Misc Traditional – Gather Us In (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
D            A     C            G
Here in this place new light is streaming,

           D        C         G
Now is the darkness vanished away.

D           A         C             G
See in this space our fears and our dreamings,

                D          C        Am   D
brought here to you in the light of this day.
[Chorus]
A         C       D           A
Gather us in, the lost and forsaken,

          C       D             A
Gather us in, the blind and the lame,

D          A       C         G
Call to us now and we shall awaken,

          D           C        Am  D
We shall arise at the sound of our name.
[Verse 2]
D          A           C           G
We are the young - our lives are a myst'ry,

           D        C              G
We are the old, who yearn for your face,

D            A           C          G
We have been sung throughout all of history,

             D            C           D
Called to be light to the whole human race.
[Chorus]
A         C       D            A
Gather us in, the rich and the haughty,

          C       D             A
Gather us in, the proud and the strong,

D         A         C           G
Give us a heart, so meek and so lowly,

            D          C     Am  D
Give us the courage to enter the song.
[Verse 3]
D            A        C            G
Here we will take the wine and the water,

             D        C            G
Here we will take the bread of new birth,

D              A         C             G
Here you shall call your sons and your daughters,

         D         C        Am  D
Call us anew to be salt for the earth.
[Chorus]
A          C         D          A
Give us to drink the wine of compassion

           C        D             A
Give us to eat, the bread that is You.

D          A        C           G
Nourish us well and teach us to fashion,

               D        C           Am  D
Lives that are holy and hearts that are true.
[Verse 4]
D          A       C           G
Not in the dark of building confining,

            D      C            G
Not in some heaven light years away,

D            A         C            G
here in this place the new light is shining,

           D        C      Am  D
Now is the Kingdom, now is the day.
[Chorus]
A         C      D          A
Gather us in and hold us forever,

          C      D            A
Gather us in and make us your own.

D         A      C         G
Gather us in all peoples together,

        D           C         Am  D
Fire of love in our flesh and our bone.