Chords for The Courtroom - Carman

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_ If tonight you stood in Heaven's court to seek eternal favor, would you face Jesus Christ
as judge or would you face him as your savior?
There are many who don't quite know for sure what that verdict would be if ever.
So let's imagine for a moment you're standing dead center in the courtroom of forever.
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[G] _ _ [C] _ Sitting before you [Fm] is a structure massive and intense.
[F] It's here your fate will be determined before [Db] this judge's bench.
[C] Then a voice [F] brooms this court's now in session and your adrenaline starts to rush.
Peering [Fm] down with eyes that seek to your [F] soul is [C] God the Father, [Bb] your judge.
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[Db] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] Then off to your left across the room is the virtual silhouette of sin.
Stepping [F] out of the shadows of condemnation, your worst nightmare [Ab] walks in.
On his face is the smirk of evil and crime.
His mind fixed on your destruction [Eb] in Hell.
[F] You've just been introduced to [Db] your prosecuting attorney, [G] none other [C] than Satan himself.
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_ _ _ _ The Bible says he's the accuser of the brethren, so guess what he's going to [Db] do.
He's going to [Fm] accuse you of your sins and he knows them all, both the old ones [Ebm] and the new.
He's [F] prepared his case for years.
Now [Fm] the golden moment is [Eb] his.
So in arrogance he [Db] presents his case to the judge and it comes out sounding something like this. _
[C] _ _ [Gb] _ _ God, you [F] see this worthless piece of trash over here?
This one's a sinner to the core.
This one's committed adultery, cursed his neighbor, stolen money, been into drugs, alcohol,
and [Cm] even more.
[F] This hopeless wretch has even slammed her friends.
And by that guilty face this whole courtroom can tell that to a moral certainty and beyond
any reasonable doubt, this one deserves eternal judgment.
Hell.
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Fm] Words of accusation still echo.
[C] Your every sin thrown up [E] in your face.
[Fm] And God opens the book where [F] every deed is recorded and [C] reviews your record of [B] disgrace.
God says, the [F] book says you did this and [C] this and everything you were [Dbm] accused of today.
[F] Now before I sentence you to Hell forever, [C] are there any last [B] words [Ab] you have to say?
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_ _ _ _ _ Now if it's true [Gb] you're standing there [F] _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] with God to [F] your right and [D] Satan the prosecutor
to your left.
_ There's one [Gbm] remaining eternal truth.
One that's crucial to remember.
One you [Gb] should never, ever, ever [B] forget.
That on the [Eb] other side, _ [Db] _ I said, on the other side of the [D] courtroom.
You ain't hearing me tonight.
I said on the other side of the courtroom [Db] is the one and only son of God revealed in
time and space.
And he's your defense attorney who has never lost a case.
It's not Buddha, Mohammed or Krishna or [Gb] any others who succumb [Db] to death.
Ladies and gentlemen, on the other side of the courtroom is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
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[Eb] _ _ [D] _ Then Jesus jumps up and [Gm] says, wait a minute, judge.
Now I've got something to say.
I remind you that on the cross [G] 2000 years ago, [Eb] I washed his [D] sins away.
I was [Gm] crucified.
I died.
They put me in a tomb for long about the midnight hour.
The power of God hit me and I walked out of that grave [D] alive and well with resurrection power.
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[D] _ _ [Eb] _ [D] Then the devil says, it's in the [Gm] book.
It's written in the book.
[Gb] Check the book.
God said, okay.
Then he takes the book out, [Gm] lays it open and says, [Gm] now we'll see what this [Bb] book has to say.
[Gb] He turns to the first [G] page, the second page, the [D] third.
By the fourth, the devil's seat shook.
[Bb] God closes it says, [G] the blood of Jesus must have [Bbm] worked.
It says absolutely [E] nothing in this [C] book. _ _
The devil says, now, wait [Db] a minute.
Check that book again.
[Eb] All the sins are written [E] down.
They're all right there.
[C] God, the devil, [G] maybe you're mistaken altogether.
[Ab] Maybe it's this [Eb] other book down here.
The devil [E] cries, no, not that book.
Not [Gm] that one.
God said, devil, why are you so afraid?
[G] God sets the book down.
The dust flies and on the cover it says, the Lamb's book of life.
It's [Bb] your name in that book.
It's your name in that book.
[Gm] It's your [C] name in that book.
[Bb] Oh, sure.
_ _ [Eb] You've been forgiven [D] and your [Gm] name is written.
[Bb] I'm looking.
I'm [F] praying.
_ _ [B] My name's in that book.
My name's in that book.
[Abm] My name's in that book.
[B] Tonight, _ _ _ [E] I've been [Em] forgiven [Bbm] and I know my [Eb] name is _ [B] _ _ _ _
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[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [B] in that _ book.
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