Misc Praise Songs – Hsa-Uwc Holy Song - Pledge (Guitar)

Eb        Cm     Eb
My fallen figure shames the earth;

           Cm        Fm   Bb7 Eb
Once I was born, yet never I lived.

         Ab     Gm          Cm
Never forsaking you came to me.

Fm        Cm       Fm7      Bb Eb
Giving my life and breaking my chains.

Cm    Ab     Gm
Tenderly You gathered me up;

Cm          Ab       Bb   Eb  Bb
Filled with love and sweating blood.

Cm   Ab           Cm     Gm
Ever patient, You taught me the Word,

Eb           Fm           Bb Gm7 Bb7 Eb
Carved in my heart, it for-ev-er re-mains.

Eb      Cm        Eb
Never I knew what life should be;

          Cm    Fm     Bb7  Eb
All I can do is follow Your way.

            Ab      Gm          Cm
When on the path, I stumble and fall.

Fm          Cm       Fm7    Bb Eb
Turning You give the courage I need.

Cm         Ab      Gm
Though the path is narrow and steep;

Cm    Ab             Bb    Eb Bb
Cruel thorns leave a trail of blood,

Cm      Ab            Cm Gm
Still I pledge I will follow the Way,

Eb        Fm        Bb Gm7 Bb7  Eb
Follow as far as my Father will lead.

Eb           Cm       Eb
Freed from a sleep so deep and dark,

         Cm      Fm      Bb7  Eb
gladly I wake to knowing Your Will.

                 Ab      Gm        Cm
Though death may stab me time and again,

Fm          Cm       Fm7 Bb Eb
Nothing can change a loy-al heart.

Cm     Ab         Gm
This I pledge, my life is for You;

Cm       Ab          Bb      Eb Bb
For Your will I rush forward to die.

Cm     Ab               Cm   Gm
This I pledge 'till the struggle is done,

Eb          Fm           Bb Gm7 Bb7 Eb
'Till we proclaim the vic-to-ri-ous day.