Take These Ashes - To The Desert Follow Me Chords

♫ Intro: C G/C | C G/B | Am G | F | Am Gsus G | C | C | Ash Wednesday: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 Take these ashes as a sign that from the dust you have been raised Am Gsus4 G C C G/B and to dust you shall re-turn. Lent: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 To the desert follow me, for I am God, who is your hope. Am Gsus4 G C C G/B To the de-sert follow me.

♫ Verse 1: Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Gsus4 G C E E7 Return to me with all your heart; let go the world and come to me. Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Em/G D7/F# Fadd9 Rend your heart and not your clothes for I am kind my name is mercy. Ash Wednesday: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 Take these ashes as a sign that from the dust you have been raised Am Gsus4 G C C G/B and to dust you shall re-turn. Lent: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 To the desert follow me, for I am God, who is your hope. Am Gsus4 G C C G/B To the de-sert follow me. ♫ Verse 2: Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Gsus4 G C E E7 Slow to an - ger is my way; my cup is filled with love for you. Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Em/G D7/F# Fadd9 I will not send you to the foe nor scorn the ones I come to rescue. Ash Wednesday: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 Take these ashes as a sign that from the dust you have been raised Am Gsus4 G C C G/B and to dust you shall re-turn. Lent: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 To the desert follow me, for I am God, who is your hope. Am Gsus4 G C C G/B To the de-sert follow me. ♫ Verse 3: Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Gsus4 G C E E7 Gather my people, says the Lord. Oh, let them come to heal - ing peace Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Em/G D7/F# Fadd9 Elders and children, lost and found into this place of love's re - veal - ing. Ash Wednesday: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 Take these ashes as a sign that from the dust you have been raised Am Gsus4 G C C G/B and to dust you shall re-turn. Lent: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 To the desert follow me, for I am God, who is your hope. Am Gsus4 G C C G/B To the de-sert follow me. ♫ Verse 4: Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Gsus4 G C E E7 A blessing I will give to you all you who wander and who thirst. Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Em/G D7/F# Fadd9 The desert soon will bear a spring; forgiving water shal re - store you. Ash Wednesday: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 Take these ashes as a sign that from the dust you have been raised Am Gsus4 G C C G/B and to dust you shall re-turn. Lent: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 To the desert follow me, for I am God, who is your hope. Am Gsus4 G C C G/B To the de-sert follow me. ♫ Verse 5: Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Gsus4 G C E E7 I will em-brace your every wound for I am balm to heal your pain. Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Em/G D7/F# Fadd9 You shall not weep for-ev-er more; re-place your mem - bered you, my chil - dren. Ash Wednesday: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 Take these ashes as a sign that from the dust you have been raised Am Gsus4 G C C G/B and to dust you shall re-turn. Lent: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 To the desert follow me, for I am God, who is your hope. Am Gsus4 G C C G/B To the de-sert follow me. ♫ Verse 6: Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Gsus4 G C E E7 My goodness flows out of my heart over the ones I came to save. Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Em/G D7/F# Fadd9 I will cleanse you of your sin replace your guilt with my com-pas-sion. Ash Wednesday: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 Take these ashes as a sign that from the dust you have been raised Am Gsus4 G C C G/B and to dust you shall re-turn. Lent: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 To the desert follow me, for I am God, who is your hope. Am Gsus4 G C C G/B To the de-sert follow me. ♫ Verse 7: Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Gsus4 G C E E7 I will renew your weary heart and keep you always in my sight; Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Em/G D7/F# Fadd9 give you a spirit that is new; re-store the joy of your sal-va-tion. Ash Wednesday: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 Take these ashes as a sign that from the dust you have been raised Am Gsus4 G C C G/B and to dust you shall re-turn. Lent: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 To the desert follow me, for I am God, who is your hope. Am Gsus4 G C C G/B To the de-sert follow me. ♫ Verse 8: Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Gsus4 G C E E7 I will bring beauty from the ruin a feast of hope from ash and dust. Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Em/G D7/F# Fadd9 This land will bloom just as be-fore. My saving Word, it is for-ev-er. Ash Wednesday: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 Take these ashes as a sign that from the dust you have been raised Am Gsus4 G C C G/B and to dust you shall re-turn. Lent: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 To the desert follow me, for I am God, who is your hope. Am Gsus4 G C C G/B To the de-sert follow me. ♫ Verse 9: Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Gsus4 G C E E7 The light you bear shall be as dawn; your bonds of sin my love will break. Am Gsus4 G C/E Fadd9 Am Em/G D7/F# Fadd9 Injustice shall be o-ver-come and you will rise with me, be-lov-ed. Ash Wednesday: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 Take these ashes as a sign that from the dust you have been raised Am Gsus4 G C C G/B and to dust you shall re-turn. Lent: ♫ Refrain: C G/C C G/B Am G Fadd9 To the desert follow me, for I am God, who is your hope. Am Gsus4 G C C G/B To the de-sert follow me.