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

Order of song:

Intro

Verse 1

Verse 2

Chorus

Verse 3

Chorus

Chorus