Em
I awoke to hear the jailer
         A
Turn the key and push the door
    C
Get out here, he shouted
       D
But I stayed there on the floor

Em
Frozen in the terror
     A
That rose and filled my brain
      C
For I knew what they intended
D                    Em
I could not face the pain


[Verse 2]

     Em
Then soldiers came into the cell

And they dragged me to the yard
     A
They threw me down before a cross

And brought the whip down hard

Bm
Carry it, they shouted

As I struggled to my feet
      C
I put my shoulder under it
    D
And dragged it to the street

  Em
I stumbled through a wall of screams
        A
As they drove me through the gate
       C
I could see the thousands lined the street
      D
Their voices filled with hate

       Em
Like a wolf pack in the night
     A                     Asus4 A
That moves in for the kill
     C
They closed the gap in front of us
D                    Em
As we started up the hill


[Verse 4]

       Em
And it seemed I'd barely reached the top

As they grabbed me from behind
     A
They threw the cross down under me

And tied the ropes that bind

    Bm
The arms close to the beams

As they nailed the feet and hands
         C
And they raised the cross up in the air
D                        Em
And dropped it in it's stand

Em
Through a blur of pain
          A
I saw the cross there next to mine
           C
There were people all around it
     D                       Dsus4 D
So I looked to read the sign

       Em
It was nailed there up above His head
       A
So the world could see the news
    C
The man who seemed so helpless there
        D               Em
Was the King of all the Jews


[Verse 4]

        Em
And the crowd that stood around his cross

Made jokes about his name
     A
They shouted, laughed, and spat on him

So I joined in the game

        Bm
I said, Hey! If you're the King

Why don't You get us down from here
        C
But the taunt just sounded hollow
   D Dsus4 D       Em
It echoed in my ears

      Em
As He looked at me with eyes
               A
That seemed to reach into my heart
     C
They shone a light on all my lies
    D
And tore my life apart

          Em
There was more that lay behind that gaze
     A                   Asus4 A
Then simply mud and clay
    C                           D
But knowing was too much for me
                  Em
I had to look away


[Verse 5]

      Em
But I chanced another look at Him

While He was lookin' down
          A
Where the soldiers who just crucified us

Drank there on the ground

    Bm
And although He spoke them quietly

Somehow his words came through
         C                           D
He said, Father, please forgive them
                          Em
They don't know what they do

            Em
And then as if they heard Him speakin'
    A
The crowd began to roar
C
With the frenzy by the priests
    D
Who urged them on to more

        Em
But the worse the accusations
    A
The plainer I could see
    C
The guilt of the accusers
        D                  Em
Not the One there next to me


[Verse 6]

    Em
But the one on the other cross

Began to curse and swear
        A
And his voice was filled with venom

As he hurled it through the air

        Bm
All the horror that was in him

It laid his life to waste
     C
Came out of every syllable
   D
He flung in Jesus' face

Em
Jesus only looked at him
    A
But somethin' rose inside o' me
   C
In spite of all that watched us there
   D
It couldn't be denied

            Em
Because his righteousness and innocence
     A
Were shining bright and strong
       C
I just couldn't keep my silence
        D
As that cursing still went on


[Verse 7]

        Em
I said, don't you fear the wrath of God?

Even at the end?
       A
You'll curse us both into the pit

Is that what you intend?

      Bm
We're only getting what we're due

Send our whole lives long
    C                              D
But don't you talk to Him that way
                        Em D Em
Cause He's done nothin' wrong

Em
Then with all my courage
     A
In a voice not my own
  C
I asked him, Lord remember me
         D                     Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
When You come into your throne

   Em
He answered me and even then
    A
His love was undisguised
   C
He said, before the sun will set today
               D Dsus4 Dsus2 D Em
You'll be with Me in paradise


[Verse 8]

    Em
The shouts and curses did not stop
     A
Even when the sunlight ceased
    C
But somehow in the midst of it
   D                     Dsus4 Dsus2 D
My soul had been released

           Em
Though the agony continued
     A
It's still too small a price
   C
To be allowed to hear those words
   D              E
To die beside the Christ


[Instrumental]

E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4
A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4


[Bridge 1]

     G
Then darkness changed to dawning
      C
And I heard the sound of voices
    A
The air was warm around me
  D
I stood beside a stream

    G
And Abraham was speaking
C
To the multitudes before him
      A
The unfolding of the Answer
       D
To our prayers and hopes and dreams

G
Then far across the chasm
C
Came a rumbling like the thunder
        A
And the Prince Of Peace came shining
         D                        G
From His mouth the power screamed

        G
And the walls and towers crumbled
        C
And the gates of hell went under
  A
A thousand sang the victory
D
We have been redeemed


[Chorus]

G
Jesus is the Lord of all
C
Jesus is the Lord of all
A
Jesus is the Lord of all
D
We have been redeemed


[Chorus]

G
Jesus is the Lord of all
C
Jesus is the Lord of all
A
Jesus is the Lord of all
D
We have been redeemed


[Bridge 2]

G    C    A    D
Joy, joy, joy, joy


[Chorus]

G
Jesus is the Lord of all
C
Jesus is the Lord of all
A
Jesus is the Lord of all
D                     G  Gsus4 G
We have been redeemed