() - Optional chord not played in original but work if your playing acoustic.
Capo 3 chords... for original take it down 3 steps..
[Intro]
- G
[Verse]
G (C9) (G)
Jesus Friend of sinners we have strayed so far away
(C9) (G) Em D
We cut down people in your name but the sword was never ours to swing
G C9 G
Jesus friend of sinners the truth's become so hard to see
C9 G Em D
The world is on their way to You but they're tripping over me
C9 G D
Always looking around but never looking up I'm so double minded
C9 G D
A plank eyed saint with dirty hands and a heart divided
[Chorus]
G C9 - D
Oh Jesus friend of sinners
Em D C9
Open our eyes to the world at the end of our pointing fingers
G C9 - D
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Em D C
Help us reach with open hearts and open
Am C9
Oh Jesus friend of sinners break our hearts for what breaks yours
(Em C9 G D) – Instrumental
Yeah,yeah,yeah
G C9 G
Jesus friend of sinners the one who's writing in the sand
C9 G Em D
Make the righteous turn away and the stones fall from their hands
G C9 G
Help us to remember we are all the least of thieves
C9 G Em D
Let the memory of Your mercy bring your people to their knees
[Pre-Chorus]
C9 G - D
Nobody knows what we're for only what we're against when we judge the wounded
C9 G - D
What if we put down our signs crossed over the lines and love like you did
[Chorus x1]
[Bridge 1]
Am C
You love every lost cause; you reach for the outcast
G D
For the leper and the lame; they're the reason that You came
Am C
Lord I was that lost cause and I was the outcast
G D
But you died for sinners just like me a grateful leper at Your feet
[Bridge 2]
G G C9 D
You are good, You are good And Your love endures forever x4
[Chorus x1]
G C9 - D
And I was the lost cause and I was the outcast
Em - D – C9
Yeah(hold note)
G C9 D
You died for sinners just like me, a grateful leper at Your feet