Chords with lyrics
Intro:
DmDm Csus2Csus2 A#sus2A#sus2
F/CF/C A#sus2A#sus2 Gm7Gm7 A#/C
Verse 1:
FF
There’s a story in the Bible
Csus4Csus4 FF A#A#
about a city God had prepared
FF Csus4Csus4 C majorC
That a man can run to
FF
when he found himself in trouble
DmDm
a time of great despair
G7G7 C7C7
fleeing from the One who saught his life
FF
and there outside that city
F/CF/C FF
He cried unto the Keeper
A#A# FF F7F7
and asked if he could enter in
A#A# G minorGm
for there he would find safety
FF Dm7Dm7
Yes God had made provision
Gm7Gm7 C majorC FF
a City of Refuge for him
Interlude:
D7D7 (2x)
Verse 2:
G+G
Condemned from the fall of man
G/DG/D C majorC
I was bound in sin
G+G
with a debt to be paid
But God cared for me
E minor 7Em7
and on mount Calvary
A7A7 D7D7
the foundation was laid
D7/F#D7/F# G+G
And on the cross Christ stretched out his hand
C majorC
that mighty gulf He spanned
G+G
and bought my liberty
C majorC G+G
Now I can run to God’s only Son
D7D7 G+G
He is the City of Refuge for me
Chorus:
C majorC BB A minorAm
And one day I ran to that City of Refuge
G+G
though guilty I was,
Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
I found shelter in the blood He shed for me
Chorus 2:
G+G C majorC BB A minorAm
I was condemned but God showed mercy
G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G D MajorD
and on Calvary, God built a city of refuge for me.
2x:
Ending:
Gsus4Gsus4 G+G