Amos
Track 3
Gm Amos was not a priest D Not a court prophet Gm Gm D He was a shepherd from Tycho Gm God sent him north D to prosperous Israel the nation Cm Gm looks strong the worship looked Cm A# active but D# D7 Gm God saw violence under the music D7 under the music Dm Amos names the nation’s first, D Gm Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, Ammon, Cm D Cm Gm Moab, then Judah, then Israel. Cm D Am The trap closes slowly, D7 Gm D7 the guilty ones are the listeners. D# A# D They sold the poor for silver A# Cm They crushed the needy at the gate D D7 They loved their houses They loved their feasts D A# They sang their songs while justice died Gm A# Justice died Cm Gm Let justice roll like waters Cm Gm A# Let righteousness flow like a stream Cm D# Gm God rejects worship when the weak D#7 are crushed D Songs become noise when hearts Gm refuse truth D G They wanted the day of the Lord D Cm D Amos said, you do not understand G G D Gm For rebels, that day is not light D It is darkness Gm A man escapes a lion Cm Gm Then meets a bear C# A#m He reaches home D7 Leans on the wall Gm D#7 And a serpent strikes D7 God showed a plumb line The wall was measured It was not straight D C7 Cm God showed a basket of summer fruit D The end was near Cm Gm Israel’s religion Could not cancel C D#7 Israel’s rebellion D The end was near Gm F Dm C But Amos does not end D C F A# With ruin alone after judgment Gm God will raise Cm David’s fallen tent D The nations will be gathered, the land will bloom again D#7 D7 God tears down pride, Gm A# but keeps his promise A# Gm Let justice roll like waters Cm Gm Let righteousness flow like a stream D# Gm God rejects worship when the weak D#7 are crushed D A# Songs become noise when hearts Gm A# refuse truth D7 Gm Amos teaches clearly D7 Cm Gm Religion without justice is evidence Cm against us Gm God sees the poor, D#7 God measures nations D God will judge corruption and Gm D7 restore what he promised.