERSE 1
C#m--C#m/A--C#m/B--C#m/G#--C#m--C#m/A--C#m/B

I'm waiting patiently, oh Lord, won't You hear my cry
C#m--C#m/A--C#m/B--C#m/G#--C#m--C#m/A--C#m/B
The clock is ticking, Lord, without You I would die

PRECHORUS
A------------Esus--E--A-----------------B
And I long for You with every fiber of my being

CHORUS
E--------------E/Eb---------------A/G#------------------------------A

So here I am, take my hand, walk with me through this foreign land
G#m-----------------F#
I'm desperate for You

VERSE 2
C#m--C#m/A--C#m/B--C#m/G#--C#m--C#m/A--C#m/B

I'm seeking after love that Lord, only You can give
C#m--C#m/A--C#m/B--C#m/G#--C#m--C#m/A--C#m/B
The thorns are tightening, but in You alone I live

PRECHORUS
A-----------Esus--E--A-----------------------B
And I long for You with everything that is withing me

CHORUS
E-------------E/Eb----------------A/G#-----------------------------A

So here I am, take my hand, walk with me through this foreign land
E---------------------------E/Eb------------------A/G#---------------------A
Please analyze these swollen eyes, for this is where my sincerity lies
G#m------------------F#
I'm nothing without You

GUITAR SOLO

CHORUS

COMMENTARY:
This song is written around the idea of our swollen eyes, our tear-filled eyes, full of remorse for our disobedience toward God attest to our sincerity that we truly need Jesus. This song was written and recorded in the Reckless Abandon days, but can be pulled off on the acoustic or electric guitar.

Sunday, June 1, 2003

Reckless Abandon

RECKLESS ABANDON
Christian Jung and Phil Jung
(c) 2003

DROP C

VERSE 1
C--C/D--C/Eb--C/F----C--C/D--C/Eb--C/F
We fall to the ground we can sense Your Spirit all around
C--C/D--C/Eb--C/F----C--C/D--C/Eb--C/F
We die to ourselves forsaking everything that holds us down

PRECHORUS
C--D--Em------C--D--Em-----C-----D
Heavenly One, I come to You

CHORUS
C
This is all I have to offer, I lay my life on the altar
C---------------------------------------------C--C/D--C/Eb--C/D---C--C/D--C/Eb--C/D
And I will love You with reckless abandon

VERSE 2
C--C/D--C/Eb--C/F----C--C/D--C/Eb--C/F
We sing to the sky, lifting worship to Your throne on high
C--C/D--C/Eb--C/F----C--C/D--C/Eb--C/F
We aim to please You, giving all there is of us away

PRECHORUS
C--D--Em------C--D--Em-----C-----D
Beautiful One, I run to You

CHORUS
C
This is all I have to offer, I lay my life on the altar
C
And I will love You with reckless abandon
C
I count my life nothing to me, crucified in Christ I will be
C----------------------------------------------C--C/D--C/Eb--C/D----C--C/D--C/Eb--C/D
And I will serve You with reckless abandon

GUITAR SOLO

CHORUS

COMMENTARY:
This song is the first song on the album that my brother, Phil and I released called "Reckless Abandon" in 2004. We recorded the album in Colorado Springs on a small digital recording unit, thus the reason the quality of the album is not the greatest. Most people would never think that heavy metal and worship could be words that were interchangeable. Our hope in writing many of the songs on this album, including this song, was that the younger generation we were working with in Colorado Springs would be able to use them as an expression of worship that was more relevant to the style of music they were in to. Of course, my brother and I also grew up listening to heavy metal and enjoying that style of music. We wanted to draw that generation into God's presence with music that would be considered "darker" or "over the edge" by many people. This song is a song of complete surrender of ourselves to the will of God.

Saturday, March 1, 2003

Thanks To You

THANKS TO YOU
Christian Jung
(c) 2003
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VERSE 1
C------------Em-----------Am
Thanks to You I have strength to face tomorrow
C--------Em--------------Am
Thanks to You I can make it through today
Dm-----------Bb------------C-----------------F
Thanks to You I have freedom in forgiveness
Dm---------Bb----------C----------------G
Thanks to You I am closer everyday
.
CHORUS
C-------------------G----------------Am
All they should see is Jesus in me
F----------G
Invisible I want to be
C-----------------------G---------------------------Am
And all they should find is Your heart and mine
F--------------G
Beating in sweet harmony
.
VERSE 2
C------------Em-----------Am
Thanks to You I have hope in life eternal
C-----------Em------------Am
Thanks to You I'm sustained for one more day
Dm---------Bb----------C--------------F
Thanks to You I will never be forsaken
Dm---------Bb----------C--------------------G
Thanks to You I am in Your arms to stayCHORUS
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BRIDGE
Am---------F------------------------C------------------------------G
I long to be as close as I can be without infringing on the Trinity
Am----------F--------------------C------------------------G
Oh to be one with God the Son, shining in this world of apathy
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CHORUS
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CHORUS
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COMMENTARY:
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This is probably the most popular worship ballad that I have written. It has been translated and recorded into the Polish language as well. This is a song about gratitude, and yet transparency. It is my heart's cry that when people look at me, that they would see Jesus living in me, rather than just who I am in the outside.
 

Wednesday, January 1, 2003

Higher Ground

HIGHER GROUND
Christian Jung
(c) 2003

DROP C

VERSE 1
C-------------------------Csus--C---A--A/G--A/F---A/E--A/F
Feelings come and feelings go, let my faith in You be true
C---------------------Csus--C---A-----A/G--A/F---A/E---A/F--Dm--F-------C/E--C/D--C
I'm not searching for a sign, though my spirit longs to fly high, fly to the Son
Dm--F------------------------C/E--C/D--C
Fly high, never to come back down

CHORUS
C---------Am----------------F------------C-------------Eb-----------F
Will You take me to another plane? Will You show me heaven?
C----------Am--------------F----------------C---------------Eb--------F
Will You lead me to a higher ground? Will You show me heaven?
Eb--------------F
Show me heaven?

VERSE 2
C-------------------------------Csus---C----A---A/G------A/F-----A/E----A/F
Seasons change and spring is gone, this summer heat it lasts so long
C---------------------Csus---C---A---A/G---A/F-----A/E---A/F--Dm--F-------C/E--C/F--C
My soul is thirsty, soul is dry, though my spirit longs to fly high, fly to the Son
Dm--F---------------------C/E--C/F--C
Fly high never to come back down

CHORUS

BRIDGE
C--Eb--Dm--F---C--Eb--Dm--F---C--Eb--Dm--F---C--Eb--Dm--F
Dm-E-F--Dm-E-F--Dm-E-F--Dm-E-F--Dm-E-F
Dm-E-F--Dm-E-F--Dm-E-F--Dm-E-F--Dm-E-F

CHORUS