Scarlet Thread

Intro
|Gm / / / | Gm / / / |
Verse 1
       Gm
Moving from the gates of Eden
         Gm     Bb       C
God made garments from the skin
     C
Of a beast that died to show
    Bb                       Gm
The cov’ring we would need for sin
Verse 2
    Gm
Abraham on Mount Moriah
        Gm  Bb   C
With an altar but no lamb
          C
Lifts his knife to offer Isaac
         Bb             Gm  Gm
But then God provides the ram
Chorus
         C                        C
Oh, what love poured out across the ages
       Gm                      Gm
All of heaven’s kindness running red
         F                  C/E
Oh, what mercy there upon the pages
C                Dsus
All God’s children praise the weaver
Eb   F     Gm     Gm
Of the scarlet thread
Verse 3
        Gm
Crimson stains around the doorway
       Gm    Bb   C
As the angel’s shadow fell
          C
Safe from judgement, death passed over
        Bb        Gm
All the sons of Israel
Verse 4
        Gm
Rope of red, a sign of promise
       Gm   Bb   C
From a window in the wall
        C
Rahab’s family to be rescued
         Bb          Gm
When old Jericho would fall
REPEAT CHORUS
Instrumental
|Gm / / / | Gm / Bb F | Gm / / / | Bb C Dsus Gm |
|C Dsus / / | Bb Gm / / | C Dsus / Eb | Dsus C / F |
|Gm / / / | Gm / / / |
Verse 5
      Gm
Every priest within the temple
         Gm       Bb      C
Sees the bloodshed, knows the cost
      C
Every lamb on every altar
         Bb          Gm
Pointing us toward the cross
Verse 6
        Gm
For the cross speaks once forever
        Gm     Bb C
Once to heal and over throw
      C
Every sin that left us scarlet
        Bb             Gm   Gm
So He’d made us white as snow
REPEAT CHORUS 2X
Tag
C                Dsus
All God’s children praise the weaver
Eb   F     Gm     Gm Gm
Of the scarlet thread