The Fathers Pride chords

[VERSE 1]
A [G]long, [D]long [Em7]time ago,
[Am]I read in the [C]Bible… how Jesus [Em]came to save us a[D]ll
‘Cuz [G]even w[D]hen we [Em7]had our chance
To [Am]put salvation [C]in our hands, it [Em]quickly became clear [C]that we would[D] fall.
God [Em]saved Israel [Am]out of Egypt, [Em]but that grace they all [Am]would reject.
[C]God gave [G]them the [Am]law, so t[C]hat they could stand t[D]all.
I [G]cannot c[D]omprehend [Em]quite why, G[Am7]od loved these people [D]like a bride.
[G]His love for [D]them has [Em]never died
So G[C]od… He s[D7]ent his [G]pride.

[CHORUS]
So [G]why, [C]why, did God s[G]end this Christ [D]guy?
He’s our [G]savior, who faced [C]danger and ev[G]en for us [D]died.
Spent three [G]days i[C]n the tomb, but on the [G]third day di[D]d rise
Singin’ [Em]I am now the ultimate prize. [A7]I am [Em]now the ultimate [D7]prize.

[VERSE 2]
[G]Do you know abo[Am]ut His signs?
And how [C]he healed and e[Am]xorcised… [Em]Yeah, the gospels [D]tell us so.
[G]He trav[D/F#]elled ‘round, by [Em]land and sea
Through [Am7]villages in [C]Galilee, and by [Em]God’s Spirit taught people [A7]how to gr[D]ow.
Well He [Em]told the Phari[D]see’s they sinned, so they [Em]all wanted to [D]do him in.
They laid [C]traps [G]to make him [A7]lose, but He [C]saw right through their [D7]rus---es!
They had to [G]find a [D/F#]real dis[Em]honest guy, to [Am]betray the master [C]in due time.
Jud[G]as seemed [D/F#]to [Em]turn the tide… Gave [C]them the Father’s [D7]pride[G] . A[C]nd [G]we’re still asking…

[CHORUS]
[G]Why, [C]why, did God s[G]end this Christ [D]guy?
He’s our [G]savior, who faced [C]danger and ev[G]en for us [D]died.
Spent three [G]days i[C]n the tomb, but on the [G]third day di[D]d rise
Singin’ [Em]I am now the ultimate prize. [A7]I am [Em]now the ultimate [D7]prize.

[VERSE 3]
In his t[G]rials, he refu[Am]sed to speak
Even wh[C]en accused of [Am]blasphemy, [Em]that’s not how he was [D]usually.
From the k[G]ing’s [D/F#]court to the Gov[Em]ernors,
The P[Am7]harisee’s caused [C]quite a stir, the [Em]crowd’s wanted him [A7]dead and so they [D]screamed.
Then [Em]after whipped thir[D]ty-nine times, the [Em]crowd cried, "Death for [D]his crimes.”
So, P[C]ilate [G]washed his [A7]hands, Condemned [C]Jesus a [D7]guilty man.
The man [G]who’d wa[D/F#]lked t[Em]hrough Galilee, trudged [Am]along to [C]Calvary
They [G]nailed him up [D/F#]right [Em]on a tree and k[C]illed, the [D7]Father’s pri[G]de.[C] St[G]ill we’re askin’…

[CHORUS]

[G]Why, [C]why, did God s[G]end this Christ [D]guy?
He’s our [G]savior, who faced [C]danger and ev[G]en for us [D]died.
Spent three [G]days i[C]n the tomb, but on the [G]third day di[D]d rise
Singin’ [Em]I am now the ultimate prize. [A7]I am [Em]now the ultimate [D7]prize.

[VERSE 4]
[G]Hope seemed lost, a wicked [Am]double-cross
[C]Ended at the foot [Am]of Jesus’ cross,[Em] three hours and then our [D]Lord was gone.
They laid h[G]im [D/F#]in a g[Em]uarded tomb,
So the body could not [C]be exhumed, [Em]by disciples li-ike Peter, [A7]James or[D] John.
When the [Em]sun came up on the [D]third day’s morn, the[Em] women came to [D]him, forlorn.
[C]But the [G]stone was rolled a[A7]way. Jes[C]us is alive to[D7]day!
To the g[G]ates of[D/F#] Hell, he’d [Em]gone you see, to [Am]free us from cap[C]tivity,
Beat [G]death and[D/F#] beat de[Em]pravity, He [C]Lives! The [D7]Father’s [G]Pride[C] . W[G]e’re now rejoicin’…

[CHORUS]
[G]This is [C]why, God s[G]ent this Christ [D]guy!
He’s our [G]savior, who faced [C]danger and ev[G]en for us [D]died.
Spent three [G]days i[C]n the tomb, but on the [G]third day di[D]d rise
Singin’ [Em]I am now the ultimate prize. [A7]I am [Em]now the ultimate [D7]prize.

[VERSE 5]
Yes, [G]Jesus [D/F#]came to [Em]save us all.
This was [Am]His et[C]ernal call. And [Em]He is calling [D]us today.
He [G]calls us[D/F#] to spread [Em]the news.
To tell [Am]people that the [C]gospel’s true. And that[Em] he is [C]the life, the truth, the [D]way.
Christ [Em]sends us all the [Am]Spirit too, so [Em]that his power can [Am]work in you.
God [C]builds the [G]kingdom [Am]through us. [C]The Spirit shall [D]renew us.
Christ’s [G]been with [D/F#]us, he has not [Em]lied, the[Am7] work he [C]did will be our [D7]guide.
[G]Yes, our God’s [D/F#]love is [Em]deep and wide. Praise [Am7]to, the [D7]Father[G]’s Pride.

N.C.
And we’ll be singin’

[CHORUS]
N.C.
This is why, God sent this Christ guy!
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He’s our savior, who faced danger and even for us died.
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Spent three days in the tomb, but on the third day did rise
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Singin’ I am now the ultimate prize. I am now the ultimate prize.

[G]This is [C]why, God s[G]ent this Christ [D]guy!
He’s our [G]savior, who faced [C]danger and ev[G]en for us [D]died.
Spent three [G]days i[C]n the tomb, but on the [G]third day di[D]d rise
Singin’ [C]I am now the [D7]ultimate [G]prize.[C] [G]