Chords for Florida Boys - When He Was On The Cross - 1987

[G] a long time.
It's chosen by the singing news fans as, or readers as, the song of the year,
1985 and 1986.
Oh, that's nice, but it's not why we sing the song.
If you listen to it,
I think you'll see why we do.
It's called, When He Was on the Cross, I Was on His Mind. _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ I'm not old, _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] I don't think.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [D] I've made _
[Am] mistakes, [D] in awful times.
[Bm] _ [Am] Just [D] come in flesh [G] and bone.
But I'll prove [Em] someday, [G] _ [Em] what a thing [G] to [Dm] _ [G] [C] say.
_ [Am] _ [D] When he [C] was on [D] the cross, _ [Am] I [D] saw [G] his _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Eb] [Ab] face.
I was [Fm] on [Ab] _
[Fm] his [Eb] face.
Lord, [Db] on [Eb] his head.
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] [Ab] Oh, his eyes, [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Ab] he looked [Ebm] ahead.
[Ab] _ [Db] _ _
[Bbm] _ [Eb] Because when he, _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ he knew, _ _ _ yet, [Db] we love him.
_ _ _ [Eb] He who saw, _ _ the [Ab] heaven's child, _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] on [Cm] _ [Eb] [Ab] his mind.
_ _ _ [Eb] He was _ _ _ on [Db] his mind. _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _