Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: FF
Difficulty: Novice
Words by John E. Walvoord
Music by Don Wyrtzen
Verse 1:
FF G+G
Love was when God became a man,
C majorC C7C7
Locked in time and space
FF C7C7
Without rank or place.
FF G+G
Love was God Born of Jewish kin,
C majorC C7C7
Just a carpenter
FF
With some fishermen.
Bb majorBb C majorC
Love was when
A minorAm D7D7
Jesus walked in history
G minorGm C7C7
Lovingly He brought
FF G minorGm C7C7
A augmentedA new life that’s free;
FF G+G
Love was God - nailed to bleed and die
C majorC G minorGm C7C7 FF
To reach and love one such as I
Verse 2:
FF G+G
Love was when God became a man,
C majorC C7C7
Down where I could see
FF C7C7
Love that reached to me.
FF G+G
Love was God dying for my sin
C majorC C7C7
And so trapped was I
FF
My whole world caved in.
Bb majorBb C majorC
Love was when
A minorAm D7D7
Jesus rose to walk with me.
G minorGm C7C7
Lovingly He brought
FF G minorGm C7C7
A augmentedA new life that’s free;
FF G+G
Love was God – only He would try
C majorC G minorGm C7C7 FF
To reach and love one such as I.