He's Alive - Don Francisco 


*Here are a couple of intros that work.  The first is more advanced while the 
second is novice.  The ending to most verses have an Am(add9).  In the novice 
version, they can all be replaced with a standard Am.


Advanced Intro: (this Am in the intro should be played as instructed.  All other 
Am’s should be standard.)

Am(add9)  Am     Am#5(add2)  Fmaj7/A
e: x        x        x        x
B: 0        5        0        5
G: 5        5        5        5
D: 7        3        3        3
A: 0        0        0        0
E: x        x        x        x

Am(add9)  Am   Am#5(add2)  Fmaj7/A  Am#5(add2)
Am(add9)  Am   Am#5(add2)  Fmaj7/A  Am#5(add2)
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Novice Intro:

Am         Em/A7
E: 0       x
B: 1       0
G: 2       0
D: 2       2
A: 0       0
E: x       x

Am   Em/A7   Am   Em/A7
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Verse 1:

     Am                                       G               Am
The gates and doors were barred and all the windows fastened down
   Am                                   G             Am
I spent the night in sleeplessness and rose at every sound
 Dm                          G               Am
Half in hopeless sorrow and half in fear the day
       Am                                    G           Am(add9)  G
Would find the soldiers breaking through to drag us all away


Verse 2:

     Am                               G               Am
And just before the sunrise I heard something at the wall
     Am                         G              Am
The gate began to rattle and a voice began to call
   Dm                               G             Am
I hurried to the window and looked down into the street
    Am                      G                           Am(add9)   G
Expecting swords and torches and the sound of soldiers feet


Verse 3:

          Am                          G                   Am
There was no one there but Mary so I went down to let her in
 Am                                G                  Am
John stood there beside me as she told us where she'd been
     Dm                                                       Am
She said They’ve moved Him in the night and none of us knows where
      Am                                  G         Am
The stone's been rolled away and now His body isn't there


Verse 4:

    Am                               G           Am
We both ran toward the garden, then John ran on ahead
     Am                                         G             Am
We found the stone and the empty tomb just the way that Mary said
          Dm                                                 Am
But the winding sheet they wrapped Him in was just an empty shell
     Am                                G                 Am(add9)  G
And how or where they'd taken Him was more than I could tell


Verse 5:

       Am                                             G              Am
Well something strange had happened there, but, just what I did not know
 Am                         G                Am
John believed a miracle but I just turned to go
       Dm                              G            Am
Circumstance and speculation couldn't lift me very high
           Am                  G                Am    G
Cause I'd seen them crucify Him, then I saw Him die


Verse 6:

 Am                               G                 Am
Back inside the house again, the guilt and anguish came
 Am                               G           Am
Everything I'd promised Him just added to my shame
          Dm                                            Am
When, at last, it came to choices, I denied I knew His name
Am                      G                    Am(add9)   G
And even if he was alive, it wouldn't be the same


Verse 7:

     Am                                                       Am-G
But suddenly the air was filled with strange and sweet perfume
Am                                                      Am
Light that came from everywhere drove shadows from the room
     Dm                             G              Am
And Jesus stood before me with His arms held open wide
       Am                              G              Am(add9)  G
And I fell down on my knees and just clung to Him and cried


Verse 8:

    Am                             G              Am
He raised me to my feet and, as I looked into His eyes
 Am                                  G                  C
Love was shining out from Him, like sun light from the skies
 F                          G                 Am
Guilt and my confusion disappeared in sweet release
     Am                           G           A
And every fear I'd ever had just melted into peace


Interlude:

A  C  G  D


Chorus:


      A           C
He's alive, He's alive
      G                                D
He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide
      A           C
He's alive, He's alive
      G                                D
He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide
      A           C
He's alive, He's alive
      G                                D
He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide
      A           C
He's alive, He's alive
      G     D    A
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