() - 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
About the artist behind Jesus Friend Of Sinners Chords:
Discovered by, among others, contemporary Christian music legend Steven Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns received a recording contract and vaulted to popularity in 2003 with their self-titled debut album Casting Crowns. The album quickly made them one of the fastest selling debut artists in Christian music history. Lifesong followed in 2005, debuting at #9 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart. Both albums have been certified Platinum. The band's third album The Altar and the Door debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and #1 on the Hot Christian Albums chart upon its release in August of 2007. Ten weeks after it came out it was certified Gold.
Casting Crowns has enjoyed tremendous success in the United States. They have released eight singles to date, seven of which have become consecutive number one hits on various Christian music charts. "Voice of Truth" spent a record-breaking fourteen consecutive weeks at #1 beginning in 2003. “Lifesong” spent nine weeks in the top spot, with “Praise You In This Storm” remaining at #1 for seven weeks. Casting Crowns broke their own record in 2007 when the single "East To West" from The Altar and the Door hit sixteen consecutive weeks at #1. The song ended up enjoying the top spot for a total of nineteen weeks, now their most successful single to date.
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