Intro: C G Eb F
C                       G                Eb   F
Death rides blackened clouds across the sky
C                    G          Eb F
The Son of man lays down to die
      C              G             Eb   F
With every pounding blow upon the nail
 C               G                 Eb   F
Thunder rumbles all through hell
Bb Eb                 Bb               C
     And from death's barren womb the captives cry
Eb               Bb                G
Who is there to free us should He die

     C               G              Eb  F
His grave becomes a door, He enters in
    C               G          Eb  F
To face the author of all sin
   C#                   G#                 F#m
Defying death and the grave He takes their keys
     C#              G#        E   F#
And with them every captive frees
E                   B               Db
  And from death's barren womb the captives cry
E                  B                Ab
  Arise for our redemption draweth nigh

Chorus1:
    Db  Gb Ab     Db
For He holds the keys
Bbm Ebm       Ab Ab7 
He holds the keys
     Gb                     Ab
And though we've been held captive
    F                Bbm
At long last we are free
    Gb  Ab        A    B A B
For He holds the keys

  Db                  Ab           E    Gb
Against the gates of hell I now resist
     Db                    Ab           E  Gb   
For the shackles that had torn my wrists
D              A            Bb     C
Lay before me now upon the ground
   D            A           Bb  C
To sin I am no longer bound
F                   C         
  For from death's barren womb
    D
He heard my cry
     F                      C             A
And loosed the chains that bound me to a lie

Chorus2:
    D   G A       D
For He holds the keys
Bm  Em        A  A7 
He holds the keys
      G                     A
And though we've been held captive
    F#m              Bm
At long last we are free
     G   A        D  Am D
For He holds the keys

        G                        A 
And to all the things that have kept you away
      F#m        F#    Bm         A        G
That keep you defeated day after day after day
     Em             A  
The heartache that nobody sees
      F#                       Bsus4       B
That eats at your soul like a cruel disease
Em      D                C
He who set the captives free
       Em                          F#
It is He, it is He who holds your keys

Chorus3:
    Eb  Ab Bb     Eb
For He holds the keys
Cm  Fm        Bb 
He holds the keys
      Ab                     Bb
And though we've been held captive
     G               Cm
At long last we are free
     Ab  Bb       Eb
For He holds the keys
Ab      Bb        Eb
    He holds the keys
B       C#        Eb
    He holds the keys