Biography:
The band started in spring of 2006 when Tim and Andrew were on opposite sides of the country talking about potentially working together. Andrew ended up moving from California to Charlottesville, Virginia while Tim was finishing up school at UVA. By then, Luan and Tim were already playing music together and Tim had written and recorded a few solo tracks. So the trio began as "Tim Be Told."
The band has released two LPs (Getting By in 2007 and Humanity in 2011) and an EP (From the Inside in 2009).
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
The Hymn (Oh What Mercy) Words and music by Tim Ouyang. ? 2007 Tim Be Told
INTRO:
F# F#/A# B2 (x3)
D#m F#/A# B
VERSE 1:
F# F#/A# B2
O what mercy has been granted me
F#/C# B/D#
For the filthy rags I've worn
F# F#/A# B2
Clothed in sacrifice too great to speak
F#/C# B/D#
And of new life reborn
F# F#/A# B2
Still my darkness veils all the victories
D#m – C#/F – F# F#/A# B
That you've seen me through
F#/C# F#/A# B
The prisons I have counted each
D#m – C#/F – F# F#/A# B
A wall of sin so high I cannot reach
F#/C# Bb7/D D#m
Jesus Christ who died for me
F#/A# B C# D#m
Gave his life so that I could be free
F#/A# B C# F#
He gave his life so that I could be free
INTERLUDE:
F# F#/A# B2 F#/C# B/D#
VERSE 2:
They come to you weary broken torn
And lay their sorrows at your feet
Parched and hungry for a taste of joy
And from suffering find retreat
But our silence veils all the answers
That they seek from you
Children cry to see your face
Poor men desperate for your arms of grace
Jesus Christ who died for them
By your scars we pray their wounds will mend
By your scars we pray their wounds will mend
INTERLUDE
VERSE 3:
Our God of Grace our deliverer
To you be glory and fame
All our treasures we have counted loss
For to surrender is to gain
Your hope unveils all the answers
and reveals the truth
By the cross you made a way
And you will bring us to your home one day
Jesus Christ for us you died
F#/A# B C# D#m
And gave the world your love though we denied
F#/A# B Bb7/D D#m
And gave the world your love though we denied
F#/A# B C# F#
And gave the world your love though we denied
INTRO:
F# F#/A# B2 (x3)
D#m F#/A# B
VERSE 1:
F# F#/A# B2
O what mercy has been granted me
F#/C# B/D#
For the filthy rags I've worn
F# F#/A# B2
Clothed in sacrifice too great to speak
F#/C# B/D#
And of new life reborn
F# F#/A# B2
Still my darkness veils all the victories
D#m – C#/F – F# F#/A# B
That you've seen me through
F#/C# F#/A# B
The prisons I have counted each
D#m – C#/F – F# F#/A# B
A wall of sin so high I cannot reach
F#/C# Bb7/D D#m
Jesus Christ who died for me
F#/A# B C# D#m
Gave his life so that I could be free
F#/A# B C# F#
He gave his life so that I could be free
INTERLUDE:
F# F#/A# B2 F#/C# B/D#
VERSE 2:
They come to you weary broken torn
And lay their sorrows at your feet
Parched and hungry for a taste of joy
And from suffering find retreat
But our silence veils all the answers
That they seek from you
Children cry to see your face
Poor men desperate for your arms of grace
Jesus Christ who died for them
By your scars we pray their wounds will mend
By your scars we pray their wounds will mend
INTERLUDE
VERSE 3:
Our God of Grace our deliverer
To you be glory and fame
All our treasures we have counted loss
For to surrender is to gain
Your hope unveils all the answers
and reveals the truth
By the cross you made a way
And you will bring us to your home one day
Jesus Christ for us you died
F#/A# B C# D#m
And gave the world your love though we denied
F#/A# B Bb7/D D#m
And gave the world your love though we denied
F#/A# B C# F#
And gave the world your love though we denied
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