Chords for He's Alive - Don Francisco (Lyrics)

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The gates and doors were barred and [G] the windows [A] fastened down.
I spent the night in sleeplessness [G] and rose at [Am] every sound.
[D] Half in hopeless [Dm] sorrow [G] and half in fear [A] the day
Would find the soldiers breaking [Am] through [G] to drag us [Am] all away. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] Just before the [Am] sunrise [G] I heard something [A] at the wall.
The gate began to rattle [Am] [G] and a voice began [Am] to call.
[D] I hurried to the window [G] and looked down into [Am] the street
_ Expecting swords and torches [G] and the [Em] sound of [Am] soldiers' feet.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] There was no one [A] there but Mary, [G] so I went down to [A] let her in.
John stood there beside me [G] as she told us [Am] where she'd been.
[Dm] She said they've moved him in the night and none of [Am] us knows where.
The stone's been rolled away [G] and now his body [A] isn't there.
I [Am] ran toward the garden, [G] then John ran [Am] on ahead.
We found the stone in the empty [G] tomb just the way that [A] Mary [Am] said.
[Dm] But the winding sheet they'd wrapped him in was just an [Am] empty shell.
And how or where they'd taken him [G] was more than [Am] I could tell.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] Well, something strange had happened [G] there, but just what, I [Am] did not know.
John believed a miracle, [G] but I just [Am] turned to go.
[Dm] Circumstance and speculation [G] couldn't lift me [Am] very high. _
As I'd seen them crucify [G] him, _ then I [Am] saw him die.
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[Am] Back inside the house [G] again the guilt [Am] and anguish came.
_ _ _ [B] Everything I'd [Am] promised [G] him just added [Am] to my shame.
[Dm] When at last it came, the choices I'd denied, I [Am] knew his name.
_ Even if he was [G] alive, _ it wouldn't [A] be the same. _ _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [Am] Suddenly the air was filled with strange and sweet [G] perfume.
[Am] Light that came from everywhere drove [Dm] shadows from the room.
_ Jesus stood before me [G] with his arms held [Am] open wide.
_ _ I fell down on my knees and [G] just clung to him [Am] and cried. _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Am] He raised me to my feet [G] and as I looked into [Am] his eyes,
love was shining out from him [C] like [G] sunlight [C] from the skies.
[F] Guilt and my confusion [G] disappeared in [Am] sweet [D] release.
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And every fear I'd ever [G] had just melted [A] into peace.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] He's alive, _ [C] he's alive, he's [G] alive and I'm forgiven.
[D] Heaven's Gates are open wide.
He's [A] alive, [C] he's alive, _ [G] he's alive and I'm forgiven.
[D] Heaven's Gates are open wide.
[A] He's alive, [C] he's alive, he's [G] alive and I'm forgiven.
[D] Heaven's Gates are open wide.
[A] He's alive, [C] he's alive, [G] he's alive. _
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