Michael Card – Lift Up The Suffering Symbol (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am G [Verse 1]
          Am                                G
They grew tired of bread from heaven and of Moses and of God

               F                G            Am
They longed to live the life of slavery once again

         Am                                  G
So, they muttered and they grumbled and they whimpered and they whined

          F                    G           Am
With each faithless word, sank deeper into sin
[Verse 2]
   Dm                                C
He took the pen of pain once more to write upon their hearts

    G               F               Am A
The lesson they had been so slow to learn

    Dm                             C
But writing in the sand, the fiery serpents came to call

       G            F               Em E
With a holy message and a bite that burned
[Chorus]
     Am                                G
Lift up the suffering symbol, place it high upon a pole

         F                G              Am
Tell the children to look up and be made whole
[Turnaround] Am G [Verse 3]
    Am                           G
So, Moses made a metal snake and nailed it to a pole

     F              G                  Am
Sent out the saving word so they would know

         Am                                    G
That the symbol of their suffering was now the focus of their faith

           F                    G                   Am
And with a faithful glance, the healing power would flow
[Verse 4]
   Dm                                 C
In time, the brazen serpent became an idol in the land

         G               F              Am A
And they left the living God to worship clay

     Dm                                     C
When they forgot their suffering, soon true faith had disappeared

          G        F            Em E
So, some idolize a brazen cross today
[Chorus]
     Am                                G
Lift up the suffering symbol, place it high upon a pole

         F                G              Am
Tell the children to look up and be made whole

     Am                                G
Lift up the suffering symbol, place it high upon a pole

         F                G              Am
Tell the children to look up and be made whole
[Instrumental] Dm C G F Am A Dm C G F Em E [Chorus]
     Am                                G
Lift up the suffering symbol, place it high upon a pole

         F                G              Am
Tell the children to look up and be made whole

     Am                                G
Lift up the suffering symbol, place it high upon a pole

         F                G              Am
Tell the children to look up and be made whole

         F                G              Am
Tell the children to look up and be made whole
[Outro] Dm C C/B G C/B G Am