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Just As I Am

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[Intro]
|       G|     C      D|        G|C  
[Verse 1]
What's Dthat on the gGround?
It's what's left of my DheartDsus  D  
Somebody named CJesus broke it to Empieces
And Dplanted the Cshards
And they're coming up Ggreen
And they're coming in Cbloom
I can hardly beGlieve G/Bthis is all coming CtrueD  
[Chorus]
GJust as I Dam and Gjust as I Cwas
EmJust as I Gwill be He Cloves me, He does
He Gshowed me the Dday that
He Gshed His own Cblood
He Emloves me, Goh He Cloves me, He doesD  
[Verse 2]
All of my Glife I've held on to this DfearDsus  D  
These thistles and Cvines ensnare and enEmtwine
DWhat flowers apCpeared
It's the fear that I'll Gfall one too many Ctimes
It's the fear that His Glove G/Bis no better than Cmine
(but He Dtells me that)
[Chorus]
GJust as I Dam and Gjust as I Cwas
EmJust as I Gwill be He Cloves me, He does
He Gshowed me the Dday that
He Gshed His own Cblood
He Emloves me, Goh He Cloves me, He does
He Emloves me, Goh, He Cloves me, He does
[Instrumental]
|      Am|        |        F|          |      Am|        |       F|       D/F#|
[Verse 3]
Well it's time now to Gharvest what little that DgrewDsus  D  
This man they call CJesus, who planted the Emseeds
    D            C       C2(#11)
Has come for the fruit
And the best that I've Ggot isn't nearly eCnough
He's glad for Gthe cropG/B, but it's me tChat He loves
[Chorus]
GJust as I Dam and Gjust as I Cwas
EmJust as I Gwill be He Cloves me, He does
He Gshowed me the Dday that
He Gshed His own Cblood
He Emloves me, Goh He Cloves me, He does
GJust as I Dam and Gjust as I Cwas
EmJust as I Gwill be He Cloves me, He does
He Gshowed me the Dday that
He Gshed His own Cblood
He Emloves me, Goh He Cloves me
Ending
Loves me He Gdoes
He G/Bloves me he CdoesD  G  

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Just As I Am

by Andrew Peterson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Dsus

G/B

D/F#

[Intro]

G C D G C

| | | |

[Verse 1]

D G

What's that on the ground?

D Dsus D

It's what's left of my heart

C Em

Somebody named Jesus broke it to pieces

D C

And planted the shards

And they're coming up green

And they're coming in bloom

G G/B C D

I can hardly believe this is all coming true

[Chorus]

G D G C

Just as I am and just as I was

Em G C

Just as I will be He loves me, He does

G D

He showed me the day that

G C

He shed His own blood

Em G C D

He loves me, oh He loves me, He does

[Verse 2]

G D Dsus D

All of my life I've held on to this fear

C Em

These thistles and vines ensnare and entwine

D C

What flowers appeared

G C

It's the fear that I'll fall one too many times

G G/B C

It's the fear that His love is no better than mine

(but He tells me that)

[Chorus]

G D G C

Just as I am and just as I was

Em G C

Just as I will be He loves me, He does

G D

He showed me the day that

G C

He shed His own blood

Em G C

He loves me, oh He loves me, He does

Em G C

He loves me, oh, He loves me, He does

[Instrumental]

Am F Am F D/F#

| | | | | | | | |

[Verse 3]

G D Dsus D

Well it's time now to harvest what little that grew

C Em

This man they call Jesus, who planted the seeds

D C C2(#11)

Has come for the fruit

G C

And the best that I've got isn't nearly enough

G G/B C

He's glad for the crop, but it's me that He loves

[Chorus]

G D G C

Just as I am and just as I was

Em G C

Just as I will be He loves me, He does

G D

He showed me the day that

G C

He shed His own blood

Em G C

He loves me, oh He loves me, He does

G D G C

Just as I am and just as I was

Em G C

Just as I will be He loves me, He does

G D

He showed me the day that

G C

He shed His own blood

Em G C

He loves me, oh He loves me

Ending

Loves me He does

G/B C D G

He loves me he does

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