You Are the One! chords by
Keith Green

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Em

Em

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C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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Verse 1

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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I was done

F

F

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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hoeing, out in the fields for the day,

Gsus4

Gsus4

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G

G

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I was thinking of going,

C

C

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G

G

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I had to leave right away,

C

C

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My life is just fading,

and oh I felt so alone,

F

F

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The nearest young maiden was,

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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a full day's ride from home.

G

G

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My father was reading,

C

C

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the holy books in his room,

My heart was just bleeding,

F

F

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C

C

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I knew I had to go soon,

Dm

Dm

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He smiled and pointed

Gsus4

Gsus4

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G

G

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at an old wooden chair,

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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I wanted to hold him,

Em

Em

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C

C

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F

F

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but then I just wouldn't dare.

G

G

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I said, father, there's so much to know,

Verse 2

C

C

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A

A

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D

D

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There's a world of things to see,

And I'm ready to go and make

A

A

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D

D

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a life for myself

G

G

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If you give me what is mine,

D

D

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I will go, if I can have your blessing,

Em

Em

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A

A

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But if you won't bless my journey,

D

D

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I'm gonna leave anyway.

A

A

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Son, I've always tried my best

Verse 3

D

D

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for you,

G

G

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And if you must be leaving home,

A

A

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then go with the blessing of god.

D

D

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Not too many days later,

A

A

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D

D

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A

A

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D

D

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I was well on my way,

I met a traveling stranger,

who seemed to have much to say,

G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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He told me tales of the city,

A

A

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D

D

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and all the women he'd had,

A

A

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D

D

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I asked him, wasn't that sinful,

Verse 4

He said, no, it isn't that bad.

G

G

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A

A

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And then a few days later,

D

D

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B

B

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on an old city road,

We were drowning in laughter, and

E

E

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we had women to hold,

B

B

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And this went on quite a long

E

E

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time, my father gave me a lot,

But when my pockets were empty,

A

A

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my friends all left me to rot.

E

E

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Then a famine hit and drained the land,

Verse 5

F#m

F#m

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Everywhere I

looked I saw starvation,

B

B

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E

E

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B

B

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and a job was nowhere to find,

E

E

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I wandered through the city streets,

A

A

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B

B

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competing for the food of common beggers,

Until then I'd never known hunger

E

E

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B

B

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, but now I wasn't too proud.

Verse 6

E

E

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B

B

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I finally found some employment,

E

E

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feeding pigs on a farm,

A

A

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I wasn't treated to kindly,

E

E

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F#m

F#m

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I had to sleep in the barn,

B

B

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E

E

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B

B

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I had to eat with the swine,

E

E

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A

A

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B

B

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The bread I ate was like stone,

E

E

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It didn't take too much time until,

B

B

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E

E

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I was dreaming of home.

B

B

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Oh, the servants there are better fed, If I could only

Verse 7

E

E

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have what my

father gives them,

A

A

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I would truly need nothing more.

E

E

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F#m

F#m

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Oh, I will go and say to him,

B

B

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E

E

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B

B

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I'm no longer worthy to be in your family,

E

E

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Will you take me as your servant,

A

A

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and let me live with them

E

E

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It didn't take too long to

Verse 8

F#m

F#m

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pack my things,

E

E

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A

A

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B

B

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I left with only what I wore,

E

E

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B

B

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And I prayed that I still had a home.

Verse 9

E

E

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I was near home,

B

B

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in site of the house,

E

E

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My father just stared,

dropped open his mouth,

A

A

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E

E

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He ran up the road, and fell to my feet,

F#m

F#m

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B

B

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and cried, and cried,

E

E

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B

B

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Father I've sinned,

E

E

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heaven ashamed,

A

A

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B

B

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E

E

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I'm no longer worthy to wear your name,

B

B

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I've learned that my home

is right where you are,

E

E

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Oh father, take me in.

B

B

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Bring the be st robe, put it on

Verse 10

E

E

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my son,

A

A

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E

E

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Shoes for his feet, hurry put them on,

F#m

F#m

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B

B

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This is my son who I

E

E

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thought had died,

B

B

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Prepare a feast for my son's alive,

I've prayed and prayed,

E

E

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E

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never heard a sound,

A

A

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My son was lost, oh thank you God he's found,

My son was dead and he's now alive,

Prepare a feast for my son's alive,

My son was dead,

My son was lost,

My son's returned in the hands of god.

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Chords

C
G
Em
F
Dm
Gsus4
A
D
B
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F#m

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The original key of You Are the One! by Keith Green is C major.

The primary chords used in You Are the One! are C, G, Em, F, Dm, Gsus4.

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