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Am F C Em All these familiar faces in unfamiliar places look around Am F C Em They’ve heard of the murmurs of the man to be murdered outside the town Am F C Em As I walk through the numbers of the people I remember holding palm trees in praise Am F C Em I look to my father and walk to the slaughter for which I cameVerse 2:
Am F C Em Am Father do you hear all the accusations that are ringing through my ears F C Em Am Do you see the rivers of water in the eyes of my mother F C Em Do you see her tearsAm F When the dust has settled on this day C Em Am F C Em I look back on every step I took along the way Am F C Em Am F C Em And I remember every tear dropped face on every woman, child and friend along the wayVerse 3:
Am F C Em All those hills and valleys on the way to the Calvary I must cross Am F C Em With a heart so weary from this cross I carry Am F C Em I see all the hurting of people in mourning I see all their pain Am F C Em Their sin I will take on and with strength will walk on and carry their shameVerse 4:
Am F C Em Am Father do you hear all of the cursing the mocking in my ear F C Em Do you see my heart bended and broken Am F C Em Do you see its bitter tearsAm F C GAm F When the dust has settled on this day C G Am F C Em I look back on every step I took along the way Am F C Em Am F C G And I remember every tear dropped face on every woman, child and friend along the wayBridge:
Am F C Father there is for one thing that I pray Em Am That they know how much I gave F C Em That they see I’d give my life to death Am F C Em And love them until my final breath Am F C Father there is for one thing that I pray G Am That they know how much I gave F C That they see I’d give my life to death G Am F C Em And love them until my final breath Am F C Em My final breathAm F When the dust has settled on this day C Em Am F C Em I look back on every step I took along the way Am F C Em Am F C Em Am And I remember every tear dropped face on every woman, child and friend along the way
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