Chords for Jesus That Name-Edna Tatum

[D] _ _ King and kingdoms [Dm] shall [B] all pass away. _ _
[Gm] There is something [Am] about [C]
[F] that name.
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] And I'm afraid that too [F] few of us really believe
in the [Cm] efficacy and the [Bb] sufficiency of [Eb] that name.
[E] _
[F] With that name, _ _ [C] _
[F] sick folk get well.
_ With that name, _ _ [Dm] troubled folk find peace.
[G] _ With that name, _ _ [C] there is a joy that you have never [F] felt.
[E] A hope [F] that will never disappoint.
_ There is a faith that will not shrink.
_ [A] A love [Bb] that will never let you [Gm] go.
[Bb] A fire [A] that will never go out.
_ A friend that [D] will never leave you.
A God that will never fail you.
[Dm] A Christ [G] that will never forsake you. _
[Gm] A life that will never end.
[F] A [Gm] power that you will [F] never lose.
[Bb] [F] With that name, _ _ and my [Am] God, what a name.
[F] _ _ _ Jesus Christ [Cm] of Nazareth, [Bb] _ Alpha and [Eb] Omega.
[E] Author [Dm] of [F] salvation, bread of life,
[C]
[F] bright and morning star, [Am] captain of the Lord's host,
[Dm] chosen of God, door of the sheep,
first [G] begotten of the dead, first and the last.
[C] The good shepherd, glorious [F] Lord,
head of the [E] body, [F] heir of all things.
I am that I am.
Emmanuel, redeemer, rock, root of David,
[A] rose of [Bb] Sharon, savior, son of [Gm] God, son of man.
[Bb]
[A] Teacher, true vine, the way, the truth, the life.
There is no name [D] _ like his name.
And so [G] many people are so forgetful
that I would like to write it, [Gm] _ that [C] name.
I wouldn't [F] write it on the sky
[Bb] [F] because some people never look up
and they would fail to behold his beauty. _
I wouldn't write it on the ground
[Cm] because the [Bb] wind might blow [Eb] trash on it
[G] and people would [F] walk over it.
_ _ I wouldn't write it [C] on the walls [F] of the White House
_ _ [Am] because only the invited would [Dm] see it
and the uninvited would never know
that he's a [G] honey in the rock, water in the desert,
and a bridge [C] over troubled waters.
_ [D] I wouldn't [E] write it on money
[F] _ because some folks are without jobs.
The rich would live and the poor would die.
[Bb] _ I wouldn't [Gm] write it on paper
[Bb] _
[A] because grandmother didn't go to school
and the children are living too [D] fast
and too impatient to read it to her.
_ But I tell you what [G] I'd do.
I'd rock you to sleep with a [Bb] spiritual anesthetic
and [Am] dip my pen in a fountain [C] of blood,
[F] that [Bb] blood that would [F] shed on Calvary
and I'd write it way down in the heart.
_ I'd write it _ so you could read it
in the midnight hour, I'd write [Bb] it
so when [Eb] you go to court, _ [E] _
[F] you could say Jesus
and the judge will say, [Fm] case [C]
[F] dismissed.
_ I'd write it _ [Dm] so before you go to surgery,
_ you could read Jesus [G] and know that everything's all right.
I'd write it [C] _ so when enemies [F] get on your [D] trail
and talk [C] about [F] you, you can read it
and know that he will make your enemies your footstool
and no matter what folks say, _ all is well.
Oh, I'd write [Bb] it so when [Gm] tears are streaming down your face,
[Bb] _
[A] you can read that name and know
that he can wipe those tears [D] away.
I'd write it so when you go [Dm] through something,
[G] you will know that you are not alone
[Gm] for he promised, Lord, _ [Am] I'm with [C] you.
[F] I'd [Bb] write [F] J for justification,
[D] _ E for edification, S for [Dm] sanctification,
U [G] for unification [Bb] and S for salvation.
[Am] _ [C] I'd write it, [F] heart fixer, [Bb] mind [F] regulator,
sick folks physician, old folks [D] walking cane,
lifeboat in a storm, water in dry places,
[Dm] dine bed maker, a guide [G] across Jordan,
superintendent of [Gm] the resurrection
and host [C] at the [Gm] great coronation.
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [N] _