Chords for O Praise the Name (Anastasis): An Easter Moment

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_ _ _ _ _ Darkness.
The sky didn't make a sound.
No breeze to soothe a weary soul.
No tears of
heaven to wash away the bloody timbers of the cross.
We held our breath in disbelief.
The guards watched in [Fm] confusion. _
Jesus, [Ab] the King of the Jews, is [Db] dead.
_ How could this
happen?
We believed him.
Is [Fm] this the great deception of heaven?
[Ab] That we would be mocked
and misled by God?
[Db] The prophets promised one that would save us.
One who would bring [Ab] freedom
and healing. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] We thought it was this Jesus.
We were [Ab] sure it was him, but he is a man just
like the rest of us. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ And now we are left [Ab] alone.
_ _ I [Fm] cast my mind to Calvary, where [Eb] Jesus bled [Fm] and died for me.
[Db] I see his wounds, his [Cm] hands, his feet.
My [Bbm]
Savior on that [Fm] cursed tree.
_ [Cm] _
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_ His [Fm] body bound and drenched in tears.
They [Bbm] laid him down _ [Fm] and
chose the stone.
The [Db] entrance seen by [Cm] heavy stone.
[Bbm] Messiah still and [Fm] all along. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bb]
Darkness had won.
[Cm] Heaven silent as a tomb.
But [Ab] then, out of the shadows, something happened. _ _ _ _
_ Then on the third at break of dawn, the [Eb] Son of Heaven [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Db] swam with _ _ [Ab] your _ _ [Eb] Savior.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ O praise God!
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Fm] O praise Jesus!
_ [Bb] Glory!
Glory!
[Ab] Glory!
_ _ [Db] He must die!
_ [Ab] O Lord!
O Lord! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Light.
The sky shook in power.
Heaven rolled away the stone.
Jesus, the King of kings, is alive.
No tears of grief could wash [Db] away the joy in our hearts.
We held our [Fm] breath in disbelief.
And the guards were paralyzed [Ab] in fear.
How could this happen?
We saw him.
Is this the great [Db] miracle of heaven?
That [Fm] we would be loved and [Ab] redeemed by God?
The prophets promised one that would save us.
One who would bring freedom and healing.
It is this Jesus.
[Db] We are sure of it.
He is a man just like [Fm] the rest of us.
He is God [Ab] sent to redeem us.
[Eb] And now we [Ab] stand together, never alone, singing praise to [Db] our God forever [Fm] and ever.
With one voice, [Db] to one name, the name above every [Ab] name, Jesus Christ, the risen King.
O praise God! _ _
_ _ O praise Jesus!
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] He has saved _ us!
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_ _ O praise! _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] O praise Jesus!
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_ _ [Ab] Glory!
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