Tom: D
Em
I awoke to hear the jailer
A
Turn the key and push the door
C
Get out here, he shouted
D
But I stayed there on the floor
Em
Frozen in the terror
A
That rose and filled my brain
C
For I knew what they intended
D Em
I could not face the pain
[Verse 2]
Em
Then soldiers came into the cell
And they dragged me to the yard
A
They threw me down before a cross
And brought the whip down hard
Bm
Carry it, they shouted
As I struggled to my feet
C
I put my shoulder under it
D
And dragged it to the street
Em
I stumbled through a wall of screams
A
As they drove me through the gate
C
I could see the thousands lined the street
D
Their voices filled with hate
Em
Like a wolf pack in the night
A Asus4 A
That moves in for the kill
C
They closed the gap in front of us
D Em
As we started up the hill
[Verse 4]
Em
And it seemed I'd barely reached the top
As they grabbed me from behind
A
They threw the cross down under me
And tied the ropes that bind
Bm
The arms close to the beams
As they nailed the feet and hands
C
And they raised the cross up in the air
D Em
And dropped it in it's stand
Em
Through a blur of pain
A
I saw the cross there next to mine
C
There were people all around it
D Dsus4 D
So I looked to read the sign
Em
It was nailed there up above His head
A
So the world could see the news
C
The man who seemed so helpless there
D Em
Was the King of all the Jews
[Verse 4]
Em
And the crowd that stood around his cross
Made jokes about his name
A
They shouted, laughed, and spat on him
So I joined in the game
Bm
I said, Hey! If you're the King
Why don't You get us down from here
C
But the taunt just sounded hollow
D Dsus4 D Em
It echoed in my ears
Em
As He looked at me with eyes
A
That seemed to reach into my heart
C
They shone a light on all my lies
D
And tore my life apart
Em
There was more that lay behind that gaze
A Asus4 A
Then simply mud and clay
C D
But knowing was too much for me
Em
I had to look away
[Verse 5]
Em
But I chanced another look at Him
While He was lookin' down
A
Where the soldiers who just crucified us
Drank there on the ground
Bm
And although He spoke them quietly
Somehow his words came through
C D
He said, Father, please forgive them
Em
They don't know what they do
Em
And then as if they heard Him speakin'
A
The crowd began to roar
C
With the frenzy by the priests
D
Who urged them on to more
Em
But the worse the accusations
A
The plainer I could see
C
The guilt of the accusers
D Em
Not the One there next to me
[Verse 6]
Em
But the one on the other cross
Began to curse and swear
A
And his voice was filled with venom
As he hurled it through the air
Bm
All the horror that was in him
It laid his life to waste
C
Came out of every syllable
D
He flung in Jesus' face
Em
Jesus only looked at him
A
But somethin' rose inside o' me
C
In spite of all that watched us there
D
It couldn't be denied
Em
Because his righteousness and innocence
A
Were shining bright and strong
C
I just couldn't keep my silence
D
As that cursing still went on
[Verse 7]
Em
I said, don't you fear the wrath of God?
Even at the end?
A
You'll curse us both into the pit
Is that what you intend?
Bm
We're only getting what we're due
Send our whole lives long
C D
But don't you talk to Him that way
Em D Em
Cause He's done nothin' wrong
Em
Then with all my courage
A
In a voice not my own
C
I asked him, Lord remember me
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
When You come into your throne
Em
He answered me and even then
A
His love was undisguised
C
He said, before the sun will set today
D Dsus4 Dsus2 D Em
You'll be with Me in paradise
[Verse 8]
Em
The shouts and curses did not stop
A
Even when the sunlight ceased
C
But somehow in the midst of it
D Dsus4 Dsus2 D
My soul had been released
Em
Though the agony continued
A
It's still too small a price
C
To be allowed to hear those words
D E
To die beside the Christ
[Instrumental]
E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4
A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4
[Bridge 1]
G
Then darkness changed to dawning
C
And I heard the sound of voices
A
The air was warm around me
D
I stood beside a stream
G
And Abraham was speaking
C
To the multitudes before him
A
The unfolding of the Answer
D
To our prayers and hopes and dreams
G
Then far across the chasm
C
Came a rumbling like the thunder
A
And the Prince Of Peace came shining
D G
From His mouth the power screamed
G
And the walls and towers crumbled
C
And the gates of hell went under
A
A thousand sang the victory
D
We have been redeemed
[Chorus]
G
Jesus is the Lord of all
C
Jesus is the Lord of all
A
Jesus is the Lord of all
D
We have been redeemed
[Chorus]
G
Jesus is the Lord of all
C
Jesus is the Lord of all
A
Jesus is the Lord of all
D
We have been redeemed
[Bridge 2]
G C A D
Joy, joy, joy, joy
[Chorus]
G
Jesus is the Lord of all
C
Jesus is the Lord of all
A
Jesus is the Lord of all
D G Gsus4 G
We have been redeemed
