Capo 2nd fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Verse 1
This way is paved with tears
Shed for two thousand years
Wrung from the saints sincere
Martyred and mourned
Verse 2
Spirit who scorched their veins
Burn in my bones the same
Bid me to earn their chains
And take the cross of my Lord, my Lord and
Chorus
Give up the whole wide world
Give up the whole wide world
For my share of blessing and beauty and bloodshed
And wonders and woes, the wonders and woes
Of the narrow
Verse 3
This way is eased with song
Sung where we don't belong
Sung til the weak are strong
And home with my Lord, my Lord
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