Like A Lamb chords by Matthew Clark

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

C    F
Am   G
x2

Verse:
         F
Fear and pride are just two sides, friend
   Em
Of Caesar’s tarnished penny
Am            Am/G           Am/F#
Quietness and rest belong to God
        F
But who hasn’t studied warfare
       Em
On the battlefield of life here
Am              Am/G            Am/F#
Perfecting self-defense just to survive?
    F
You know how good it feels, love
   G
To scratch the itch of anger
    C                          C/E     F
But complaining only chains us up in - side

Feels like safety and power
     G
In a world so full of danger
              C                      C/E        F
It feels like danger to be grateful, small, and quiet

Chorus:
    Am   Am/G           Am/F#
But oh
I see the Mighty Word of God
   F             E                Am     G
Go silent to the slaughter like a Lamb
Am     Am/G              Am/F#
Oh
I hear the voices of the crowd
     F             E               Am    G    Bb      F
Grow louder as the buried kernel’s roots de - scend

Transition:
C     F
Am    G
x2

Verse:
          F
Cause the roots beneath the surface
           Em
Search and listen for a music
     Am             Am/G        Am/F#
That is and was and will be evermore
        F
Like an acorn to an oak tree
          Em
Who would ever think it could be
           Am                 Am/G          Am/F#
That those little lambs might ever rule the world
        F
But the meek will spread their branches
          G
Above the clamour of the nations
    C                       C/E         F
The sons of God will rest beneath their shade

And the politics of power
               G
That seemed so strong until that hour
     C                         C/E   F
Will fall into the traps their power laid

Chorus:
    Am   Am/G           Am/F#
But oh
I see the Mighty Word of God
   F             E                Am     G
Go silent to the slaughter like a Lamb
Am     Am/G              Am/F#
Oh
I hear the voices of the crowd
     F             E               Am    G    Bb      F
Grow louder as the buried kernel’s roots de - scend

Transition:
C     F
Am    G
x2

Verse:
         F
‘Cause nobody’s free from hardship
        Em
And the briers in the garden
    Am                Am/G           Am/F#
Can push their way so deeply down in - side
          F
Till what started out so tender
   Em
Is choked out by the winter
    Am               Am/G             Am/F#
And gentleness don’t have a chance to flower
          F
But don’t let your love grow cold, dear
           G
or buy the lies they’ve sold here
        C                        C/E    F
For the fools of God will fiddle on the roof

All their lives they were the punchline
          G
Now their laughing faces outshine
      C                          C/E     F
Every image Caesar thought would get him through

Chorus:
    Am   Am/G           Am/F#
But oh
I see the Mighty Word of God
   F             E                Am     G
Go silent to the slaughter like a Lamb
Am     Am/G              Am/F#
Oh
I hear the voices of the crowd
     F             E               Am    G    Bb      F
Grow louder as the buried kernel’s roots de - scend

Outro:
C     F
Am    G
x4

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