Am
The gates and doors were barred
                G
And all the windows fastened down
   Am
I spent the night in sleeplessness
      G
And rose at every sound
  Dm
Half in hopeless sorrow
      G
And half in fear the day
        Am
Would find the soldiers breaking through
     G
To drag us all away


[Verse 2]
      Am
And just before the sunrise
            G
I heard something at the wall
      Am
The gate began to rattle
        G
And a voice began to call
      Am
I hurried to the window
         G
Looked down into the street
       Am
Expecting swords and torches
           Am                     G
And the sound of soldiers' feet


[Verse 3]
                Am
But there was no one there but Mary
             G
So I went down to let her in
 Am
John stood there beside me
        G
As she told me where she'd been
     Dm
She said they've moved Him in the night
     Am
And none of us knows where
       Dm
The stone's been rolled away
               Am                G
And now His body isn't there


[Verse 4]
        Am
So we both ran towards the garden
        G
Then John ran on ahead
      Am
We found the stone and empty tomb
           G
Just the way that Mary said
           Am
But the winding sheet they wrapped Him in
       Dm
Was just an empty shell
      Am
And how or where they'd taken Him
      G                 Am       G
Was more than I could tell


[Verse 5]
       Am
Oh something strange had happened there
        G
Just what I did not know
  Am
John believed a miracle
    G
But I just turned to go
      Dm
Circumstance and speculation
          G
Couldn't lift me very high
             Am                    G
Cause I'd seen them crucify Him
                Am      G
Then I saw Him die


[Verse 6]
   Am
Back inside the house again
      G
The guilt and anguish came
   Am
Everything I'd promised Him
       G
Just added to my shame
           Am
When at last it came to choices
    Dm                Am
I denied I knew His name
                           G
And even if He was alive
                     Am       G
It wouldn't be the same


[Verse 7]
       Am
But suddenly the air was filled
                                  Am G
With a strange and sweet perfume
   Am
Light that came from everywhere
                                Am G
Drove shadows from the room
      Am
And Jesus stood before me
            Dm           Am
With His arms held open wide

And I fell down on my knees
             G                 Am
And I just clung to Him and cried


[Verse 8]
           Am
Then He raised me to my feet
            G
And as I looked into His eyes
                 Am
The love was shining out from Him
        G
Like sunlight from the skies
  Am
Guilt and my confusion
    G
Disappeared in sweet release
            Dm                  G
And every fear I ever had
                  A
Just melted into peace

[Interlude]
C   G   D

[Chorus]
        A
He's alive
            C
Yes, He's alive
               G
Yes, He's alive and I'm forgiven
             D
Heaven's gates are open wide
        A
He's alive  (He's alive)
             C
Yes, He's alive  (He's alive)
           G
Oh He's alive and I'm forgiven
             D
Heaven's gates are open wide
        A
He's alive (He's alive)
                    G
Hallelujah, He's alive
       G
He's alive and I'm forgiven
            D
Heaven's gates are open wide
       A
He's alive He's alive He's alive
                     C
I believe it He's alive