BLESSED ARE YOU

Em          C
Blessed are you
      D               G         D/F#
When people say evil things untrue
Em          Am
Blessed are you
      D                G  D/F#
When suffering as you do
    Em        Am
For righteousness
    D                  G         D/F#
You know that you are right with God
C       D               Em     G
By the righteousness of Christ
C           D               G
Christ the righteousness of God
C                    D        Em     G
Blessed are we when hated or scorned
C                   D
Blessed are we when overlooked
       G  D/F# Em
And ignored
C                   D
Jesus Christ stood in our place
     G    D  C
And took it all
C                  D
We will stand with Him
                C   G
Though others fall
C          G
Jesus my Lord
D                 C
Strengthen me to stand before You
D/F#      G
Never to fall
D                C              D
You are all the strength I ever need
          C   G
Jesus my Lord
Em          C
Blessed are we
      D               G         D/F#
When people say evil things untrue
Em          Am
Blessed are we
      D                G  D/F#
When suffering as we do
    Em        Am
For righteousness
    D                G         D/F#
We know that we are right with God
C       D               Em     G
By the righteousness of Christ
C           D               G
Christ the righteousness of God

(c) Sharon Jane, 2015 www.livingstream.net