Chords for Clay Crosse - The End of the Beginning

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_ _ _ _ I was taking a trip on a plane the other day [G] just wishing that I could get out
[F] when the man next to me saw the book in my hand [E] and asked me what it was about
so I [Am] settled back in my seat a bestseller I said [G] a history a mystery in one
[F] then I opened the book and began to read [E] from Matthew Mark Luke and John _
He [Am] was born of a virgin one holy night [F] in the little town of Bethlehem
[Dm] Angels gathered round him underneath a small [E] spring and praised him,
said, You're the great I Am.
[Am] He walked on the water, healed the lame,
and [F] made the blind to see again.
And [Dm] for the first time here on earth
we learned [E] that God could be a friend.
And [F] though he never ever did a single thing wrong,
[E] the angry crowd [Am] chose him.
And [F] then he walked down the road [Dm] and died on the cross
[E] and that was the end of the beginning.
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_ _ [Am] That's not a new book, that's a Bible he said [G] and I've heard it all before.
[F] I've tried religion, shame and guilt, and I [E] don't need it anymore.
It's [Am] superstition made up tales [G] just to help the weak to survive.
[F] Let me read it again I said but listen close, [E] this is gonna change your life.
He [Am] was born of a virgin one holy night [F] in the little town of Bethlehem.
[Dm] Angels gathered round him underneath a small [E] spring and praised him,
said, You're the great I Am.
He [Am] walked on the water, healed the lame,
and [F] made the blind to see again.
And [Dm] for the first time here on earth
we learned [E] that God could be a friend.
And [F] though he never ever did a single thing wrong,
[E] the angry crowd chose him.
And [F] then he walked down the road [Dm] and died on the cross
[E] and that was the end of the [Am] beginning.
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_ [B] _ _ [B] The end [Am] of the beginning, he said with a smile, what [G] more could there be?
He's dead, he said they [F] hung him, put nails in his hands, [E] and a crown of thorns on his head.
I [Am] said I'll read it again, but this time there's [G] more, and I believe that this is true.
His [F] death wasn't the end, [Dm] but the beginning of life [E] that's completed in you.
Don't you know he did all this for _ you?
_ _ He was [Bbm] born of a virgin one holy night [Gb] in the little town of Bethlehem.
[Ebm] Angels gathered round him underneath a star, [F] saying, Praise us, you're the great I Am.
He [Bbm] walked on the water, healed the lame, and [Gb] made the blind to see again.
And for [Ebm] the first time here on earth we learned [F] that God could be a friend.
And [Gb] though he never ever did a single thing wrong, [F] the angry crowd [Bbm] chose him.
And [Gb] then he walked [Ebm] and he died.
Three days later, three days later, [C] three days later, _ _ [Cm]
he [Bbm] rose.
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Now he [Bbm] was born of a virgin one holy [Gb] _ _ [Bb] _
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[Bbm] night, he rose, _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ the son [F] of God, _ _
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_ _ _ [F] he [Bbm] rose. _ _
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