I Never Said That Redwords ukulele

I Never Said That Redwords

• Intro

Transcribed from https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=FtJZoBgSfvA&si=QyqVSOkIWVW_LpMZ

Intro

Dm    C    Dm    C

C                      Dm
Behold my hands and my feet
                Bb
That it is I, myself
                  F
Handle me and see

For a spirit hath not flesh and bones
       A
As you see me have
           Dm
I bled for love, not for your war-cries
             Bb
I rose for mercy, not for your flags
             F
You say it's in my name
            A
But I never said that-


Verse 1

A
Ohhh you build your towers
           Dm
Raise your flags so high
                      Bb
Preach my name with a battle cry
                    F
But blessed are the peacemakers, that's what I said
        A
Not the ones who trade the living for the dead!
               Dm
You close your doors when the poor come to plead
                     Bb
I was hungry and you gave me no food
                                  F
I was in need! You quote quote my words
                                          A
To tighten your chains, but "love your enemy"
A
Still remains...


Chorus 1

A             Dm
I never said "hate them"
              Bb
I never said "fight"
                F
I said let your light shine
               A
Before all man, bring them light!

                  Dm
If you do it for power
                    Bb
You've forgotten my face
                 F
For whatever you do to the least of these
          A
You do to me... yeah

Verse 2

Dm
 You guard your gold and curse the weak
            Bb
But the meek shall inherit the earth, I speak
            F
You call em sinners while you stand tall
                   A
But let he without sin cast the first stone, that's all

Dm
 You pray in public with words rehearsed
    Bb
But when you pray go in secret first
              F
You wear your cross like a sword in your hand
              A
But I carried mine through the blood and the sand


Chorus 2


A             Dm
I never said "hate them"
              Bb
I never said "fight"
                F
I said turn the other cheek
                 A
And walk in the light!

                  Dm
If you do it for power
                    Bb
You've forgotten my face
                 F
For whatever you do to the least of these
             A
You do in my place


Bridge

Bb
 The last shall be first
                       Dm
And the first shall be last

Bb
  But you've built you thrones
            Dm
To make that pass
   Bb
No one can serve two masters
           Dm
I told you plain
              Bb
Yet you still bow down to fortune
     A
And fame!  Woaaah...

Chorus

A             Dm
I never said "hate them"
              Bb
I never said "fight"
            F
I said love one another
                    A
As I have loved you, that's right!

            Dm
You wear my name but not my grace
              Bb
For I was the refugee you turned away
            F
The migrant mother with no place to stay
                 A
For whatever you do to the least of these
            Dm
You do to me

Outro

Dm       C
   For I was a stranger
    Dm              A          Dm
And you didn't take me-ee... in.

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