Bend (Joseph) chords by Brandon Heath
Intro 1
C
F
Verse 1
C
I am not my family tree
F
These are different leaves, you know
Am
There are miles and miles between
F
My roots and what I'm trying to grow
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Verse 2
C
I am not the slave they sold
F
Nor am I royalty
Am
G
I've worn them both, the finest coat
C
And rags that barely cover me
Verse 3
Am
But there's mercy in the soil,
F
mercy in the sun
C
Learning to forgive,
G
what cannot be undone
Am
And what was meant to harm can't
F
harm you in the end
C
Stepped out on a limb
I thought might break
G
Am
F
But love said, it will only bend
It will only bend
C
G
Verse 4
C
I am not my past mistakes
F
La belled by some place and time
Am
Nor am I trophy case
F
Trying to maintain my shine
Verse 5
C
I have dreamed
a thousand dreams
F
Watched a grain in famine, grow
Am
G
I am not my family tree
C
I have branches of my own
Verse 6
Am
But there's mercy in the soil,
F
mercy in the sun
C
Learning to forgive,
G
what cannot be undone
Am
And what was meant to harm can't
F
harm you in the end
C
Stepped out on a limb I thought
might break
G
But Love said, it will only bend
Am
F
It will only bend
Verse 7
Dm
F
Oh, does fate resign us to
Am
Find shelter for our wounds
G
Beneath the battered roof
of broken dreams?
Dm
F
Oh, but I will choose to stand
C
In the shadow of your hand
G
And see what grows when grace has sown the seed
Outro 1
Am
F
Am
C
G
Am
F
Dm
F
C
G
Am
F
C
G
Am
F
C
G
Am
F
C
G
Am
F
C
G
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