Sometimes when putting a song together, the words come first and the tune follows sometime in the future. Sometimes the words and tune come at the same time. This one is different, as I put the words to an existing tune. The tune I borrowed from a song to my first girlfriend which I wrote in late 1980. While that relationship didn't last, I liked the chords. I don't remember when I acutually wrote a communion song to go with the melody, but at some point in the ensuing 20 years it happened as the first dated copy I have is from 2003.
And when (Jesus) had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. (1 Corinthians 11:24 KJV)
Communion Song
©Edd Russell, Fresno 8/2003
VERSE 1
C2 FM7 FM7/E-FM7/D
This bread You give, O Lord,
C2 FM7 FM7/E-FM7/D
Your body broken for me
G7/B G7/A-G7 G7/A
Though I’m the one who’s broken
FM7 C2 C2/D-C2/E
In You I’m made complete
CHORUS
F G
You gave Your life for me
F C-C/B-Am
Gave it up on that tree
Dm-Dsus-Dm-D2-Dm-Dsus
Now I give You my life
Dm C2-FM7 FM7/E-FM7/D-C2
Take it from me now
VERSE 2
C2 FM7 FM7/E-FM7/D
This cup You give, O Lord,
C2 FM7 FM7/E-FM7/D
To wash away all my sin
G7/B G7/A-G7 G7/A
Though I still stumble all the time
FM7 C2 C2/D-C2/E
You are there to pick me up
CHORUS 2
F G
You shed Your blood for me
F C-C/B-Am
Poured it out on that tree
Dm-Dsus-Dm-D2-Dm-Dsus
Now I give You my life
Dm C2-FM7 FM7/E-FM7/D-C2
Take it from me now
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