The Prodigal Chords

 
Verse 1

F                         C        Dm

You held out Your arms, I walked away 

Bb   F         C           Dm

Insolent, I spurned Your face

F                         C        Dm

Squandering the gifts You gave to me

    Bb        F       C     Dm

Holding close forbidden things

Bb    F       C      Dm     Gm7       F       C

Destitute, a rebel still, a fool in all my pride

   Bb              F        C        Dm

The world I once enjoyed is death to me

   Bb      C      Dm

No joy, no hope, no life



Verse 2

F                              C         Dm

Where now are the friends that I had bought

Bb   F     C            Dm

Gone with every penny lost

F                        C           Dm

What hope could there be for such as I

     Bb       F     C    Dm

Sold out to a world of lies

Bb     F        C      Dm      Gm7       F       C

Oh, to see Your face again, it seems so distant now

  Bb              F        C        Dm

Could it be that You would take me back

   Bb     C      Dm

A servant in Your house



Verse 3

F C                       C        Dm

You held out Your arms, I see them still

    Bb     F/A               Dm

You never left, You never will

F                      C/E    Dm

Running to embrace me, now I know

     Bb       F/A        C      Dm

Your cords of love will always hold

Bb      F        C       Dm         Gm7   F      C

Mercy's robe, a ring of grace, such favor undeserved

F        C/E  Dm C   Bb  F/A       Bb    C      Dm     Bb F C

You sing over me and celebrate the rebel now Your child