Chords for It Was For Me {with lyrics} - //D. Bolling, R. France\\ ++The Wilds Men's Quartet++

[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Why leave a heavenly [Bb] mansion?
_ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Why choose a simple _ [Dm] stall?
[A] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ Why wander [Bb] poor and homeless?
_ _ [E] _ _ _
The [C] King and [F] Lord of _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Gm] all, _ [D] why heal a [Gm] lonely _ _ beggar? _
_ [Eb] _ _ Why cause the blind [Bb] to _ see _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ the light of [Bb] all creation?
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Shining [F] there for me, it was [Eb] for me!
[Bb]
He cried [Dm] for me, _ [D] he died [Gm] for me, he shed his blood upon [Eb] a tree.
_ [Bb] It [F] was [Bb] for me, he _ came [G] for me, [D] his shame [Gm] for me, oh praise [Eb] his name!
[F] It was [Bb] for _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] me!
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[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ Why stay in Olive's garden?
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ Why spend the [Bb] night in prayer?
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ Why suffer such [Bb] _ betrayal?
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
In anguish [Dm] kneeling [F] _ _
[C] there,
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Gb] Why leave his mother [Gm] crying? _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ Why set [Bb] Brabus _ free? _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ The spotless Lamb [Bb] of _ _ _ _ _ [E] Heaven, _ _ _ [C] given there [F] for _ me.
_ _ Why climb that [Bb] dreadful mountain?
[Eb] Why suffer _ agony?
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] Why give his blood [Bb] a fountain, spilled [Eb] and broken, [Cm] flowing free?
_ [G] When he walked the road [D] to Calvary, [Gm] gave his life so willingly,
_ Broken [Bb] there the rose of [C] Sharon died [F] for me. _
It was [Bb] for me!
He cried for [Am] me, [D] he died [Gm] for me, he shed his blood upon [Eb] a tree.
[Bb] It [F] was [Eb] for [Bb] me, he _ came [G] for me, [D] his shame [Gm] for me, oh praise [Eb] his name!
[Bb] It was for _ me!
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ The King who came [Bb] from _ _ heaven, _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ to the cry there [Bb] is no _ _ _ home,
_ [Eb] _ _ _ Now must lay his [Bb] weary body _ _ _ _ [E] here, _ _ in a cold and [F] barrowed _ [Bb] tomb.
[Gb] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ But the grave it would [Bb] not hold _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ him, [Eb] _ death lost its _ [Bb] victory. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ The risen Lord [Bb] of glory, _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ is living [Gm] now for _ _ [F] me. _
[G] _ [F] For _ [G] me!
It was for [C] me!
He cried _ [Bm] for me, he [E] _
died [Am] for me, he shed his blood [F] upon a tree.
_ [C] It [G] was [C] for me, _ he _ [Em] came for me, _ [Bm] [E] his shame [Am] for me, oh praise [F] his name!
It [G] was [C] for _ _ _ _ me!
[D] For me, [Am] oh _ [G] praise [F] his _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] name! _ _
[Db] It _ [D] was [C] for me! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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