Chords for He's Alive! by Walt Mills

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[Em] The gates and doors were barred and [D] all the windows [Em] fastened down.
I spent the night in [D] sleeplessness and rose at [Em] every sound.
[Am] Half in hopeless sorrow [D] and half in [Em] fear the day
Would find the soldiers breaking [D] through to drag us [Em] all away.
_ _ _ _ _ And just before the sunrise [D] I heard something [Em] at the wall.
The gate began to rattle [D] and a voice [Em] began to call.
[A] I hurried [Am] to the window [D] and looked down into [Em] the street
Expecting swords and torches [D] and the sound of [Em] soldiers' feet.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] There was no one there but Mary [D] so I went to let [Em] her in.
John stood there beside me [D] as she told us where [Em] she'd been.
[Am] She said they moved him in the night and none of us [Em] knows where.
The stone's been rolled away and [D] now his body [Em] isn't there. _
We both ran toward the garden [D] then John ran [Em] on ahead.
We found the stone and the empty tomb [D] just the way that Mary [Em] said.
[Am] But the winding sheet they wrapped him in was just an empty [Em] shell.
And how and where they'd taken him [D] was more than [Em] I could tell.
_ _ _ _ _ Well something strange had happened there [D] but just what I [Em] didn't know.
John believed a miracle [D] but I just [Em] turned to go.
[Am] Circumstance and speculation [D] couldn't lift me [Em] very high. _
Cause I'd seen them crucify him [D] _ then I saw [Em] him die.
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[Em] Back inside the house again [D] the guilt and [Em] anguish came.
_ _ Everything I'd promised him [D] just added to [Em] my shame.
[Am] When at last it came to choices I denied I knew [Em] his name.
_ And even if he was [D] alive it wouldn't [Em] be the same. _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Em] But suddenly the air was filled with strange and sweet [D] perfumes.
[Em] Light that came from everywhere drove shadows from [D] the room.
_ [Am] Jesus stood before me [D] with his arms held [Em] open [D] wide.
[Em] _ And I fell down on my knees and [D] just clung to [Em] him and cried. _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Em] He raised me to my feet and as [D] I looked into [Em] his eyes.
Love was shining out from them [D] like sunlight from [G] the skies.
[C] Guilt and confusion [D] disappeared in [Em] sweet release. _
Every fear I'd ever had [D] just melted [Em] into _ peace.
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_ _ [A] _ _ He's [E] alive, _ [G] he's alive, _ [D] he's alive and I'm forgiven.
[A] Heaven's gates are open wide.
He's [E] alive, he's [G] alive, he's [D] alive and I'm forgiven.
[A] Heaven's gates are open wide.
He's [E] alive, he's [G] alive, _ he's [D] alive and I'm forgiven.
[A] Heaven's gates are open wide.
He's [E] alive, he's [G] _ alive, he's [D] _
alive, _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] he's [E]
alive.
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