Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: BB
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
G# minorG#m F#/A# BB E MajorE
G# minorG#m F#/A# BB E MajorE
Verse 1:
G# minorG#m E2 BB
There I was on death row
F#F# E2
Guilty in the first degree
G# minorG#m E2 BB
Son of God hanging on a hill
F#F# G# minorG#m
Hell was my destiny
Verse 2:
G# minorG#m E2 BB
The crowd was shouting crucify
F#F# E2
Could've come from these lips of mine
G# minorG#m E2 BB
The dirty shame was killing me
F#F# E2
It would take a miracle to wash me clean
Chorus 1:
BB E MajorE BB
Then I read the red letters
F#F# BB
And the ground began to shake
F#F# G# minorG#m E MajorE
The prison walls started falling
F#F# G# minorG#m F#/A# BB E MajorE
And I became a free man that day
Verse 3:
G# minorG#m E2 BB
Felt like lightning hit my veins
F#F# E2
My dead heart began to beat
G# minorG#m E2 BB
Breath of God filled my lungs
F#F# E2
And the Holy Ghost awakened me
F#F# E2
Yeah, the Holy Ghost awakened me
Chorus 2:
BB E MajorE BB
When I read the red letters
F#F# BB
And the ground began to shake
F#F# G# minorG#m E MajorE
The prison walls started falling
F#F# BB
And I became a free man that day
Bridge:
G# minorG#m F#F#
For God so loved the whole wide world
BB E2
Sent His only Son to die for me
G# minorG#m F#F#
Arms spread wide for the whole wide world
BB E2
His arms spread wide where mine should be
BB F#F# BB
Jesus changed my destiny
Chorus 3:
BB E MajorE BB
Thank You, God, for red letters
F#F# BB
When the ground began to shake
F#F# G# minorG#m E MajorE
The grace of God started falling
F#F# G# minorG#m
And I became a free man that day
G# minorG#m F#F# E MajorE
The prison walls started falling
F#F# G# minorG#m F#/A# BB E MajorE
And I am a free man today