Chords for Covenant Love - Steve McConnell

[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ The famine drove them from the [C] _ land
So _ [D] Naomi's husband moved his [Bm] family to [Em] _ Moab
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] Naomi's _ _ husband had [C] passed on
_ _ And her two [D] sons had married [Bm] women from this [Em] foreign _ land
_ [D] _ _
[C] _ But later [Am] on her [G] sons had died [D] as well
[Bm] _ _ _ [C] _
Leaving _ [Am] Naomi _ with [G] her _ [D] daughter's in [Bm]-law _ _
[Em] _ And she said, girls you must go [C] _ home
It's not too late [D] for you to find [Bm] new husbands, [Em] start your _ families
[G] _ [D] Naomi's husband was a man of many dreams
[Em] _
But Ruth just would not let her [C] go
_ She fell on [D] her face and [Bm] she cried out to [Em]
Naomi
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ Where _ [G] you _ [Bm] go _ _ I'll go _
_ [Em] _ _ Where [C] you _ live [Bm] _ _ I'll _ _ live
[F#m] _ Your _ [Bm] people _
_ [F#m] are my _ [Bm] people now
And [D] your God [C] is [D] my [Em] God too
_ [C] Where _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ you _ [Bm] die _ _ I'll _ _ [D]
die
[Em] _ And I'll be [C]
buried [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ there
_ [F#m] _ May [Bm] God deal with me [F#m] as _ harsh [Bm] as need be
[C] If [D] ever [C] I [D] leave [Em] your side
_ _ A _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ girl in white, a boy [C] in _ tails
_ Promising [D] each other that [Bm] their love will [Em] last forever
_ [C] A _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ candle lit and rings _ _ [C] _ exchanged
Blessings in [D] abundance [Bm] and a kiss to [Em] start a lifetime _ _
[D] And [C] _ _ _ as the [Am] glass is broken _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ underfoot
_ [C] _ _ Tears of [Am] sadness [G] fall with [D] tears of [Bm] _ joy
_ [Em] _ _ Beneath a canopy of [C] _ white
_ The two [D] are covered by [Bm] the love and prayers [Em] of family
_ [C] _ _ [D]
They _ [Em] _ look into each other's [C] _ _ eyes
And in [D] unspoken words [Bm] their love _ [Em] renews a covenant
Where [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ you _
[C] go [Bm] _ _ I'll _ go
[Em] _ _ _ Where you _
_ [D] [Bm] live _ I'll _ _
_ _ [F#m] live
[Bm] Your people _ _ [F#m] are my [Bm] _ people [C] now
And [D] your God [C] is [D]
my [Em] God too
_ _ [C] _
[D] Where _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] you _ [Bm] die _ _ I'll _ _ [Em] die
_ And I'll be [D]
buried [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
there
[F#m] _ May [Bm] God deal with me [F#m] as harsh [Bm] as need be
If [D] ever [C] I [D] leave [Em] your _ side
_ The _ [Am] _ _ _ seasons change but not [F] the _ _ story _ _
[G] A stranger joins [Em] with people that [F] they did [G] not know [Am] before _
_ _ Like Ruth would never leave [F] _ Naomi _ _ _
Though [G] she could have gone [Em] her way
She [C] blessed [G] her to the [D] core _
_ _ Of _ [Em] _ _
people scattered to the [C] _ winds
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Crying out for [Bm] God to bring [Em] them home again
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
Another people grafted [C] _ in
_ _ _ [D] Adopted sons and [Bm] daughters of the God [Em] of Yisra _ 'el
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ After two [Am] thousand years our [D] veils [Bm] are removed
_ [G] _ As Jew [Am] and Gentile are [D] united in [Bm] the _ truth
[Em] _ We celebrate the law of [C] _ _ God _ _
Revealed [D] within it [Bm] is the coming of [Em] _ Messiah
_ [C] _ _ [D] _
[Em] And _ by the spirit of the [C] Lord
_ _ All who are [D] joined with Yisra'el [Bm] sing to [Em] you this promise
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
[Em] Where _ _ _ you [C] _
[Bm] go _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ I'll go
Where [C] you [Bm] live _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] I'll live
_ Your [Bm] people _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ [C] are my people now
And your God is [D] my [Em] God too
_ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ Where you [D]
die [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
I'll die
[Bm] _ May _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] God deal with me [F#m] as harsh _ [Bm] as need be
[G] If [D] ever _ [C] I [D] leave your [C] _ side
_ O _
_ [D] _ Yisra [Bm]'el _ _ _ [C] I'll _ never _ [D]
leave _ your [Em] side _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _