Misc Praise Songs – Im Doing This For You (Guitar)

G/A   D
 I    stood there as they tried Him,

    Em/D             G/D
for crimes He hadn't done,

Em     D/E           Em
no one else believed it,

           A7sus4      G/A     A
but I just knew He was the one,

D
I slid back into the crowd,

Em/D
try-ing to go un -seen,

         Em     D/E             Em
but when Pilate cried out "beat Him",

   D/A                 A7sus4    A7
he pointed straight to me.

D
My friends all cheered me

     Em/D             G/D
as I took the whip in hand,

Em
placing stripes upon the back

   Em/A            A7
of this guilt-less man.

    D
The way He turned and looked at me

        Em/D           G/D
from my mind I can't erase

B7/D#  Em7              Gmaj7/A     A7
 I'll  never forget the look on His face.

            D     F#m7     G
He said I'm doing this for you

    Em7            G/A  A
and  I  will still love you

            D
when you're through.

A7  D     F#m7     G
I'm doing this for you,

          Em      Em/D    A/C#
Though it took me  by  surprise

G/B    F#m7      F#7     Bm7
when I saw  love in  His eyes,

            Em    Em7/A    D
He said I'm doing this for you.

D                          Em/D       G/D
High atop Mt. Calvary with hammer and nail,

Em   D/E        Em   A7sus4  G/A      A
It became my duty to crucify this man.

D                              Em/D
I heard my friend gambling for His robe at my side.

      Em       D/E       Em      D/A            A7sus4  A7
But I couldn't turn away   as He looked into my eyes

D                       Em/D           G/D
"Father forgive them" I heard Him cry aloud

   Em                              Em/A            A7
"Behold the King of Kings" someone mocked from the crowd

         D
Then the ground shook and thunder rolled

      Em/D        G/D    B7/D#   Em7
as He gave up the Ghost,  but  until the day I die,

               Gmaj7/A         A7
the thing that  I'll  remember most

            D     F#m7     G
He said I'm doing this for you

    Em7            G/A  A
and  I  will still love you

            D
when you're through.

A7  D     F#m7     G
I'm doing this for you,

          Em      Em/D    A/C#
Though it took me  by  surprise

G/B    F#m7      F#7     Bm7
when I saw  love in  His eyes,

            Em    Em7/A    D
He said I'm doing this for you.

    G/B            A/C#   Gm/D  D
The sacrifice that day at Cal-vary

        Bm       Bm7/A    G#m7
was the Father's per-fect plan

D/A
to set me free.

    D     F#m7     G
I'm doing this for you

    Em7            G/A  A
and  I  will still love you

            D
when you're through.

A7  D     F#m7     G
I'm doing this for you,

          Em      Em/D    A/C#
Though it took me  by  surprise

G/B    F#m7      F#7     Bm7
when I saw  love in  His eyes,

            Em    Em7/A    D
He said I'm doing this for you.