I Plead the Blood Chords by Mike Purkey

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[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ The _ _ _
[Ab] courtroom [Eb] door swung [Ab] open [Bb] as I was _ [Fm] ushered through.
[Bbm] _
[Eb] All the [Db] years of [Eb] sin had pulled me down.
[Gb] It was time to [Eb] pay my dues.
I [Ab] heard the crash of the gavel.
[Bb] The judge, he looked straight at me. _
[Eb] And I [Db] only [Eb] had one answer [Bbm] when he asked,
How [Eb] do you plead? _ _
_ I plead [Ab] the blood _ _ _ on [Db] my behalf. _
_ I plead [Eb] the blood [Db] _ _
[Eb] on all [Ab] my _ past.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] I knew I was guilty [Db] as I stood [Ab] before the [Bb] judge.
_ [Bbm] He [Eb] questioned me, [Db] how do [Eb] you plead?
[Bbm] _ [Eb] I plead [Ab] the blood. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] There was silence in the courtroom. _
[Bm] As they checked their notes once again. _
[E] And soon [D] the _ [E] prosecution read [G] a list of [E] all my sins.
[A] He asked for an _ explanation. _
[Bm] And to admit those sins were mine.
I [E] simply [D] breathed the name [E] of Jesus.
And [Bm] said I'll tell you one [B] more _ _ [E] time.
I plead [A] the blood _ _ on [D] my behalf. _
I plead [E] the [Gbm] blood _
[E] _ on all [A] my _ past.
[E] _ _ _ [A] I knew I was guilty as [D] I stood [A] before the _ [B] _ [Bm] judge.
He [E] questioned me, [D] how do [E] you plead?
[Bm] I [E] plead [A] the _ _ _ [D] blood. _ _
[A] _ _ Oh, the blood [D] _
[A] of _ _ Jesus. _ _ _
[Dm] Oh, _ the blood [E] _
of _ _ Jesus. _ _ _
I plead [A] the blood [Bm] _ _
[A] _ [Db] on my [D] _ [A] behalf. _
[Bm] I plead [E] the blood _ _ _ on all [A] my past. _
[Dm] I _ _ [Bb] knew [F] I was [Bb] guilty as [Eb] I stood [Bb] before [C] the _ _ [Cm] judge.
He questioned [F] me, [Eb] how do you plead?
_ [Cm] _ _ _
I _ [C] plead the [Ab] blood. _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] I plead [Bb] the blood. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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