Chords for Marvin Morrow - I Found the Cross

_ [D] Folks, as a young man, I got into a lot of things that I shouldn't have got into, and
I found myself drowning in the sea of life.
[G]
One day, God sent [D] by the old cross, and I [A] found it where I've done it.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[D] As a young man, I began my life [G] _ sailing on [D] wild seas.
In _ Satan's boat I was convinced it was all I'd [A] ever need.
_ [D] The weight of sin grew heavy.
_ His boat was [G] going down.
It left me [D] in rough water, [A] helpless _ _ [D] about the draft.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] I'd rejected all the lifelines _ [Ab]
that were [Eb] offered me.
Lost sight of the old lighthouse that stood beside [Bb] the sea.
[Eb] I drifted in deep water. _
My strength was _ [Ab]
almost gone.
I was just [Eb] about to perish when [Bb] the cross [Eb] came _ along.
_ _ _ [Ab] Dying men _ will reach [Eb] for anything I'm told, _ but nothing I had ever found [Cm] would hold my [Bb] sinking soul.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] Going down for the last time, all my [Ab] hope was lost.
I was reaching [Eb] for a straw, [Bb] but praise God I [Eb] found the cross. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ I [Eb] hope every one of you has found that old cross [Bb] today.
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[F] [Ab] Dying _ men will reach [Eb] for anything _ I'm told, _ but nothing I had ever found [Cm] would hold my [Bb] sinking _ soul.
[Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] Going down for the last time, _ _ all my [Ab] hope was lost.
I was reaching [Eb] for a straw, [Bb] but praise God I [Eb] found the cross. _ _ _
I [Ab] was reaching for [Eb] a straw, [Bb] but praise God I [Eb] found the cross.
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