Taken - Wesley Perry

Intro: F#m (open) / E / A (open) / B (open)

*Verse 1:
F#m                          E
If I should leave tonight and seek after something new
A            B
Would you forgive me?
F#m                         E
Tonight I feel like I don't have the strength to make it through
A      B
I just need to be free
F#m                                       E
Free of this, free of life, free from the past, free to be whole at last
A       B
I don't know why you're holding me down
F#m                    E
It's my words, it's my sound, it's my kind you don't want around
A             B                F#m
Why won't you open up your heart?

*Bridge 1:
C#m        B        A    B
Would you, hurt me, if I gave you the chance?
C#m        B        A          B         E
Would you, kill me, if no then why d'you give me this?

*Chorus 1:
E                       B
Why would you take from me my life?
               C#m
My music is my sacrifice
       B                   A
If you can't understand, believe me
  B                 E
I have no reason to lie
E               B
So many ways to praise our God
                  C#m
A joyful noise is what he wants
       B                        A
If you think the world needs Salvation
         B                     E
Then why leave your children behind?

*Verse 2:
I see outside my life
there's so much need for God
You may say they're not listening
To your calls, I'm telling you,
it's not that way at all
You're got to know they are not you
Even though, you thought you've found
the best way to bring them around
What makes you think you are right?
Trust me, friend, that in the end,
They've understood what I've said to them
Even if it's not your way

*Bridge 2:
Would you hurt, if they gave you the chance?
Would you kill them, if no, then why d'you give them this?

*Chorus 2:
Would you take from them their life?
My music is a sacrifice
And they understand it believe me
I'll tell them why Christ died
There's so many ways we can reach out
And say what love's really about
I think the world needs salvation
So I won't leave them behind



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