I Am Redeemed Chords by Phil Cross

[Cm] I would not be a [G] songwriter _ if I had not lived the life I'm going to explain.
_ _ In the first grade I had red [D] hair and freckles.
_ _ I would love to have red hair again.
[G] _ _ I _ _ _ _ would take purple. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I was a poor kid, _ [Cm] _ _ [G] so the kids picked on me because I had red hair and freckles.
[C] _ _ [G] If we could go to Mrs.
Colston's [D] class in first grade and ask them about Phil Cross,
[C] they would say, yeah, I know Phil, that's Carrot Top.
_ [G] You know that song Big Top?
You ought to write one called Carrot Top.
And _ I spent the first grade under the table _ [D] in Mrs.
Colston's class.
[G] We had round tables, not desks.
First grade spent under the [Gb] table.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _
Then that continued into first, second, and third grade.
And then the [C] fourth grade, if we could go to Mrs.
Longley's class, what about Phil Cross?
[G] Yep.
_ You see, I had a nickname added in the fourth grade because I had buck teeth. _ _ _
I could eat corn on the cob through a picket fence. _ _ _
_ _ _ It wasn't that funny. _ _
_ _ So [C] in Mrs.
[Dm] Longley's class, they'd say, yeah, that's Carrot Top, and that's Flame, and that's Gopher. _ _
_ _ In the sixth grade, _ [G] Mrs.
Wittenberg's class, I couldn't see the blackboard anymore. _
And she saw me doing this.
[C] _ _ She called Mama _ Mert Cross.
_ She said, Phil can't see the blackboard [G] anymore.
Go get him an eye test.
_ [C] _ _
[G] So in Mrs.
Wittenberg's class, they called me Carrot Top, Flame, Freckles, _ Gopher.
_ _ _ [Bm]
What?
_ _ Yeah.
You're right. _
_ _ [Em] _ And I was beaten down by [C] all that.
_ And you know what happened by the sixth grade?
[E] I would look in the mirror sometimes, _ _ _ and I would say, you're [B] ugly.
[Bm] _ _ _ And I would look in the mirror [G] _ and _ say, you're just [C] Carrot Top.
You're [G] just Flame, Freckles.
You're Gopher.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ But _ if we could go to my best friend [Bm] tonight, [G] _ _ who was always with me, _ he took out a book
one day, _ _ [D] _
and he opened up his [G] book and [D] put my name [G] in that book. _ _
_ [C] _ And it defines who I [D] am. _
_ _ _ _ [G] I'm [D] not ugly.
Well, _ _ [G] could be.
[D] Could be.
[G] _ _ [D] But I [A] wrote this song because [D] of that story.
Let's go.
_ _ [G] I was [D] _ _
_ _ _ born _ so [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] very far from the _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Lord.
He read to me _ [G] _ one [D] glorious day.
_ _ [G] He brought [D] me out, [G] made the [D] bed.
Do _ _ _ _ _ you have that story?
I am redeemed.
Sing it, quietly.
Sing it now.
I [G] [D] am redeemed.
How many are set free by a holy God?
_ [A] Jesus moves the chains of sin, [D] has set me free.
This is your story.
_ I am _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] redeemed.
Jesus [D] moves [G] the chains [D] of sin, has [A] set [D] me free.
It doesn't matter if I'm ugly or not.
[G] It doesn't matter.
[Bb] He looks at my heart.
_ Aren't you glad?
_ [Eb] Oh, but still I live _ [Ab] in [Eb] a foreign land.
_ _ _ _ But now [Bb] I'm free _ according to _ [Eb] redemption's plan.
_ _ _ And soon I'll join all the [Ab] rogues and wights of [Eb] the redeemed.
_ _ [Ab] We'll sing a [Eb]
[Ab] song [Eb] holy [Bb] angels [Eb] cannot sing.
Come on, sing with us.
I am redeemed.
That's your story.
Sing it out.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
I am redeemed.
Jesus [Bb] _
moves the chains of sin, [Fm] has set [Eb] me free.
Is that your story?
Raise your hands high. _ _
I am [Ab] redeemed.
_ [Eb] _ Yes, I am redeemed.
[Ab] Jesus [Eb] moves [Ab] the _ [Eb] chains of [Bb] sin, has set [Eb] me free.
_ I'm not what they call me.
I'm what he calls me. _
Some glorious morning they will come from [Ab] all nations from every [Eb] generation.
Side by side they will march into the celestial city of Jehovah.
And in perfect harmony they will begin humming [Ab] a new song.
[Eb] A song written by God [Ab] himself and [Eb] arranged for all of his children.
And as the saved by grace approach this land of [Ab] their dreams, the [Eb] host of heaven will step aside.
Even the angels will be silent for they cannot sing this new song.
For this song is reserved for [Ab] voices that once [Eb] cried out for a redeemer.
Those who are washed in the [Ab] precious blood of the [Eb] lamb.
Praise [Ab] God tonight.
[Eb] I'm one of those.
[Bb] Are you?
[Eb] Let's worship him as we sing.
I am redeemed.
[Bb] I am [Eb] redeemed.
Yes, I am.
I'm [Ab] found of the [Eb]
earth.
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ Glory, [Bb] _
glory _ is.
Christ [Eb] is _ mine.
He's [Bbm] [Eb] mine [Ab] all through the ages.
Praise God.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
[Ab] The savior [Eb] of sin [Bb] has set [Eb] _ _
me free.
_ [Ab] He [Eb] moves [Ab] the chains [Eb] of sin, [Bb] _ _ _
has _ set me [Eb] free.
I am [Ab] redeemed.
He shall [Eb] be free. _ _
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _