Chords for A Witch's Invitation

_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ One peaceful [Gb] afternoon, I picked up from my mailbox [C] the strangest looking [Gb] letter I'd ever seen.
A [E] chilly little envelope [Gb] bordered with flying bats [D] and eerie serpents whose [C] eyes linked to the green.
[Gb] That letter was addressed to [Em] me, so as I [Cm] opened it, I [Gb] froze. _
What I read turned my complexion three shades of blue.
It said, My name is Isaac Horowitz.
[B] I'm a male witch, [Am] a warlock, and I [E] feel I need to spend [C] some time with you.
[F] _ _
[Am] Now, as a Christian from a little church with God's call on my life, a man of faith in the [D] tower with a challenge to grow,
_ [Dm]
I did what any saint would do [D] in my situation. _
[Gb] I tore it up, said, Lord, no way I'm gonna go.
_ [E] Then gently and methodically, the Holy [Gb] Spirit spoke and reminded [Em] me, we are God's voice to [C] our nation.
[Gb] It's the church's responsibility to witness.
_ So reluctantly, I accepted this witch's invitation.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Db] He had the house you'd [Eb] expect, [Em] the old English [B] cottage, [F] a nightmare on Elm [Eb] Street special right [E] to the core,
the overgrown [Db] ivy, a gate [Eb] that creaked when [E] opened.
[B] Somehow you'd expect Freddy to exit his door.
[E] The doorbell rang, a hollow [G] gong, the knob [Bb] twisted, then opened.
[A] And Isaac [Gm] stood before me [Bm] with a grin.
[Bb] His [A] jet black hair and [Gm] well-trimmed beard [B] float with his black [Gm] silk clothes.
[A] My skin crawled as he [C] said, please, [Cm] come on in.
[F] _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ His house [Bb] was filled with every [B] occultic symbol [Gm] you could fathom, [Eb] _
hanging pentagrams, [Bb] horoscope [C] signs.
A Ouija board and [Db] Dungeons and [Dm] Dragons game sat on the table.
[Bb] A [E] crystal ball in it, incandescent shine.
And graciously [C] he handed me some steaming herbal tea.
Its presence caused my memory to jog.
[A] I thought of [Fm] every horror flick I'd seen when I was a kid and thought, man, you drink this stuff, next day you'll be a frog.
_ _ _ [G] And he led me to a high back chair as he meticulously began to unfold his scenario with evil patience.
I [A] was given a giant [Eb] leather-bound book and jambled newspaper clippings, [Em] thus the reason for this witch's invitation.
_ [Gb] _
With eagerness he pointed to each [Bm] article of the [Am] tribe.
He said, I healed this [D] woman through a [Am] Babylonian chant.
You see, this man, I cured him while performing [Bm] Druid worship.
[Am] I was paid to curse this [D] man's age [B] by his aunt.
[F] _
On and on, page after [D] page, delightfully he flaunted [F] each incident for an [D] hour without a breath.
He [Dm] said, do you realize through my understanding of [E] the dark regions that I can make you [N] rich? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] I sat literally intimidated by his immensity and demon power, while his face shone with a satanic [C] arrogant bliss.
Then placing his hands on the arms [F] of my chair and leaning into my face, [Gb] he said, what can your God do [A] with _ this?
[D] _ _
[Db] I knew then how Moses [Ab] felt when his rod [N] turned to a serpent, and the three Egyptian magicians did the same. _
It's as if you're sitting there in that stunned moment where your faith gets violated and all you feel is weak, powerless, and lame.
I desperately and deeply prayed, saying, Jesus, give me wisdom.
I don't want to put you through some foolish test. _ _ _
[E] _ _ Then a shaft of light [Cm] shot through my soul, [E] igniting my eyes with fire.
God [Ebm] stood me up, and I threw the book back in his chest.
_ _ [Ab] I said, Isaac, I'll not compare God's [E] miracles versus Satan's.
[B] The [G] issue's not God's kingdom at Satan's lair.
The [Gbm] real comparison is the condition of your soul and the [E] condition of mine, and you puppet of [G] the devil, that I will compare.
_ [Ab] _
I said, my friend, one day they're coming for you, [Abm] the soft associates [B] in your incantations, [F] the friendly [D] demons you think you [Bb] now control.
The time will [Ab] come when you'll be lying in bed, wheezing like [B] a dying animal, when [F] those spirits lay [D] claim to the [Bb] rights they own to your soul.
Then the [E] room will grow dark, and the most hideous, evil faces you've ever seen will come flaming out of the floor with a yell.
The vile informants that promised reincarnation will claw your spirit and victoriously drag your soul to hell.
Then I grabbed the [Ab] book and says, in that [D] moment, which mantra, which [Ab] incantation are you going to chant to tell [D] them to leave you alone?
I said, my [Eb] friend, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt what I would say.
I am bought with the blood of Jesus.
Let me go.
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] I said, Isaac, when you tossed that book in my [Bm] lap, you gloated with a sinister victory.
[Am] You rejoiced when you saw your name [D] in black and white.
[Am] _ Now I rejoice, but not that your counsel of [Bm] demons are subject to Jesus, [Am] but that my name is written in the Lamb's book of life. _ _ _
Then Isaac jumped up from his chair and screamed, you must leave now.
I [Dm] says, I will, but one [Am] last obligation.
Next [Dm] time, think twice before you [E] rumble with a man of God.
And by the way, thanks for your, [Am] uh, _ [Gbm] witch's invitation. _ _ _ _ _ _ _