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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
A Bm/A A A
1.We really want to imitate our God,
Bm A/C# D D F#m7 E
To be im - par - tial, as we know he is.
D E/D C#m7 F#m
To save all sorts of people is his will;
F#m D Bm D/E
He welcomes all to come and to be his.
Chorus:
E A D/A
It’s the person, not the place;
E A D/A
It’s the heart and not the face.
A D Esus4 E
God’s message to all people we extend.
A Bm7
So be - cause we really care,
A/C# D
We keep preaching ev’rywhere:
A/E Bm/E C#m/E A
“All sorts of people can be - come God’s friend.”
A Bm/A A A
2.It doesn’t matter where they may be found
Bm A/C# D D F#m7 E
Or what at first they might appear to be.
D E/D C#m7 F#m
What real - ly counts is what they are at heart—
F#m D Bm D/E
The inner self, the one Jehovah sees.
Chorus:
E A D/A
It’s the person, not the place;
E A D/A
It’s the heart and not the face.
A D Esus4 E
God’s message to all people we extend.
A Bm7
So be - cause we really care,
A/C# D
We keep preaching ev’rywhere:
A/E Bm/E C#m/E A
“All sorts of people can be - come God’s friend.”
A Bm/A A A
3.Je-ho-vah welcomes all who make the choice
Bm A/C# D D F#m7 E
To leave the world and all its ways be - hind.
D E/D C#m7 F#m
This we have learned, and this we want to share,
F#m D Bm D/E
And so we preach to people of all kinds.
Chorus:
E A D/A
It’s the person, not the place;
E A D/A
It’s the heart and not the face.
A D Esus4 E
God’s message to all people we extend.
A Bm7
So be - cause we really care,
A/C# D
We keep preaching ev’rywhere:
A/E Bm/E C#m/E A
“All sorts of people can be - come God’s friend.”
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Last Updated: June 14, 2021