Stations Of The Cross

[Verso 1] C#m Bsus Before Pilate, they compare him A B C#m To the worst of men of sin C#m Bsus What say you, O cruel nation? A B C#m You would take Barabbas in! E Bsus/D# What a most unworthy preference C#m Bsus B We release these guilty men A Bsus And despite his holy innocence A B C#m Jesus Christ will be condemned [Verso 2] C#m Bsus But behold as they present him A B C#m With a cross, our Saviour sweet C#m Bsus Where his flesh is freshly beaten A B C#m She adds on to all his needs. E Bsus/D# Yet he wants the cross so heavy C#m Bsus B From eternity he yearns A Bsus He has always felt it calling A B C#m For his heart, with passion burns [Verso 3] C#m Bsus These your calloused hands, O Jesus, A B C#m By much other work are spent. C#m Bsus These your shoulders, so laborious A B C#m Under other weights have bent. E Bsus/D# Thus it must be such a terror C#m Bsus B This hard burden, my good Lord, A Bsus For the cross, she overwhelms you A B C#m You just cant take any more. [Verso 4] C#m Bsus On the way of bitter suffering A B C#m Near her Son, Mary does stand. C#m Bsus She desires, by her presence, A B C#m To take Jesus by the hand. E Bsus/D# Mary in our humble weakness C#m Bsus B We have so much need of you A Bsus For we fall, our falls are ceaseless A B C#m At our side be always true. [Verso 5] C#m Bsus They have chosen our brother A B C#m To take up the Saviours Cross C#m Bsus Now, O Cross, you seem much lighter A B C#m And your heavy burden lost E Bsus/D# For the task, O Holy master C#m Bsus B If you need a labourer A Bsus All my being, Lord I offer A B C#m I am here, I long to serve. [Verso 6] C#m Bsus Now your traits bear, as by burning A B C#m All the deepest marks of pain C#m Bsus Sins and deep offense engraving A B C#m On your face their endless stain E Bsus/D# We again deform so often C#m Bsus B Near to us, your hidden face; A Bsus To the world that still ignores you A B C#m Well proclaim your gift of grace. [Verso 7] C#m Bsus On the way, again, youre falling A B C#m Your foot strikes against a stone. C#m Bsus As the seal of Godly loving A B C#m Your dear blood on earth is thrown. E Bsus/D# Oh my Jesus, I adore you, C#m Bsus B Near the cross, with you beneath, A Bsus Lying prostrate, I implore you A B C#m I who fall so frequently [Verso 8] C#m Bsus You are crying for my suffering A B C#m Cry much more for all your sins C#m Bsus On account of your offenses A B C#m My own strength is wearing thin E Bsus/D# Follow me, upon this mountain C#m Bsus B With me learn, the offering A Bsus Of your trials for your brothers A B C#m In redemptive suffering [Verso 9] C#m Bsus Whats the use? You suffer greatly! A B C#m Whats the use, this pain immense? C#m Bsus When you see throngs of humanity A B C#m In their sins impenitent! E Bsus/D# Yet for this, his final effort C#m Bsus B He will make, and rise again A Bsus He continues to completion, A B C#m On the way which he began. C#m Bsus They remove your every garment A B C#m Nothing left to clothe your skin C#m Bsus You were born, on straw, with nothing A B C#m Here you stand naked again. E Bsus/D# Teach us by your love of Heaven C#m Bsus B To despise all earthly goods, A Bsus For on earth your life was poorest, A B C#m You have nothing but this wood. C#m Bsus With what blows the hammer falling A B C#m Joins the nail to sacred flesh! C#m Bsus Him they crush with force appalling A B C#m Like a cluster in the press. E Bsus/D# From his hands, his blood outpouring, C#m Bsus B From his hands that with each touch A Bsus Often blest the crowds and cured them, A B C#m Often healed and loved so much. C#m Bsus Now behold the awesome moment A B C#m He awaits eternally C#m Bsus Here to prove to his beloved A B C#m Just how great his love would be E Bsus/D# For his arms, to all extended, C#m Bsus B Spread above the world he made A Bsus And the life of God is ended A B C#m As he dies that we be saved. C#m Bsus In your arms they gently lay him, A B C#m Your dear Son whose life is spent C#m Bsus You can read upon his torn skin A B C#m All that human sin has meant E Bsus/D# Tell us Mary, what youre saving, C#m Bsus B What youve read in Jesus flesh! A Bsus On our hearts begin engraving A B C#m All the wounds of Jesus blest. C#m Bsus Now the tomb and death are looming A B C#m Over Jesus, breathless Lord C#m Bsus And yet you shall be the victor A B C#m You shall live as conqueror E Bsus/D# While the night of death is falling C#m Bsus B All creation holds her breath A Bsus For the reign of hell has ended A B C#m You have died to conquer death