i've come to take you home

	  		  


     G                              G7    
Go plead with your Mother, were the words of Hosea  
       G7                              C  
As he sent his children to extend his mercy  
         Am                               G  
So they journeyed down the old path, that lead to much  
Em 
destruction  
    A                                    C  
All the while their loving hearts were hurting  
       G                                 G7 
Their hope was crushed inside, as their compassion was denied  
     G7                                C  
The woman they so loved seemed like a stranger.  
      Am                               G        Em  
Heartbroken and alone they took the long road home  
     C                       D                  C         G  
For sin now reigned and all hope seemed gone to change her  

G                                 G7   
One day the word was told, some slaves were being sold  
    G7                       C             Am 
A restless love sent Hosea seeking, one by one they brought them in  
     G              Em      A                                       C  
So beaten down with sin, within his chest his anxious heart was beating  
        G                                G7 
All at once she caught his eye, from his lips the bids were high  
     G7                                     C  
She could not believe the voice that she could hear  
                  Am                               G                  Em  
Would he through judgment take her life, forever end his pain and strife  
     C                    D              C     G  
What would happen as she saw him drawing near her  
  
                          C   D                        G     Em 
** I've come to take you home, I know that you've done wrong  
   Em                             C                                 D  
** But for you I'd give(gave) my life through the sorrow pain and strife  
                      G                        C      D 
** I couldn't let you go, lets leave the past behind  
    D                     G     Em 
** Love conquers one more time  
                             C                           D  
** He took her(my) hand and said, theres a new day just ahead  
                          C    G  
** I've come to take you home  
  
 G                                          G7 
Now I've stood in that same place, bound by sin a broken slave  
             G7                                C  
From the depths of my dispair I've prayed for mercy  
            Am                                G                 Em  
I heard his word the price was paid on the cross for you that day  
         C                    D           C   G      
Take my hand now child and welcome to the family  
  

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