Beauty For Ashes

**Chords:**
C  G  Am  F

C                   G  
I've traded my sorrows  
Am                   F  
I've traded my shame  
C                   G  
I've laid them down for  
Am                   F  
The joy of the Lord  

C                   G  
I've traded my sickness  
Am                   F  
I've traded my pain  
C                   G  
I've laid them down for  
Am                   F  
The joy of the Lord  

C          G  
Beauty for ashes  
Am         F  
Strength for fear  
C          G  
Joy for mourning  
Am         F  
Praise for heaviness  

C          G  
He’s given me  
Am         F  
Beauty for ashes  
C          G  
Strength for fear  
Am         F  
Joy for mourning