Poor Bishop Hooper - Risk On Me

Capo: 4th fret

[Intro]
Am G C
Am F C

[Verse 1]
Am G C
Why’d You ever take a risk on me?
Am F C
I didn’t know my own heart, didn’t know my greed
Am G C
You left house and home to a slave unfreed
Am F C
Oh, why’d You ever take a risk on me?

[Verse 2]
Am G C
Brother took the most, but the most he made
Am F C
Multiplied five-fold with the gold You gave
Am G C
Sister no thought did the very same
Am F C
And took two, made two in her Master’s name

[Chorus]
F G C
I was tired of thinking on
G F
Your reasonless escape
F C
A trust so far unknown,
E Am G F
so foreign made to me

[instrumental]
C Fm
Am G C
Am F C

[Verse 3]
Am G C
I set out in of the night as the fear set in
Am
And pulled ground from the ground
F C
‘til my two hands quit
Am G C
There was not a soul to see where I hid
Am F
Every single ounce, every single cent
C
You’d given

[Chorus]
F G C
I was tired of thinking on
G C F
Your reasonless escape
F C
A trust so far unknown,
E Am G F
so foreign made to me

[instrumental
F#m
Am F G F
Am F G
C
F C F C
F C F

[Bridge]
C C
When He returns,
F C
He calls for my brother
C
When He returns,
F C
He calls for her, too
C G Am
And with joy in His eyes,
F C
He sees their faithful work
F C F C
And says, “Well done, my child,
G C
come rejoice with Me
F C F C
Well done, my child,
G Am
come rejoice with Me”

[Outro]
Am G C
Am F C

Am G C
Hung my head when He called my name
Am F C
Knew I’d done nothing but cowering
Am G C
And took Him to the pit as I hid my face
Am F C
And gave back to Him the only chance He gave
Am F C
Oh, I gave back to Him the only chance He gave