God Of The Poor Beauty For Brokenness chords by Graham Kendrick

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC FF G+G

Verse 1:
C majorC     G+G      C7C7     FF
Beauty for brokenness, hope for despair,
Dm7Dm7    G+G  E minor 7Em7     A minorAm   D MajorD  G+G
Lord, end the suffering , this is our prayer,
E MajorE       A minorAm    FF       C majorC
Bread for the children, justice, joy, peace,
C7C7     FF      Dm7Dm7   G+G C majorC    FF G7G7
Sunrise to sunset, Your kingdon increase!

Verse 2:
C majorC      G+G       C7C7       FF
Shelter for fragile lives, cures for their ills,
Dm7Dm7   G+G  E minor 7Em7    Am7Am7    D MajorD   G+G
Work for the craftsmen, trade for their skills,
E MajorE      A minorAm      FF       C majorC
Land for the dispossessed, rights for the weak,
C7C7    FF         Dm7Dm7    G+G   C majorC
Voices to plead the cause of those who can't speak.

Chorus:
G7G7     C majorC   E7E7      A minorAm
God of the poor, friend of the weak,
FF     Dm7Dm7    G+G
Give us compassion we pray,
G7G7      C majorC      E7E7       A minorAm
Melt our cold hearts, let tears fall like rain,
FF        Dm7Dm7     FF   G+G  C majorC
Come, change our love from a spark to a flame.

Verse 3:
C majorC      G+G      C majorC      FF
Refuge from cruel wars, havens from fear,
Dm7Dm7    G+G  E minor 7Em7  Am7Am7   D MajorD G+G
Cities for sanctuary, freedoms to share,
E MajorE      Am7Am7       FF         C majorC
Peace to the killing fields, scorched earth to green,
C7C7       FF        Dm7Dm7      C majorC
Christ for the bitterness, His cross for the pain

Chorus:
G7G7     C majorC   E7E7      A minorAm
God of the poor, friend of the weak,
FF     Dm7Dm7    G+G
Give us compassion we pray,
G7G7      C majorC      E7E7       A minorAm
Melt our cold hearts, let tears fall like rain,
FF        Dm7Dm7     FF   G+G  C majorC
Come, change our love from a spark to a flame.

Verse 4:
C majorC      G+G       C7C7     FF
Rest for the ravaged earth, oceans and streams,
Dm7Dm7    G+G  E minor 7Em7      Am7Am7   D MajorD  G+G
Plundered and poisened, our future, our dreams,
E MajorE       A minorAm    FF       C majorC
Lord, end our madness, carelessness, greed,
C7C7     FF       Dm7Dm7     G+G C majorC
Make us content with the things that we need.

Chorus:
G7G7     C majorC   E7E7      A minorAm
God of the poor, friend of the weak,
FF     Dm7Dm7    G+G
Give us compassion we pray,
G7G7      C majorC      E7E7       A minorAm
Melt our cold hearts, let tears fall like rain,
FF        Dm7Dm7     FF   G+G  C majorC
Come, change our love from a spark to a flame.

Verse 5:
C majorC      G+G     C7C7       FF
Lighten our darkness, breathe on this flame
Dm7Dm7  G+G  E minor 7Em7      Am7Am7   D MajorD  G+G
Until Your justice burns brightly a - gain,
E MajorE     A minorAm   FF       C majorC
Until the nations learn of Your ways,
C7C7      FF     Dm7Dm7    G+G   C majorC
Seek Your salvation and bring You their praise.

Chorus:
G7G7     C majorC   E7E7      A minorAm
God of the poor, friend of the weak,
FF     Dm7Dm7    G+G
Give us compassion we pray,
G7G7      C majorC      E7E7       A minorAm
Melt our cold hearts, let tears fall like rain,
FF        Dm7Dm7     FF   G+G  C majorC
Come, change our love from a spark to a flame.

Chorus:
G7G7     C majorC   E7E7      A minorAm
God of the poor, friend of the weak,
FF     Dm7Dm7    G+G
Give us compassion we pray,
G7G7      C majorC      E7E7       A minorAm
Melt our cold hearts, let tears fall like rain,
FF        Dm7Dm7     FF   G+G  C majorC
Come, change our love from a spark to a flame.