Chords for Jeremiah Yocom "When I Lay My Issac Down" at Valley Grace Freewill Baptist Church Pikeville Ky

[F] She just [Gm] thought Abraham and Isaac.
[F] Back then, [Em] you know, they didn't have all the new stuff [F] like they do now.
They used little felt figures.
Y'all remember them?
[C] Stickers on the wall.
I was born in the 70s, so, you know, I remember all that old [Dm] time stuff.
_ [C] _ And I remember she'd tell the [F] story of Abraham and Isaac.
[C] And as a kid, you know, a little 6 or 7-year-old kid, I would think,
[Dm] why in [Fm] the world does God want Abraham [F] to kill [Dm] Isaac?
_ [Gm] You know, [C] why would God want somebody to kill [F] his son?
_ [C] But as I grew [Cm] up and started understanding [C] more about the story,
[F] I realized [Cm] it wasn't Isaac at all that God [C] wanted.
It was Abraham.
_ [F] You know, _ sometimes there's things in our life that come between us and the Lord.
[Cm] There's Isaacs in our life that we need [Fm] to lay down.
[E] [F] There's Isaacs [C] that we need to just say, Lord, I love [Fm] you more [F] than Isaac.
And I'm going to lay this down, Lord, so I can be closer to you tonight.
So [C] listen to this song and let it bless your family.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] Hallelujah.
[F] _ _ _ [G] Now [C] Abraham
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] Prayed for the day _ _
God [F] would _ _ _ give him [C] a son _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] Blessed _ _ Isaac [F] was [C] his name _
The greatest gift _ _ [F]
he'd [G] _ [C] ever known
_ [F] _
_ [C] Then came the day _
_ [F] Who [C] would have dreamed _
_ God [F] would _ say _
You've got to give him [C] to me _ _ _ _
Now [B] on [C] this _ mountain _ [Fm] you [C] will _ prune _
It's you and I, say, _ [F]
or it's me and [C] _ _ you
[G]
And when [C] I _ _ leave, _
_ [F] _ [C] I sit down _
With a broken [F] _ _ heart _
But my [C] love is black _ _
And on this _ _ altar _ [F] _ [C] where he lay _
_ _ Just to find it wasn't [G] him [F] God [C] wanted _ [Dm] me
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] Now _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] most of us _ _ have had to say _ _ _
[F] We've got an _ Isaac _ _ in [C] God's name _ _
But [F] on [C] this mountain _ _ _ you'll get it through _ _
It's not your Isaac that God [G] wants
He's [C] wanting _ _ [Dm] you
[G] And when [C] I leave, _ _ _ [F] _
[C] I sit down
_ With a [F] broken heart
But my love _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ is black
And [F] on [C] this _ [Gm] _ altar [C] _ [F] _
[C] where he _ _ lay _
Just to find it [Dm] wasn't him God [C] wanted me
_ _ [Dm] _ [G]
And on [C] this _ _ [Gm] _ altar [C]
where he lay _ _
Just to find it wasn't him [Dm] _ [G]
God [C] wanted _ me _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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