Am _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _
A _ _ .
_ _ The gates and doors were barred,
B and all the
Am windows fastened down.
I spent the night in sleeplessness,
D and
Am rose at every sound.
Dm I often hopeless sorrow,
G often fear the
Am day, which find the soldiers breaking through
G.
Am to.
drag us all away.
_ _ _ _ .
Then just before the sunrise, I heard something at the wall.
_ .
The gate began to rattle, and a voice began to call.
Dm I hurried to the window, and looked
Am down into the street, _ expecting swords
G and torches and.
the sound of
A soldiers' feet.
Am _ _ _ _ _ .
But there was no one there but Mary,
G so I went down
Am to let her in.
And John stood there beside me, as she
G told us
Am where she'd been.
Dm She said, they've moved him in the night, and none of
Am us knows where.
_ Oh, the stone's been rolled away,
G and now his
Am body isn't there.
Bm So we both ran to the garden,
A then John ran on
Bm ahead.
And we found the stone, an empty
A tomb, just the way
Bm that Mary said.
Em But the winding sheet they'd wrapped him in was
Bm just an empty shell.
And how or where they'd taken
A him was
Bm more than I could tell.
_ _ .
_ _ _ Oh, something strange had happened there,
A just what I
Bm did not know.
_ John believed a
A miracle, but I
Bm just turned to go.
Em Circumstance and speculation couldn't lift me
Bm very high, because I'd seen them
A crucify him.
_ _
Bm Then I saw him die.
_ .
_ _ _ _ Back inside the house again, the guilt and anguish came.
_ Everything I'd promised him just added to my shame.
Em When at last it came to choices, I denied
Bm him his name.
_ _ .
So even if he was
D alive, _ it
Bm could never be the same.
_ _ _ _ _
Cm Then suddenly, the air was
Bb filled with a strange and sweet
Bb perfume,.
C light that came from
Bb everywhere, drove shadows
Cm from the room.
Fm Then Jesus stood before me
D with his
Ab C arms held open
Cm wide, and I fell down on my knees.
Bb And I just
Cm clung to him and cried.
_ _
Bb Oh, but then he
Cm raised me to my feet.
And as I looked into his eyes, _ love was shining out from him like sunlight from the
Fm skies.
Guilt and my confusion disappeared, his
Cm sweet release.
Oh, and every fear I'd ever had _
Bb just melted
C into peace.
_ Sweet!
_ _ .
_ _ He's
Eb alive, alive, alive, he's
Bb alive, alive, alive, he's
F alive, he's alive.
C He's alive, _
Eb he's alive, _
Bb he's alive, and I'm forgiven.
F Heaven's gates are open wide.
C He's alive, _
Eb he's alive, _
Bb he's alive, he's alive, and I'm forgiven.
F Heaven's gates are open wide.
C He's alive, _
Eb he's alive, he's alive,
Bb.
he's alive, he's alive, and I'm forgiven.
F Heaven's gates are open wide
C He's alive.
_ _
Eb _ _ _ _ .
Bb _ _ _
F Heaven's gates are open wide.
Oh he's alive
C He's alive _ _ .
Eb _ _ _ _
Bb _ _ _ .
F Heaven's gates are open wide
C He's alive _ _ .
Eb _ _ _ _
Bb _ _ _ .
F Heaven's gates are open wide
C He's alive _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Can you believe that.
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