You Invite Me In
Meredith Andrews
Tuning: Standard
Time: 6/8

Intro: (4 bars with half-bar drum lead-in: D/F# G Asus4 D/F# G A)

[Verse 1:]
G    A    Dm7/F#   G
I’ve been search – ing
G     A       Dm7/F# G
Wandering and hurt - ing 
G       A      D/F#      G
Ashamed of the shape I’m in 
G             A         Dm7/F# G  (Extra 1½ measures – G)
Afraid you’ll see who I really am 


[Chorus 1:]
    D/F#   G      Asus4 A
But you invite me in 
        D/F#   G          Asus4 A
Doesn’t matter where I’ve been 
              Em   D/F# A
Your arms are op - en   wide
                Em   D/F# G     (Extra Measure - G)
There’s nothing left to   hide


[Verse 2:]
G   A   Dm7/F# G
How can this   be 
  G    A    Dm7/F# G
A love so unfail - ing 
G       A        D/F#   G
Reached down and lifted me 
     G  A     Dm7/F# G (Extra 1½ measures – G)
From ashes to beau - ty 


[Chorus 2:]
    D/F#   G      Asus4 A
And you invite me in 
        D/F#   G          Asus4 A
Doesn’t matter where I’ve been 
              Em   D  A
Your arms are op - en wide 
                Em   D  G
There’s nothing left to hide 

D/F#   G      Asus4 A
You invite me in 
        D/F#   G        Asus4 A
Doesn’t matter who I’ve been 
A             Em   D  A
Your arms are op - en wide 
           Em D    G    (Extra measure – G)
Holding me to your side 


[Bridge:]
    G              Bm                      D
Now I am walking away from the life I once knew 
              A       G
And running into your grace 
             Bm                D
It covers my shame again and again 
          A       G   (Extra Measure – G)
I find my life in you 

(Chorus 2 – me->us, I->we, Piano only on first line)

[Outtro:]
G    A        Dm7/F# G
Your arms are open   wide
G A Dm7/F# G
G A D/F# G
G A Dm7/F# (A) G