Jacob
Track 6
A#m7 F#maj7 D# I grabbed my hand I lost the hill when I was born F# G# A#m Always reaching, always torn A#m7 C# D#m7 I stole the blessing with deceit A#m G#7 A#m7 And ran away on wounded feet A#m E7 D#m7 C# D#m7 In the desert night I saw the gate F#maj7 G#7 Angels climbing, God was great A#7 C# He met me though my hands were stained D#m7 F# C# He promised me a holy name A#m C# A#m Years I served for Rachel’s hand F#maj7 F# A#m Through toil and loss I worked the G# land A#m C# A#m My brother’s face I longed to fear F# But mercy pulled our hearts near F#maj7 F#7 A#m Still the night that changed my stride I wrestled God to morning light I won by losing I found by fight F#maj7 A#m A#m7 I clung to him with all my might And when he blessed C# A#m7 He touched my side F#maj7 D#m7 A#m Fm I walked away but change inside D#7 E D#m7 D#m7 From Jacob’s schemes to Israel’s call F#maj7 Fm A#m7 From tents of strife to tribes of all Fm C#maj7 D#7 Twelve sons born with stories vast F# Fm7 G#7 A#m7 A nation rising from my past I won by losing D#7 C# D#7 I frowned by fight F#maj7 G# A#m7 I clung to him through darkest, darkest night Fm7 D#7 A#m7 He made me new island but stand F# Fm7 A#m7 A#m The promise lives across the land D# F# C# Fm I was Jacob, the deceiver, A#m D#m A#m A#m G# but he called me Israel, the leader. F#maj7 Ooh F#maj7 Ooh C# Ooh F# Ooh