I Was There - Nathan Tasker


This is not how plays Nathan it as I think he plays in Drop D tuning and I basically don’t 
know how too. However, these chords are good enough to jam with to the CD or on your own. 
All the * chords are variations. It just saves writing sus2 and sus4 etc, every time 
throughout the song. 


Bbm*     688666 (this one sounds good in the instrumental parts)
Bbm      X13321                                                         
Gb       244322
Gb*      2323XX (this chord has added the 5th flattened)
Gb/Db    X44322
Db       X46644 (this is a sus2 chord)
Ab       466544                                 
Ab*      466644 (this is a sus4 chord)




Bbm* Gb Db Ab x3
 
Bbm* Gb Db           Ab     Gb
        I’d like to think if I was there
Db               Ab
In the garden as you prayed and cried
                     Gb
I would have stayed awake for you
Db                Ab
So you were not alone at that time
        Gb        Bbm
But in truth I can see,
   Ab            
although I stand here now,
  Gb*       Gb
a part of me



    Bbm         Gb      
Was there in the garden
  Db         Ab
Asleep on the ground
        Bbm      Gb
When you needed companions
             Db     Ab 
And there was no-one around
       Bbm               Gb
And I’m sorry I left you
      Db        Ab
To the anguish and pain
    Gb
And but for the grace of God
Ab*              Bbm*   Gb      Db      Ab
I’d fall asleep again



Bbm* Gb  Db       Ab           Gb
         I’d like to think if I was there
Db                 Ab
As the crowd demanded crucify
                      Gb
I would have been a louder voice
Db                   Ab
Calling out to them “what is his crime”
  Gb        Bbm
But in truth I can see,
   Ab            
although I stand here now,
  Gb*       Gb
a part of me


        
    Bbm           Gb
Was there in the rabble
          Db            Ab              
When your crime was declared
      Bbm                 Gb
And I cried out for your life
    Db           Ab
Let Barabbas be spared
        Bbm          Gb
And I’m sorry I left you
       Db           Ab
To the mocking and scorn
     Gb
And but for the grace of God
Ab*                     Gb/Db   Bbm         Gb
I hear my angry voice alone


          Gb/Db  Bbm                       Gb           
Were you there,  when they crucified the Lord? 
          Gb/Db  Bbm                       Gb
Were you there,  when they crucified the Lord?



Bbm* Gb Db Ab


Bbm* Gb  Db       Ab         Gb
         I’d like to think if I was there
Db                        Ab
Watching as you took your final breath
                            Gb
I’d have known you’d rise again
Db                            Ab
I would’ve remembered all the words you’d said
  Gb        Bbm
But in truth I can see,
   Ab            
although I stand here now,
  Gb*      Gb
a part of me


    Bbm          Gb
Was scared and embarrassed
     Db          Ab
As I watched you die
   Bbm                Gb
I believed you were king
           Db          Ab
But you did not even fight
         Bbm     Gb
And I’m sorry I forgot
     Db           Ab
All you’d said and done
    Gb
And but for the grace of God
Ab*                Gb  Bbm      Ab 
I’d turn away and run


Gb  Bbm Ab


          Gb Bbm Ab                         Gb Bbm Ab
I was there,        when they crucified my Lord
          Gb Bbm Ab                         Gb Bbm Ab
I was there,        when they crucified my Lord


Just listen to the CD to get the chord changes spot on.  
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