Gateway Worship - Jesus Friend Of Sinners

intro – G
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
prechorus :
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