Gather Us In Chords by Marty Haugen

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[A] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ [C] _
[G] _ [Am] _ [F] _ [D] _ _ _
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[A] Here in this [C] place [G] new light is [Gm] streaming, [Dm] now is the [C] darkness [G] vanished away.
[D] [A] See in this [C] space our [G] fears and our [Gm] dreamings, [Dm] brought here to [C] you in the [Am] light of this [C] day.
[Gm] _ [D] _
[A] [C] Gather us [G] in the [A] lost and forsaken, [C] gather us [D] in the [A] blind and the [D] lame.
[A] Call to us [C] now and [G] we shall [Gm] awaken, [Dm] we shall [C] arise at the [D] sound of [Am] our name.
[Gm] _
[D] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [D] _
[A] We are the [C] young, our [G] lives are a [Gm] mystery, [D] we are the [C] old who [G] yearn for your [D] face.
[A] We have been [C] sung throughout [G] all of [Gm] history, [Dm] called to be [C] light to the [D] whole human [C] race.
[Gm] _ [D] _
[A] [C] Gather us [G] in the [A] rich and the haughty, [C] gather us [G] in the [A] proud and the [D] strong.
[A] Give us a [C] heart so [G] weak and so [Gm] lowly, [Dm] give us the [C] courage to [D] enter the song. _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] Here [A] we will [C] take the [G] wine and the [Gm] water, [Dm] here we will [C] take the bread [G] of new birth.
[D] Here [A] you shall [C] call your sons [G] and your [Gm] daughters, [Dm] call us and you [C] to be [D] songs for the [C] earth.
[Gm] _ [D] _
[A] [C] Give us to [G] drink the [A] wine of compassion, [C] give us to [G] eat the [A] bread that is [D] you.
[A] Nourish us [C] well and [G] teach us to [Gm] fashion, [Dm] lives that are [Am] holy and [D] hearts that are [Bb] true.
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[C] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ [Em] _
[Am] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [Gm] _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ [E] _ [D] Not [A] in the [C] dark of [G] buildings confining, [Dm] not [C] in some [G] heaven light [D] years away.
[A] But here [C] in this [G] place the new light [Gm] is shining, [Dm] now is [Gm] the kingdom, [Dm] _ [C] [D] now is the [A] day.
[C] Gather [D] us in [A] and hold us forever, [C] gather [D] us in [A] and make us [D] your own.
[A] Gather [C] us in all [G] peoples [Gm] together, fire of [C] love in our [D] flesh and our [Gm] bones.
[Dm] Fire of [C] love in our [G] flesh [Am] _
[F] [D] and [C] our bones.
[Gm] _ [D] _ _