Wednesday, April 10, 2019

In bread we bring you Lord, our body's' labour


Key: D 

Verse 1
D           Bm             D            A  D
In bread we bring you Lord, our body's' labour
   Bm      G        Em   A        D
In wine we offer you our spirit's grief.
D         Bm            D          A    D
We do not ask you, Lord, who is my neighbour,
    Bm     G        Em    A     D   
But stand united now, one in belief.

D         G           Em               D
O we have gladly heard your word, your holy word
           Bm      A               G  D
And now in answer, Lord, our gifts we bring.
D           G               Em            D            Bm
Our selfish hearts make true, our failing faith renew,
    G    Bm D       A                 D
Our life belongs to you, our Lord and King.

Verse 2
D            Bm       D               A  D
The bread we offer you is blessed and broken,
    Bm   G           Em   A        D
And it becomes for us our spirit’s food.
D        Bm          D             A  D
Over the cup we bring your Word is spoken;
   Bm   G              Em    A       D            
Make it your gift to us your healing blood.

D             G         Em               D
Take all that daily toil plants in our heart’s poor soil,
           Bm      A              G       D
Take all we start and spoil, each hopeful dream.
D           G             Em           D            Bm
The chances we have missed, the graces we resist,
      G      Bm D    A             D
Lord, in thy Eucharist, take and redeem.


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