They Could Not Chords by Sandi Patty

[B] _ _ _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _ [A#] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] They looked at [E] him and [D] saw _ _ a [A] simple _ _ man
_ _ _ A [E] carpenter _ with [F#m] _ healing [D] _
in [F#m] _ his _ _ _ hands
[E] They [A] [D] saw him _ calm the sea _ _ [C#m] and heal a [A] dying man
They [C] _ saw _ but could [F] they really _ _ _ understand? _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
They _ [A] could not _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] They _ _ [D] could not
_ _ _ _ [E] [A] Though they knew _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ he [A] was _ just [B] a simple [C#m] _ carpenter
[F#m] _
But [D] with healing in [F] his [Dm] hands
[B] _ [F] _ But [A] could they really _ _ _ _ [E] understand?
_ _ _ _ _ They [A] could not _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] They listened _ [A] to the [D] teaching [A] that they heard _ _
_ _ [E] They wondered [D] at the mystery _ [E] _ of his _ [F#m] word
_ [E] _ [D] They wondered what he meant _ _ [E] [A] about a father's plan _ [C] they _ heard
_ But could they really _
_ _ _ [B] understand? _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ They _ [A] could not
_ _ _ _ [C#m] They _ [D] _ _ could [Bm] not _
_ Though [A] they _ tried _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] they _ _ listened [F#m] to the teaching _
_ [D] _ about a _ [B] father's plan
[A] But could they really _ understand? _ _ _ _
They could _ not
They [D] could _ _ _ _ [Bm] not _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ _ _ A rugged cross _ _ _ [F] _ killed the man [D#] who would [G] not see [F] her [Gm] _
loss
_ _ _ [D#] And when at last they took _ [A#] what willingly he gave
_ [F#] He died _ _ to keep him _ in [F] the grave
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[B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] Willingly he [C#] gave
Could they keep him in the grave?
[A#m] Could they keep him in the grave?
Could [F#] they keep him [D#m] in the grave?
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Willingly [A] he gave
[D] Could they keep him in the grave?
[Bm] Could they keep _ him in the grave?
Could [G] they keep _ [D] him in the [Fm] grave?
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