Michael Card - God's Own Fool guitar chord

"God's Own Fool"

Michael Card

From the album "Scandalon"

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C G C

It seems I've imagined Him all of my life

F C G

As the wisest of all of mankind

F C G Am G-F

But if God's holy wisdom is foolish to man

Gsus-G C

He must have seemed out of His mind

F C G C

For even His family said He was mad

F C Gsus-G

And the priest said, "A demon's to blame,"

F C G Am G-F

So God in the form of this angry young man

Gsus-G C --->(run to F)

Could not have seemed perfectly sane

Chorus:

F C G C

When we in our foolishness thought we were wise

Am F

He played the fool and He opened our eyes

C F G Am

When we in our weakness believed we were strong

F G C --->(run to F)

He became helpless to show we were wrong

F C G C

And so we follow God's own fool

F C Gsus-G

For only the foolish can tell

F C - G - Am G-F

Believe the unbelievable

Gsus-G C

And come be a fool as well

Verse 2:

So come lose your life for a carpenter's Son

For a madman who died for a dream

Then you'll have the faith His first followers had

And you'll feel the weight of the beam

So surrender the hunger to say you must know

And the courage to say I believe

Let the power of paradox open your eyes

And blind those who say they can see

Repeat Chorus (run to F)

End:

F C G C

And so we follow God's own fool

F C Gsus-G

For only the foolish can tell

F C - G - Am G-F

Believe the unbelievable

Gsus-G C

And come be a fool as well