Chords for The cross in the middle - Martha Borg

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[Cm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] Now there [Eb] is no sign [Ab] of the crosses, _ _ [Db] but history [Eb] _ records [Ab] there were three. _ _
[Db] Two [Eb] stood because [Ab] of men's [Fm] broken laws, [Bb] but I know the other [Dm] stood there [Eb] for me.
_ [Ab] _ I didn't [Eb] know Peter [Ab] or _ Judas, _ but I know the shame of [Db] their _ crime.
I'm so glad [Eb]
Jesus [Ab] didn't die [Db] in my stead.
The [Bbm] cross in the middle _ _ _ [Eb] should have [Ab] been _ mine.
_ [Db] I never _ the hammer and [Ab] _
_ I [Eb] never fell [Ab] the nail. _ _
[Db] I [Eb] never saw [Ab] the [Fm] angry mob [Eb] cursed [Bb] as the prisoners [Eb] _ fell. _ _
[Ab] Now they [Eb] never knew [Ab] this sinner.
_ I was some other place [Db] and _ time.
_ The choice was [Eb] all his, [Ab] but the truth [Db] was his.
[Bbm] The cross in the middle _ _ [Eb] should _ [Ab] have been _ mine. _ _ _
Now [Db] _ _ [Ab] I never [Eb] deserve [Ab] the mercy _ _ [Db] for there [Eb] exists so [Ab] much grace.
_ See [Db] these unworthy [Eb] men [Ab] can't _
[Fm] _ understand [Bb] why the men of the wall took my [Eb] rightful _ place. _
[Ab] If you [Eb] ever stopped [Ab] at Calvary, _ _ the blood in the hall you [Db] would _ find. _ _
You'd feel [Eb] it too, [Ab]
you'd feel like [Db] I do.
[Bbm] The cross in the middle _ should [Eb] _ _ [Ab] have been _ mine.
_ _ [Db]
I never _ the hammer _ [Ab] and [Bbm] _ [Ab]
I [Eb] never fell [Ab] the nail.
_ I _ [Db]
never _ [Eb] saw [Ab] the angry [Fm] mob _ [Eb]
cursed as [Bb] the [Eb] prisoners _ fell.
[Fm] _ [Eb] [Ab] Now they [Eb] never knew [Ab] this sinner.
_ _ I was some other place [Db] and time.
_ The choice was [Eb] all his, [Ab] but the truth [Db] was his.
[Bbm] The cross in the middle _ should _ [Eb] _ have [Ab] been mine. _ _ _ _
I _ _ [Db] _ _
never _ the hammer _ [Ab] and _ I [Eb] never fell [Ab] the nail.
_ I [Db] _ never [Eb] saw [Ab] the _ [Fm] angry mob [Eb] cursed [Bb] as the _ [Eb] prisoners _ fell.
_ [Ab] Now they [Eb] never knew [Ab] this sinner.
_ _ I was some other place [Db] and time.
_ _ The choice was [Eb] all his, [Ab] but the truth [Db] was his.
The [Bbm] cross in the middle _ [Db] should [Eb] _ _ [Ab] have been mine.
_ _ [Db] The choice was [Eb] all his, [Ab] but the truth [Db] was his. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] The cross in the middle _ should _ [Eb] _ [Ab] have been mine.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _
Should _ have [Ab] been _ mine. _ _ _
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_ Amen.
[Abm] Martha, I'm going to ask you to stay with us here for just a minute.
You know, the gospel is all [Ab] about what she's singing.
[Eb] Isaiah would say [Bbm] that he was [Ab] bruised for our iniquities.
He was wounded _ for what we did.
The chastisement [Db] of our peace [Eb] was upon him. _ _
[Ab] And as [Eb] she sings it, I want you just to reach out [B] in gratefulness and [Ab] thankfulness to who he is.
Because all we like sheep have gone astray.
We have turned everyone to his own way, but the Lord has laid on him.
The iniquity of [Db] us all.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ See, I never [Eb] _ deserved [Ab] the mercy.
_ _ [Db] O, there it [Eb] is, so [Ab] much grace.
_ _ [Db] See, this _ [Eb] unworthy man _ [Ab] can't _
[Fm] understand.
[Bb] Why did he end up no more in my rightful [Eb] _ place? _ _
[Ab] If you [Eb] ever stopped [Ab] at Calvary, _ _ the blood given, all you [Db] would find. _ _ _
You'd [Eb] feel it too.
[Ab] You'd feel [Db] like I do.
[Bbm] The cross in the middle _
_ [Db] should [Cm] _ [Eb] have [Ab] been _ mine. _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _
I never _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] felt _ [Ab] the name.
And _ _ _ _
[Db] I [Eb] never saw [Ab] the angry [Fm] mob _
[Eb] cursed as [Bb] the prisoners [Eb] _ fell. _ _
[Ab] They _ [Eb] never knew [Ab] this sinner.
_ _ I was from another place and [Db] _ _ time.
The choice was [Eb] all his, [Ab] but the truth [Db] was his.
[Bbm] The cross in the middle _ should [Db] _ [Eb] _ have [Ab] been mine. _ _ _
Oh, _ _ _ _
[Db] I never _ felt the hammer. _ _ _
[Ab] And I [Eb] never felt [Ab] the nails.
I _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] never saw [Ab] the _ [Fm] angry mob [Eb] cursed [Bb] as the prisoners [Eb] _ fell. _ _ _
[Ab] They [Eb] never knew [Ab] this sinner. _ _
I was from another [Bbm] [Ab] place [Db] and time. _ _
The choice was [Eb] all his, [Ab] but the truth [Db] was his. _
[Bbm] The cross in the middle _ should [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] have been mine. _ _ _
[Db] The choice was [Eb] all his, [Ab] but the truth [Db] was his.
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[Bbm] The cross in the middle _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] should have [Ab] been _ mine. _
_ [Db] _ _ _ Should have [Ab] been _ mine.
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Come on, give the Lord a hand clap of praise [Abm] if you