I Am Barabbas chords by Josiah Queen

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Key: BB

♫ Intro:

E minorEm C majorC G+G


♫ Verse 1:
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They said that this preacher man
G+G
Comes from Galilee
E minorEm      C majorC       G+G
Did something so absurd that He deserved this penalty
E minorEm C majorC   G+G
How can it be?

♫ Verse 2:
E minorEm     C majorC
I know I've done my wrongs
   G+G
Cause doing wrong is something I do well
E minorEm     C majorC        G+G
I know the court of law and something like this doesn't ring a bell
E minorEm C majorC   G+G
How can it be?
E minorEm C majorC   G+G
How can it be?

♫ Chorus:
E minorEm  C majorC
I am Barabbas
  G+G
You took upon my cross
E minorEm   C majorC
I was a prisoner
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'Til you bought my bond with blood
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I can't run a-way
   E minorEm   C majorC    G+G
From what my accusers say
E minorEm  C majorC
I am Barabbas
G+G  D MajorD
I am Barabbas
   E minorEm   C majorC  G+G
Your friend

♫ Verse 3:
E minorEm      C majorC
They made me sit right there
   G+G
As I watched them beat the preacher man
E minorEm    C majorC        G+G
 Thirty-nine of all them lashes should've been on my own skin
E minorEm C majorC   G+G
How can it be?
E minorEm C majorC   G+G
How can it be?

♫ Verse 4:
E minorEm     C majorC
I'll never understand the
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Repercussions of my sins
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Is this love?
      E minorEm
Or is this hatred flowing out from bitterness
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How can it be?
pause:
E minorEm   C majorC     G+G
But He looked at me
And I said-