Take These Ashes - To The Desert Follow Me chords by Sarah Hart

• Difficulty: Intermediate

♫ 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.