We Are The Reason

Written by David Meece
© 1980 Meece Music

Intro: G, C, G, Dsus4-D

Verse 1

G                                       Am        B7            Em

As little children we would dream of Christmas morn

     Dm    G7         C          G               Am

Of all the gifts and toys we knew we'd find

            B7     Em

But we never realized

             Em7                   (Em/C#)

A baby born one blessed night

                   C               Am     Dsus4-D

Gave us the greatest gift of our lives

Chorus

G                                   Am            

We were the reason that He gave His life

Dsus4           D                    C                 G

We were the reason that He suffered and died

Em                          Em7
To a world that was lost

Am7                      
He gave all He could give

Dsus4               D            G
To show us the reason to live

Lead in: D

Verse 2 

G                                    Am      B7              Em
As the years went by we learned more about gifts

        Dm     G7    C              G             Am
The giving of ourselves and what that means

         B7                    Em
On a dark and cloudy day

Em7                                 (Em/C#)
A man hung crying in the rain

                      C   Am                    Dsus4-D
All because of love, all because of love

(The fingerings for the next part is difficult, you've been warned)

Bridge

Eb                                               Bb
I've finally found the reason for living

Bbm                                               Ab (use your thumb to play the Ab note on the top string)
It's in giving every part of my heart to Him

Ab                          Eb     
In all that I do every word that I say

F                                           Bb          B7
I'll be giving my all just for Him, for Him

Last Chorus

A
We are the reason

Bm
That He gave His life

Esus4         E (Suggest to play Esus4 as 4-4-0-0, press top 2 strings on the 4th fret, keep bottom 2 strings free)      
We are the reason

A
That He suffered and died

Gbm                          
To a world that was lost

Bm
He gave all He could give

Esus                  E             Gbm
To show us the reason to live

Bm          E             A     
He is my reason to live

Original song by David Meece ft. Avalon

Chord source: Daniel Choo's video (below) and http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/a/avalon/we_are_the_reason_crd.htm?ab_group=onpage&utm_expid=18438345-92.-XFykBkUS4O-aQzSbhVUeQ.0&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Ftabs.ultimate-guitar.com%2Fa%2Favalon%2Fwe_are_the_reason_crd.htm%3Fab_group%3Dplayer_9

A very helpful instructional by Daniel Choo. The video will give you many clues on the strumming pattern and lead-ins.