{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1713386,"song":"Gods Own Fool","artist":"Michael Card","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11361501-gods-own-fool-chords-by-michael-card/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1713386?type=chord","rating":4.52528,"votes":54,"content":"[VERSE 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt seems I've imagined Him all of my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the wisest of all of mankind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut if God's holy wisdom is foolish to man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Gsus[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe must have seemed out of His mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor even His family said He was mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Gsus[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the priest said, \"A demon's to blame,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo God in the form of this angry young man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Gsus[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCould not have seemed perfectly sane[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen we in our foolishness thought we were wise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]       \r\nHe played the fool and He opened our eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen we in our weakness believed we were strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe became helpless to show we were wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd so we follow God's own fool[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Gsus[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor only the foolish can tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]F[/ch]\r\nBelieve the unbelievable[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Gsus[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd come be a fool as well[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo come lose your life for a carpenter's Son[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a madman who died for a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen you'll have the faith His first followers had[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Gsus[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you'll feel the weight of the beam[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo surrender the hunger to say you must know[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Gsus[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the courage to say I believe[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]F[/ch]\r\nLet the power of paradox open your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Gsus[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd blind those who say they can see[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[BRIDGE]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd so we follow God's own fool[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Gsus[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor only the foolish can tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]F[/ch]\r\nBelieve the unbelievable[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Gsus[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd come be a fool as well[/tab]","plain_text":"[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n[BRIDGE]","chords":["C","G","F","Am","Gsus","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}