E5 B5 C5 E5 B5 C5 Down the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem that day E5 B5 C5 The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street A5 E5 But the crowd pressed in to see B5 E5 A Man condemned to die on Calvary E5 B5 C5 E5 B5 He was bleeding from a beating, C5 There were stripes upon His back E5 D5 C5 And He wore a crown of thorns upon His head A5 E5 B5 And He bore with every step the scorn of those E5 who cried out for His death A5 B5 E5 E5 Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering A5 B5 E5 E5 Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King, A5 B5 E5 B5 C5 But He chose to walk that road out of His love for you and me E5 B5 C5 B5 E5 B5 C5 Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary. B5 C5 The blood that would cleanse the souls of all men D5 B5 E5 E5 made its way through the heart of Jerusalem. E5 B5 C5 B5 NC5 E5 OO OO