The Porter's Gate - Your Labor Is Not In Vain

[Verse 1]
D A/C# D
Your labor is not in vain
G D Bm A
though the ground underneath you is cursed and stained
D Em D/F# G
Your planting and reaping are never the same
G A D
But your labor is not in vain.

[Verse 2]
D A/C# D
Your labor is not unknown
G D Bm A
though the rocks they cry out and the sea it may groan.
D Em D/F# G
The place of your toil may not seem like a home
G A D
but your labor is not unknown.

[Chorus]
G D A Bm
I am with you, I am with you.
G D A Bm
I am with you, I am with you
G
For I have called you,
G A
called you by name
G A D
Your labor is not in vain.

[Verse 3]
D A/C# D
The vineyards you plant will bear fruit
G D Bm A
the fields will sing out and rejoice with the truth,
D Em D/F# G
for all that is old will at last be made new:
G A D
the vineyards you plant will bear fruit.

[Chorus]
G D A Bm
I am with you, I am with you.
G D A Bm
I am with you, I am with you
G
For I have called you,
G A
called you by name
G A D
Your labor is not in vain.

[Verse 4]
D A/C# D
The houses you labored to build
G D Bm A
will finally with laughter and joy be filled.
D Em D/F# G
The serpent that hurts and destroys shall be killed
G A D
and all that is broken be healed.

[Chorus] (x2)
G D A Bm
I am with you, I am with you.
G D A Bm
I am with you, I am with you
G
For I have called you,
G A
called you by name
G A D
Your labor is not in vain.