Michael Card – The Basin And The Towel (Guitar)

G     C        G       D    G
In an upstairs room, a parable

   C    G        D    G
Is just about to come alive.

G                                 Em
And while they bicker about who's best,

            Am             G
With a painful glance, He'll silently rise.

      Em             C
Their Savior Servant must show them how

            C
Through the will of the water

             Am            D
And the tenderness of the towel.

         C             Bm
And the call is to community,

    D                       C             G
The impoverished power that sets the soul free.

   C            Em
In humility, to take the vow,

     Am        Bm          C           D             C
That day after day we must take up the basin and the towel.

   C   G   D    G
In any ordinary place,

   C   G   D    G
On any ordinary day,

    C   Bm       F#m   Em
The parable can live again

     Am                 D
When one will kneel and one will yield.

      Em             C
Our Saviour Servant must show us how

             C
Through the will of the water

           Am             D
And the tenderness of the towel.

        D     G           C         G
And the space between ourselves sometimes

   D             Em           Am       D
Is more than the distance between the stars.

       D       G             C         G
By the fragile bridge of the Servant's bow

    Am                       D
We take up the basin and the towel.

         C         Bm
And the call is to community,

    D                       C             G
The impoverished power that sets the soul free.

   C            Em
In humility, to take the vow,

     Am        B           C           D
That day after day we must take up the basin

    D         Bm          C           D
And day after day we must take up the basin

    C         G           C           D             C
And day after day we must take up the basin and the towel.

C           D             C
Take up the basin and the towel.