Misc Originals – David Warmke - The Covenant (Guitar)
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[Chorus]
G D No Contracts, no lawyers or no courts in those days Em C Just your word, a covenant with its blessing and curse G Bm Am A gift sandal, maybe bull split in two, all you needed Em C G 3000 years ago that was the Hebrew way
[Verse 1]
G D Two men met made an agreement Em C Took an animal butterflied it in two G D Both walked the blood trail between the half’s Em C Then a feast of the animal sealed the deal
[Verse 2]
G D A blessing if keep it a curse if you breached Em C That was good enough, God was the witness G Am It was simple but powerful not taken lightly Em C 3000 years ago that’s just was the way
[Chorus]
G D No Contracts, no lawyers or no courts in those days Em C Just your word, a covenant with its blessing and curse G Bm Am A gift sandal, maybe bull split in two, all you needed Em C G 3000 years ago that was the Hebrew way
[Verse 3]
G D God made a promise to Abram Em C I am the LORD will give you this land 8 G Am But how am I to know that I shall possess it?” Em C Bring me a heifer, a female goat t, a ram all three years old,
[Verse 4]
G D Cut them in half, and laid each half side by side Em C Abram asleep a smoking fire pot a flaming torch passed through G Am I make a covenant with you Abram, “To your offspring I Em C G give[ this land, from the rivers Euphrates to the Nile
[Chorus]
G D No Contracts, no lawyers or no courts in those days Em C Just your word, a covenant with its blessing and curse G Bm Am A gift sandal, maybe bull split in two, all you needed Em C G 3000 years ago that was the Hebrew way
[Verse 5]
G D For Abram a one sided covenant, unconditional Em C Only God would be cursed if broken G Am God gave them the land, they often forgot their blessings Em C Went their own way for most of 2000 years
[Verse 6]
G D By 30 AD Enough He replaced the Jewish nation with the Church Em C Jesus the Sacrifice, Cursed and on the Cross G Am Now a new better convent with us all Em C Forgiveness and salvation for all, just believe
[Outro]
G C Dm No Contracts, No physical Temple, no animal sacrifices these days Em C Just Gods word, grace and Jesus on the cross G Am That New Covent remembered with every Holy Communion Em C G His sacrificed body giving eternal life, available to all Em C G His sacrificed body giving eternal life, available to all