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Intro:  [ Chord diagramC minorCm ] [ Chord diagramAbAb ] [ Chord diagramC minorCm ] [ Chord diagramF/AF/A ]
[Chord diagramF minorFm - Chord diagramEb/GEb/G ] [Chord diagramDdimDdim - Chord diagramG+G ]  [ Chord diagramC majorC ]

VERSE 1
Chord diagramC majorC+2               Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG/BG/B
We rode into town the other day,
Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramC/EC/E         Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G
    Just me and my daddy.
Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramG/BG/B
He said I'd finally reached the age
Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG minorGm  Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC/EC/E
And I could ride next to him on a horse
Chord diagramDmDm                      Chord diagramG/BG/B
That of course was not quite as wide
Chord diagramC/EC/E        Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG/BG/B    Chord diagramC majorC
We heard a crowd of people shouting,
Chord diagramC/EC/E         Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG/BG/B
And so we stopped to find out why.
Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG minorGm  Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC/EC/E
There was that man that my dad said he loved
Chord diagramDmDm                             [Chord diagramGsusGsus Chord diagramF minorFm Chord diagramBb/DBb/D]
But today there was fear in his eyes.

CHORUS
Chord diagramEb MajorEb                  Chord diagramBb/DBb/D
So I said, "Daddy why are they screaming?
Chord diagramC minorCm                    Chord diagramEb/BbEb/Bb         Chord diagramEb/GEb/G
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Chord diagramAbAb                        Chord diagramEb/GEb/G
Why is he dressed in that bright purple robe?
Chord diagramF minorFm                            Chord diagramAbAb            Chord diagramBb/DBb/D
I'll bet that crown hurts him more than he shows.
Chord diagramEb MajorEb                    Chord diagramBb/DBb/D
Daddy, please, can't you do something?
Chord diagramC minorCm               Chord diagramEb/GEb/G        Chord diagramF/AF/A
He looks as though he's gonna cry.
Chord diagramF minorFm                       Chord diagramEb/GEb/G
You said he was stronger than all of those guys.
Chord diagramAbAb           Chord diagramG/BG/B         Chord diagramC minorCm       Chord diagramEb/BbEb/Bb
Daddy please tell me why,
Chord diagramF minorFm       Chord diagramBb majorBb           Chord diagramEb MajorEb     [ Chord diagramDmDm Chord diagramG+G ]
Why does everyone want him to die "

VERSE 2 (same chords as VERSE 1)

Later that day the sky grew cloudy
And Daddy said I should go inside.
Somehow he knew things could get stormy.
Boy, was he right! But I could not keep from wonderin'
If there was something he had to hide
So after he left I had to find out.
I was not afraid of getting lost.
So I followed the crowds to a hill where I knew men
had been killed,
And I heard a voice call from the cross

CHORUS 2 (same chords except where noted)
And he said, "Father why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why are they casting their lots for my robe?
This crown of thorns hurts me more than it shows.
Father, please, can't You do something?
I know that You must hear my cry.
I thought I could handle a cross of this size.
Chord diagramAbAb        Chord diagramG/BG/B    Chord diagramC minorCm  Chord diagramEb/BbEb/Bb      Chord diagramF minorFm      Chord diagramEb/GEb/G   Chord diagramF/AF/A
Father remind me why, why does everyone want me to die
Chord diagramC/DC/D       Chord diagramG minorGm         Chord diagramF/AF/A        Chord diagramG/BG/B   [Chord diagramBb/CBb/C  Chord diagramBb/DBb/D  Chord diagramC/EC/E]
Oh, when will I understand why?

CHORUS 3
Chord diagramFF                Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramA augmentedA
My precious Son, I hear them screaming,
Chord diagramDmDm                        Chord diagramF/CF/C
and I'm watching the face of the enemy beaming.
Chord diagramBb majorBb                         Chord diagramDmDm
But soon I will clothe You in robes of my own.
Chord diagramG minorGm                        Chord diagramBb/DBb/D
Jesus, this hurts Me much more than You know.
Chord diagramC/EC/E           Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramEdimEdim
But this dark hour I must do  nothing
Chord diagramA7A7           Chord diagramDmDm           Chord diagramF/CF/C      Chord diagramG+G
Though I've heard Your unbearable cry.
Chord diagramG minorGm                          Chord diagramF/AF/A
The pow'r in Your blood destroys all of the lies.
Chord diagramBb majorBb                           Chord diagramDmDm
Soon You'll see past their unmerciful eyes.
Chord diagramG minorGm               Chord diagramBb/FBb/F   Chord diagramEdimEdim       Chord diagramA7A7
Look there below, see the child
Chord diagramDmDm                Chord diagramG7G7
Trembling by her father's side.
Chord diagramG minorGm                 Chord diagramF/AF/A        Chord diagramBb majorBb
Now I can tell You why,
Chord diagramBb/DBb/D       Chord diagramC7C7          Chord diagramDmDm      [Chord diagramBb majorBb]      [Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramF/AF/A]
She is why You must die.

[Chord diagramBb majorBb  Chord diagramC/EC/E]  [Chord diagramD MajorD]

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