Watchtower Bible and Tract Society – Godly Compassion (Guitar)

Bb    Cm    Bb       Eb
If we truly would be Christains,

Bb       Gm      Cm      F
Real com-passion we must show

Bb      Cm        Bb     Eb     Cm
Both to loved one and to strang-ers,

Dm     Eb       Dm     G7
Yes to those we do not know.

C     Dm  G7    C
Jesus our Great Teacher

F          G7           C
Forcefully made this so clear

C       Dm G7  C
With an il-lus-tration.

Bb    Eb      Cm   F7   Bb
Happy are the ears that hear

Bb   Cm   Bb      Eb
A Sa-mari-tan was traveling

Bb      Gm   Cm      F
Down to Jeri-cho one day.

Bb     Cm     Bb      Eb   Cm
On the road a Jew lay help-less

Dm            Eb   Dm    G7
Robbed he had been on the way.

C       Dm   G7   C
Helping that poor victim,

F        G7         C
He preju-dice set a-side

C         Dm G7  C
Love came to the rescue.

Bb        Eb        Cm   F7 Bb
God's com-mandments were ap-plied

Bb         Cm        Bb     Eb
This makes clear who is our neighbor.

Bb    Gm       Cm        F
He is one that needs our aid.

Bb     Cm          Bb     Eb  Cm
God is good t'ward men of all kinds,

Dm         Eb       Dm      G7
Gives them rain and sun and shade.

C        Dm    G7  C
Great is God's com-passion!

F         G7          C
He surely is our best friend.

C         Dm G7  C
Bounteous is his kindness.

Bb      Eb      Cm  F7 Bb
On this fact we can de-pend.

Bb        Cm         Bb       Eb
There are times when food and clothing

Bb     Gm       Cm       F
To our neighbor we might give.

Bb    Cm         Bb      Eb Cm
But a need there is more ur-gent,

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That for all time they might live.

C         Dm  G7   C
Knowledge of God's Kingdom,

F               G7            C
God's truth and his righteous-ness

C       Dm    G7 C
We will bring to neighbors

Bb       Eb         Cm  F7  Bb
That, in turn, they may God bless.