The Power Of The Cross

	  		

Intro: Am Am/B C C Dm Em  F  Em Dm Dm/F G 

Am   Am/B    C 
Oh, to see the dawn 
C        Dm       Em 
Of the darkest day 
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Christ on the road to Calvary. 
Am   Am/B    C 
Tried by sinful men, 
C           Dm       Em 
Torn and beaten, then 
F             G       F  G 
Nailed to a cross of wood. 


Em         F       G     C   
This, the pow'r of the cross: 
Em         F      G       C 
Christ became sin for us; 
Em         F           Fdim       G 
Took the blame, bore the wrath— 
G/B  C          F     G       C    
We stand forgiven at the cross. 


Am  Am/B    C 
Oh, to see the pain 
C        Dm       Em 
Written on Your face, 
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Bearing the awesome weight of sin. 
Am   Am/B    C 
Ev'ry bitter thought, 
C     Dm  Em 
Ev'ry evil deed 
F                     G      F         G 
Crowning Your bloodstained brow.  


Am         Am/B     C 
Now the daylight flees; 
C           Dm          Em 
Now the ground beneath 
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Quakes as its Maker bows His head. 
Am       Am/B    C 
Curtain torn in two, 
C           Dm       Em 
Dead are raised to life; 
 F                    G   F  G 
"Finished!" the vict'ry cry.  

Am   Am/B    C 
Oh, to see my name 
C          Dm       Em 
Written in the wounds, 
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For through Your suffering I am free. 
Am       Am/B    C 
Death is crushed to death; 
C           Dm       Em 
Life is mine to live, 
F                             G   F     G 
Won through Your selfless love. 


Em           F        G       C   
This, the pow'r of the cross: 
Em         F      G       C 
Son of God—slain for us. 
Em         F           Fdim       G 
What a love! What a cost!  
G/B  C           F        G        C    
We stand forgiven at the cross.