Chords for Father Me (O Father of the Fatherless) from Crown Him - Graham Kendrick

[Am] _ As the singers lead us [B] in this song, we invite you to [C] come right into the arms of a loving father.
[D] _ Just like the boy did [Am] in the story Jesus told, who'd run away [Bm] from home, messed up his life, [G] and [D] ended up destitute.
[C] _ [D] Desperate for love and acceptance, he [G] wants to return [C] home to his dad.
_ [D] Nervously, he sets off towards home.
_ [Am] As he gets near the house, can you picture [D] what's going on inside him?
A turmoil of [Am] shame and hope, fear and longing.
[Bm] What will he say to his dad?
[C] Will his father ever forgive him?
[D] Then he sees the house, and there's his [C] father standing outside, waiting for him.
[Bm] Then he sees his dad running towards [C] him, and his arms are stretched [Em] wide to receive him,
[D] and his face holds nothing but love and [Em] forgiveness.
_ _ [Bm] That's just how God is right now.
[C] His arms are opened wide to [D] welcome you.
He wants to be a father [C] to you, [G] and show you how [D] good it is to be his child.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
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_ _ [D] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Em] _
In your [Bm] arms and [Em] [Am] safe at last I [G] love the way [C] you _ [D] [G] father _ [C] me.
_ [G] _ _ Father [D] me, _ _ [Am] forever [Em] you [D] father me, [C] and in [G] your embrace [D] I'll be _ [Am] forever [Em] secure. _
_ [C] I love [G] the way [D] you _ _ [Em] father me.
_ [C] I love [G] the way [D] you _ [G] father _ _
[C] me.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
Broken, _ [D] _ [Eb] drawn in, [Em] you hold me close and [Bm] dry [Am] my tears.
[G] I [Em] love the [B] way you [Em] _ [A] father [Am] _
me.
[D] _ At _ _ [G] last my fear [D] of the heart is [C] still, [Am] [Em] surrender to [C] your [Bm] [Am] perfect love.
[G] I [Em] love the way [Am] you [D] _ [G] father me.
_ _ _ _ [D] Father me, _
_ [Am] forever you [Em] father [D] _ me, [C] and in [G] your embrace [D] I'll be _ [Am] forever [Em] secure.
_ _ [C] I [G] love the way [D] you father _ [G] me.
_ _ [C] I love [G] the way [D] you _ father me.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
[D] _ [G] In my _ [D] foolishness I [Eb] surrender, _ [Em] return in [D] empty [C] [Bm] and [Am] shame.
[G] I love the way [B] you [G] _
[A] father [D] _ me. _ _ _
[Bm] _ [Bb] _ [G] Exchanging for [D] my [Ebm] richness, _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [Bm] _
[Am] I [G] love [Em] the way [Am] you _
[D] father [G] _ me. _ _ _
[C] [D] Father me, _ _ [Am] [Em] forever you father [D] me, [C] and in [G] your embrace [D] I'll be _ [Am] forever [Em] secure.
_ _ [C] I [G] love the way [D] you _ father [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] me.
[D] Father me, _ [Am] forever [Em] you father [D] me, _ [C] and in [G] your embrace [D] I'll be _ [Em] forever secure. _
_ _ [C] I love [G] the way [D] you _ father [Em] me.
_ _ [C] I [G] love the way you [D] _ father _ [Em] me.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] I love [G] the way [D] you father me.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Isn't it good to be fathered by God?
_ [C] Don't you enjoy it?
You're supposed to.
_ [G] When the son in Jesus' story came to his senses,
returning home filthy and in rank,
he expected at best a cool [A] reception,
at worst, total [Db] rejection.
_ [A] But [G] what did he get?
[D] _ _