Nicodemus chords by Graham Kendrick

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Ab
Fm
F
G
C
Am
Em
Dm
Gsus4
Csus2
Adim
Bb

Verse 1
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As the watchman's fire's
burned low
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F 
G 
Through the curfew streets I go
Ab 
The shuttered house stands silent
G 
As I whisper through the door,
Ab 
hello Peter turns the key
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G 
Through an open door I see
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A lamplit face at a table place
G 
Waiting so it seems for me
C 
G 
I see by your smile you know me well
Am 
Em 
You know the score, yes, I'm still
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C 
A most upstanding citizen
Dm 
Respect implied the more
Gsus4 
C 
G 
Yes, I  mean good, could I do more?
Am 
Em 
C 
I   say my prayers and I help the poor
Dm 
C 
Holy Moses knows I've
Dm 
Gsus4 
kept the rules
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C 
Dm 
C 
But am I  alright with you?
Em 
How could I have lived so long
Am 
And feel so right yet be so wrong
Dm 
And now you say
Gsus4 
C 
I stand outside your kingdom
Em 
But I can't argue or correct you
Am 
The words you say I can't reject
Dm 
G 
You speak as one whose word
Gsus4 
C 
cannot      be broken
Em 
Dm 
Tell me Jesus, what can I do
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Gsus4 
Am 
to be right with you?
Dm 
G 
Gsus4 
C 
Csus2 
C 
To be right with you
Ab 
And with the shadows closing in
Adim 
F 
G 
He spoke and touched me deeper then
Ab 
While soft outside a baby cried
G 
A moth stands round the candle flame
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Hey, what's that you're saying?
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G 
That I  must be born again,
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that my life appears as wasted years,
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C 
G 
and never did begin
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Em 
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C 
Dm 
Gsus4 
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C 
Dm 
G 
C 
Well, am I  all right with you?
Em 
Sometimes in the lamplight of my room
Am 
I've wished that overnight
Dm 
Gsus4 
C 
I could believe in you
Em 
Oh, when I'm here talking with you,
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Jesus, anything seems possible
Dm 
F 
C 
But to be born again, it just seems crazy
Em 
You have my respect,
Dm 
I'd like to believe in you
I'm trying to,
Gsus4 
Dm 
G 
Am 
I need to be right    with you
Dm 
F 
Gsus4 
C 
Ab 
I need to be right with     you
C 
Ab 
Oh, how can I be right with you?
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Ab 
C 
Ab 
Oh, what's that you say?
Dm 
G 
It's getting late and I must go
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G 
The light of dawn is showing through
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G 
They mustn't see me
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Gsus4 
here with you
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G 
When I've made my mind up
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G 
When I've made my mind up
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G 
When I've made my mind up
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Ab 
I'll let you know
Bb 
C 
Please don't let go  of me