G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 Walking on the road to Jerusalem, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GThe (320003@1)time had come to sacrifice again, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 My two small sons, They walk beside me on the road, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GThe (320003@1)reason that they came was to watch the lamb. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 Daddy, daddy, what will we see there, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GThere's (320003@1)so much that we don't understand, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 So I told them of Moses and Father Abraham, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GThen (320003@1)I said dear children watch the lamb, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 When we reached the city, I knew something must be wrong, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DThere (xx0232@1)were no joyful worshipers there, No joyful worship songs, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 I stood there with my children in the midst of angry men, C (x32010@1) EmThen (022000@1)I heard the crowd cry out DLet's (xx0232@1)Crucify Him. Em (022000@1) Em7 CWe (x32010@1)tried to leave the city, but we could not get away, Em (022000@1) Em7 CForced (x32010@1)to play in this drama, a part I did not want to play, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DWhy (xx0232@1)upon this day were men condemned to die, Am (x02210@1) Am7 (x02010@1) DWhy (xx0232@1)were we standing here, Where soon they would pass by. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 I looked and said, even now they come, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DThe (xx0232@1)first one cried for mercy, The people gave him none, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 The second one was violent, He was arrogant and loud, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DI (xx0232@1)still hear his angry voice, screaming at the crowd, Em (022000@1) Em7 CThen (x32010@1)someone said there's Jesus, I scarce believed my eyes, Em (022000@1) Em7 CA (x32010@1)man so badly beaten, He barely looked alive, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DBlood (xx0232@1)poured from His body, From the thorns upon His brow, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DRunning (xx0232@1)down the cross, Falling to the ground. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 I watched Him as He struggled, I watched Him as He fell, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DThe (xx0232@1)cross came down upon His back, The crowd began to yell, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 In that moment I felt such agony, In that moment I felt such loss, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) DTill (xx0232@1)a Roman soldier grabbed my arm and screamed, "You, carry His cross!" Em (022000@1) Em7 CAt (x32010@1)first I tried to resist him, Then his hand reached for his sword, Em (022000@1) Em7 CSo (x32010@1)I knelt and took, the cross from the Lord, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DI (xx0232@1)put it on my shoulder, And started down the street, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DThe (xx0232@1)blood that he'd been shedding, was running down my cheek. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 They led us to Golgotha, They drove nails deep in His feet and hands, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GYet (320003@1)upon the cross I heard Him pray "Father, forgive them." G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 Oh, never have I seen such love in any other eyes, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GInto (320003@1)thy hands I commit my spirit, He prayed and then He died, Em (022000@1) Em7 CI (x32010@1)stood for what seemed like years, I'd lost all sense of time Em (022000@1) Em7 Cuntil (x32010@1)I felt two tiny hands, holding tight to mine, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DThe (xx0232@1)children stood there weeping, I heard the oldest say, Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) GFather (320003@1)please forgive us, the lamb ran away. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 Daddy, daddy, what have we seen here, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GThere's (320003@1)so much that we don't understand, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Em7 So I took them in my arms and we turned and faced the cross, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GThen (320003@1)I said dear children watch the lamb,
