C5                      G5         C5 
It seems I've imagined Him all of my life 
         F5        C5          G5 
As the wisest of all of mankind 
        F5           C5         G5         A5 G5 F5 
But if God's holy wisdom is foolish to man 
                    G5 G5      C5 
He must have seemed out of His mind 
     F5         C5     G5          C5 
For even His family said He was mad 
          F5              C5         G5 G5 
And the priest said, "A demon's to blame," 
    F5           C5           G5           A5  G5 F5 
So God in the form of this angry young man 
                      G5 G5     C5      >(run to F5 ) 
Could not have seemed perfectly sane 
 
Chorus: 
     F5           C5           G5              C5 
When we in our foolishness thought we were wise 
A5                         F5        
He played the fool and He opened our eyes 
C5                F5         G5              A5 
When we in our weakness believed we were strong 
             F5         G5            C5      >(run to F5 ) 
He became helpless to show we were wrong 
    F5       C5     G5         C5 
And so we follow God's own fool 
      F5        C5         G5 G5 
For only the foolish can tell 
   F5         C5   G5   A5  G5 F5 
Believe the unbelievable 
              G5 G5    C5 
And come be a fool as well 
 
Verse 2: 

So come lose your life for a carpenter's Son 

For a madman who died for a dream 

Then you'll have the faith His first followers had 

And you'll feel the weight of the beam 

So surrender the hunger to say you must know 

And the courage to say I believe 

Let the power of paradox open your eyes 

And blind those who say they can see 
 
Repeat Chorus (run to 
F5 ) 
 

End: 
    F5       C5     G5         C5 
And so we follow God's own fool 
      F5        C5         G5 G5 
For only the foolish can tell 
   F5         C5   G5   A5  G5 F5 
Believe the unbelievable 
              G5 G5    C5 
And come be a fool as well