Esther Ruth And Rahab chords by Flamy Grant

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Bb

Verse 1:
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In the church where I was raised, all the women hid their hair
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With what can only be called doilies made of lace
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They sat beside their husbands and they never spoke a word
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Cause public prayer was not a woman's place

Verse 2:
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But literally any man was welcome to stand up
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And for an hour we would listen to them talk
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So I guess the lesson there was God would only hear a prayer
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If it came from a person with a cock

Verse 3:
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As a kid those Sunday mornings made me restless, bored, and numb
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And my Bible was the one way to pass time
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So I spent the hour in search of stories brimming with suspense
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And I found Esther, Ruth, and Rahab were sublime

Chorus:
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Castaways who outwitted and outplayed
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An immigrant ancestor to the incarnate divine
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Everyone has a star that lights their way
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We see our paths by someone else's shine
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Esther, Ruth, and Rahab, they were mine

Verse 4:
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Every Sunday I would find a brand-new story with a girl
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Who made some patriarch meet his match
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They were painted as conniving but it wasn't hard to see
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That secretly most men just fear the snatch

Verse 5:
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Deborah's military mind brought peace for forty years
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The Witch of Endor, she saw right through Saul's charade
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Of course Eve said, Fuck this system, I am chasing after wisdom
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And Rachel wouldn't let herself be played

Verse 6:
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Jezebel sure gave 'em hell, but she wasn't scared to die
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If you're with Jael, think twice when you recline
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The only reason we have Moses is cause Miriam was there
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To keep his petty ass in line

Chorus:
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Castaways who outwitted and outplayed
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An immigrant ancestor to the incarnate divine
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Everyone has a star that lights their way
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We see our paths by someone else's shine
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Esther, Ruth, and Rahab, they were mine

Bridge:
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When they talk about the heroes of the faith
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They always mean Elijah, Abraham, or Dave
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But Esther, Ruth, and Rahab, for me were just as big
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I wanted to be like them, so I bought myself this wig

Outro:
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My church insisted women all be small, submissive, and unseen
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But their own holy book betrayed that lie
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Cause in those pages you'll find badass, rebel warriors and queens
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Prophetesses, witches, whores and wives all causing scenes
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Every woman in the Scriptures smashed the norms to smithereens
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So it's a good thing when a girl learns how to fly
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And that's one truth from the Bible I'll hold onto 'til I die