You gave Your life                                        © Peter Barratt, Nov 1995

Bm                  Bm/AEm                A
You gave your life to purchase my innocence
Bm                  Bm/A Em             A
You gave your life in pain and for truth
Bm               A      D             Bm
When I look up, I see you as King and priest
G                D            G  Em      A
What can I do to give honour to you.

There by the cradle, the world watched expectantly
Your tiny hands the heavens constrained
All in a moment the heartache of centuries
Fell back defeated by the hope of Your grace

Chorus:

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  Tiny child, who could guess your significance?
                    Bm            A                 Bm    A
  Who could see timelessness in your eyes?
            Bm               A                D
  In our blindness we failed you in every sense
                 C                G              A
  Now we come to pay homage to You
            Bm                A                 G         Bm
  Let us come like the children You knew

Christmas again, a pledge of your immanence
Within our hearts the Christ child returns
Son of God, transform our indifference
Let's celebrate the gift of love that came to us first.

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