Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Community of Christ,
Verse 1:
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Community of Christ,
A minorAm D7D7 G+G
who make the Cross your own,
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live out your creed and risk your life for God alone:
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the God who wears your face,
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to whom all worlds belong,
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whose children are of every race and every song.
Verse 2:
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Community of Christ,
A minorAm D7D7 G+G
look past the Church's door
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and see the refugee, the hungry, and the poor.
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Take hands with the oppressed,
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the jobless in your street,
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take towel and water, that you wash your neighbour's feet.
Verse 3:
E minorEm C majorC BB
Community of Christ,
A minorAm D7D7 G+G
through whom the word must sound
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cry out for justice and for peace the whole world round:
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disarm the powers that war
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and all that can destroy,
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turn bombs to bread, and tears of anguish in-to joy.
Verse 4:
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When menace melts away,
A minorAm D7D7 G+G
so shall God's will be done,
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the climate of the world be peace and Christ its Sun;
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our currency be love
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and kindliness our law,
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our food and faith be shared as one for ever more
Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931)