Dead Man (acoustic) chords by Michael McGough, Wolves at the Gate

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I  was
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once a   dead man
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A stranger with no home
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I stood opposed to God himself
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And yet He pardoned me

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Interlude 1

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With all my heart

Verse 2
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and the fiercest will
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Desired not but to thieve and kill
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I hadn't a thought of peace,
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but war
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Surrender was not what I'd endure

Verse 3

I was a murderer

filled with lies and deceit

Faced with my list of crimes

that I would always repeat

Verse 4
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Deliver me! Wake me up from
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this damning sleep
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I'm surrendering! Pull me
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out from this wickedness
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In  this thieving heart of stone
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I realized all these sins
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I could not atone

Verse 5

I was a murderer filled

with lies and deceit

Faced with my list of crimes

Verse 6
that I would always repeat
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I  was once a dead man
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A stranger with no home
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I stood opposed to
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God himself
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And yet He pardoned me

Verse 7
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So just at the right time when
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we were dead in our sins
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You took this heart of mine
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and gave me life again
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You gave me life again
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This is where I begin
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So far apart

Verse 8
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and a debt to fulfill
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This purchase bought on
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redemption's hill
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An ailing disease I couldn't cure
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Oh this grace! How rich and pure!

Verse 9
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Abide in me, my God!
I am found in You
Pardon me, my God! You know my
deepest thoughts
Deliver me from sin! I am made anew
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I'm sur rendering this heart! For which
your blood it bought
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Verse 10
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The mob they yelled and
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screamed for justice
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That wrath was ours we are to blame
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You made a spectacle of rulers
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Denying You of a king's fame
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Having crushed the written cannon
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That wrote of all our guilt and shame
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Displayed upon the tree it was nailed
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The saving power of Your name

Verse 11
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For I  was once a dead man
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A stranger with no home
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You saw this wretch
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And You gave him life
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Forever I'll praise You!
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I will praise You!