() - Optional chord not played in original but work if your playing acoustic. Capo 3 chords... for original take it down 3 steps.. Intro - G G (C9) (G) Jesus Friend of sinners we have strayed so far away (C9) (G) Em D We cut down people in your name but the sword was never ours to swing G C9 G Jesus friend of sinners the truth's become so hard to see C9 G Em D The world is on their way to You but they're tripping over me C9 G D Always looking around but never looking up I'm so double minded C9 G D A plank eyed saint with dirty hands and a heart divided Chorus: G C9 - D Oh Jesus friend of sinners Em D C9 Open our eyes to the world at the end of our pointing fingers G C9 - D Let our hearts be led by mercy Em D C Help us reach with open hearts and open Am C9 Oh Jesus friend of sinners break our hearts for what breaks yours (Em C9 G D) – Instrumental Yeah,yeah,yeah G C9 G Jesus friend of sinners the one who's writing in the sand C9 G Em D Make the righteous turn away and the stones fall from their hands G C9 G Help us to remember we are all the least of thieves C9 G Em D Let the memory of Your mercy bring your people to their knees Prechorus: C9 G - D Nobody knows what we're for only what we're against when we judge the wounded C9 G - D What if we put down our signs crossed over the lines and love like you did -Chorus x1 - Bridge 1 - Am C You love every lost cause; you reach for the outcast G D For the leper and the lame; they're the reason that You came Am C Lord I was that lost cause and I was the outcast G D But you died for sinners just like me a grateful leper at Your feet Bridge 2-- G G C9 D You are good, You are good And Your love endures forever x4 -Chorus x1- G C9 - D And I was the lost cause and I was the outcast Em - D – C9 Yeah(hold note) G C9 D You died for sinners just like me, a grateful leper at Your feet
