John W Schlitt - Wake The Dead Chords

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Wait the dead, [E] wait [B] the dead, [G]
take up [D] the call and [B] carry his commission.
Wait the [Bm] dead, [Db] wait the dead, [C]
don't be [G] content and [D] just walk _ [E] away. _
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_ _ _ Wait the dead, there's a job to [Gb] be done, [E] you've got a thousand that you haven't [A] be done [E] for too long.
_ You've been coasting [Gb] along, _ [E] you think salvation is the end of it all.
[G] The field's already [A] put to work at noon, [G] _ you're not even [A] to call.
[Bb] It's time for the body's [F] monster shadow to lose, [Eb] and wake the world of [D]
God's [B] invitation.
[E] Wait the dead, wait the dead, [C] take up [G] the call and [B] carry his commission.
[E] Wait the dead, wait the dead, [C] don't be [G] content and [D] just walk away.
[C] There's too much [G] to do to [F] just walk away.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [E] Darkness brinds a new generation, _ searching for his place.
[A] _ _ [G] And [E] it's by the wrong [G] choice of living, [E] _ from his shining grave.
_ _ [G] A hidden wizard [A] shall arrive, [G] God cares that they will [A] be found.
_ [Bb] He'll rise _
_ [F] _ from the start, [Eb] to break the chains by [D] his [B] testimony.
_ [E] Wait the dead, wait the dead, [C] don't make [G]
complacent [B] with your own salvation.
[E] Wait the dead, wait the dead, [C] don't leave [G] the lost [D] searching far away.
[A] _ _ [E] Wait the dead, wait the dead, _ [C] take up [G] the call and [B] carry his [C] commission.
_ [E] Wait the dead, _ [Db] _ _ _ [C] wait [G] the dead, don't be content and [D] just walk [A] away.
[C] There's too much [G] to do to [F] just walk _ away.
[C] Walk _
_ [B] away. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ Walk away.
Walk _ _ _ _ _ away. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ You're the hidden [A]
record, _ _ [Bb] _ he's the hidden voice [F] of the show.
_ _ [Eb] Wait the world [D] of God's _ [B] invitation.
_ _ Wait the dead, wait the dead, _ take [G] up the cross and carry his commission. _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] Don't be [G] content and [D] just walk [A] away.
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] Don't [G] be complacent [B] with your own salvation.
[E] Wait the dead, wait the dead, [C] don't leave [G] the lost [D] searching far [A] away.
_ [E] Wait, _ wait.
_ _ [C] Take [G] up the call and carry [B] his [D] commission.
[E] Wait the [E] dead, _ [Dbm] wait the dead, [C] don't be [G] content [D] and just walk [A] away.
_ There's too [G] much to do to [F] just walk away.
_ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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