Bend Joseph

	  		
Verse:
 
C 
I am not my family tree 
F 
These are different leaves, you know 
Am 
There are miles and miles between 
G 
My roots and what I'm tryin' to grow 
C 
I am not the slave they sold 
F 
Nor am I royalty 
Am                 G 
worn them both The finest coat, 
              C 
And rags that barely covered me 


            Am 
But there's mercy in the soil 
F 
Mercy in the sun 
C 
Learnin' to forgive  
     G 
What cannot be undone 
Am  
What was meant to harm 
      F 
Can't harm you in the end 
        C 
Stepped out on a limb I thought my break 
    G 
But love said, 
             Am    F 
It will only bend 
             C     G 
It will only bend 


Verse:
  
C 
I am not my past mistakes 
F 
Labeled by some place in time 
Am 
Nor am I a trophy case 
G 
Tryin' to maintain my shine 
C 
I have dreamed a thousand dreams 
F 
Watch a grain in famine grow 
Am 
I am not my family tree 
                 G    
I have branches of my own 

Bridge:
  
C                      G 
Oh, Does fate resign us too? 
                     Am             
Find shelter for our wounds 
                     F 
Beneath the battered roof of broken dreams 
C                        G 
Oh, But I will choose to stand  
                      Am 
In the shadow of Your hand 
                         F                       
And see what grows when grace has sown the seed 

(Slow Down Strum ) Am 

  F   C   G 
Oh, oh, oh 
                    Am 
These are different leaves, you know 
  F   C   G 
Oh, oh, oh