The Good Samaritan
Track 3
DG C A question on the hillside: How do I find life A7 D7 And who is my neighbor on this narrow road tonight Gmaj7 A traveler drops on Jericho’s hard and empty ground A7 D7 Robbed and left in silence where only echoes sound Bm7 E7 A priest walks by at distance a Levite too moves on Am7 C The shadows pass like strangers and G mercy’s window’s gone Bm7 E7 But love crosses borders we draw with fear and pride Am7 Am Bm7 C A foreign heart grows nearer and D7 kneels at wounded side G Bm7 Be my neighbor on the road when I Bm fall and when I’m cold Dm G C Bind my bleeding with Your wine and oil of soul Am7 Bm7 Lift me to Your feast of grace pay the cost I could not owe Fmaj7 Dsus4 G Teach me mercy Son of Man on the road to Jericho G Cmaj7 A Samaritan an enemy in every story told Am7 D7 Stops beneath the burning sun his kindness taking hold G Cmaj7 He pours the oil and wine he lifts A#7 with careful hands Am7 Dsus4 He pays the keeper’s wages till the D7 healing understands Bm7 G#dim7 Not Who qualifies for love but Will I be a friend Am7 G7 C The question turns and finds my heart begin again G Bm7 Be my neighbor on the road when I fall and when I’m cold D G Cmaj7 Bind my bleeding with Your wine and oil of soul C Bm7 Lift me to Your feast of grace pay the cost I could not owe Fmaj7 F D G Teach me mercy Son of Man on the G7 road to Jericho Bm7Cmaj7 Bm7 If perfect love is law fulfilled Am7 then who can bear its weight Gm7 I need the Merciful to rescue me and C#7 make me mercy’s face Cmaj7 Bm7 So change my eyes to see the one I’d rather pass D#maj6 F#dim7G C And make me move toward brokenness D7 like You have moved to us G Bm7 Be my neighbor on the road when I fall and when I’m cold D7 G Cmaj7 Jesus pour Your wine and oil on my soul A#7 Bm7 Lift me with Your rugged love pay the debt I could not know F Dm7D7 Then send me saying Go and do on the D road to Jericho G Bm Be my neighbor on the road when I fall and when I’m cold Dm7G G7 Cmaj7Csus2 Jesus pour Your wine and oil on my soul A#maj6 Bm7 Lift me with Your rugged love pay the debt I could not know F Dsus4 Then send me saying Go and do on the Fm7 road to Jericho Fm7 Fm7 A question on the hillside turns G into a life Fm7 Love has crossed the border; G#maj7Gmaj7 teach me how to rise