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The Nazarene

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[Verse]
CThe Nazarene had come to live the life of every man
AEm/Bnd He Amfelt the Emfascination of the Fstars
And as He wandered through this Gweary world
He Cwondered aEm/Bnd He Amwept
For there Fwere so few who liGstened to His FcaCllEm/B  
[Chorus]
He Amcame, He Emsaw, He surFrendered CallEm/B  
AmSo that we Emmight be born aFgain
And the fFact of His huGmanity was Cthere for Em/Ball to Amsee
For He was Funlike any Gother man
And Fyet so Gmuch like Cme
[Verse]
CThe Nazarene could hunger, and the Nazarene could cryEm/B  
And He could Amlaugh with all the Emfullness of His Fheart
And Fthose who hardly Gknew Him
And Cthose who Em/Bknew Him Amwell
Could Ffeel the contraGdiction from the FstarCt     Em/B  
[Chorus]
HAme came, HEme saw, He sFurrendereCd aEm/Bll
AmSo that we Emmight be born aFgain
And the fFact of His huGmanity was Cthere for Em/Ball to Amsee
For He was Funlike any Gother man
And Fyet so Gmuch like Cme

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The Nazarene

by Michael Card

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Em/B

[Verse]

The Nazarene had come to live the life of every man

Em/B Am Em F

And He felt the fascination of the stars

And as He wandered through this weary world

C Em/B Am

He wondered and He wept

F G F C Em/B

For there were so few who listened to His call

[Chorus]

Am Em F C Em/B

He came, He saw, He surrendered all

Am Em F

So that we might be born again

F G C Em/B Am

And the fact of His humanity was there for all to see

F G

For He was unlike any other man

F G C

And yet so much like me

[Verse]

C Em/B

The Nazarene could hunger, and the Nazarene could cry

Am Em F

And He could laugh with all the fullness of His heart

F G

And those who hardly knew Him

C Em/B Am

And those who knew Him well

F G F C Em/B

Could feel the contradiction from the start

[Chorus]

Am Em F C Em/B

He came, He saw, He surrendered all

Am Em F

So that we might be born again

F G C Em/B Am

And the fact of His humanity was there for all to see

F G

For He was unlike any other man

F G C

And yet so much like me

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