Hsa-uwc Holy Song - Pledge

	  		
verse 1 
Eb        Cm     Eb 
My fallen figure shames the earth; 
           Cm        Fm   Bb7 Eb 
Once I was born, yet never I lived. 
         Ab     Gm          Cm 
Never forsaking you came to me. 
Fm        Cm       Fm7      Bb Eb 
Giving my life and breaking my chains. 
Cm    Ab     Gm 
Tenderly You gathered me up; 
Cm          Ab       Bb   Eb  Bb 
Filled with love and sweating blood. 
Cm   Ab           Cm     Gm 
Ever patient, You taught me the Word, 
Eb           Fm           Bb Gm7 Bb7 Eb 
Carved in my heart, it for-ev-er re-mains. 

verse 2 
Eb      Cm        Eb 
Never I knew what life should be; 
          Cm    Fm     Bb7  Eb 
All I can do is follow Your way. 
            Ab      Gm          Cm 
When on the path, I stumble and fall. 
Fm          Cm       Fm7    Bb Eb 
Turning You give the courage I need. 
Cm         Ab      Gm 
Though the path is narrow and steep; 
Cm    Ab             Bb    Eb Bb 
Cruel thorns leave a trail of blood, 
Cm      Ab            Cm Gm 
Still I pledge I will follow the Way, 
Eb        Fm        Bb Gm7 Bb7  Eb 
Follow as far as my Father will lead. 

verse 3 
Eb           Cm       Eb 
Freed from a sleep so deep and dark, 
         Cm      Fm      Bb7  Eb 
gladly I wake to knowing Your Will. 
                 Ab      Gm        Cm 
Though death may stab me time and again, 
Fm          Cm       Fm7 Bb Eb 
Nothing can change a loy-al heart. 
Cm     Ab         Gm 
This I pledge, my life is for You; 
Cm       Ab          Bb      Eb Bb 
For Your will I rush forward to die. 
Cm     Ab               Cm   Gm 
This I pledge 'till the struggle is done, 
Eb          Fm           Bb Gm7 Bb7 Eb 
'Till we proclaim the vic-to-ri-ous day.