G#m | E | BVerse 1G#mE
They said that this preacher man
B
Comes from Galilee
G#mEB
Did something so absurd that he deserved this penalty
G#mEB
How can it be?
Verse 2G#mE
I know I’ve done my wrongs
B
Cause doing wrong is something I do well
G#mEB
I know the court of law and something like this doesn’t ring a bell
G#mEB
How can it be?
G#mEF#
How can it be?
ChorusG#mE
I am Barabas
B
You took upon my cross
G#mE
I was a prisoner
B
Till you bought my bond with blood
G#mEB
I can’t run away
G#mEB
From what my accusers say
G#mE
I am Barabbas
BF#
I am Barabbas
G#mEF#
Your friend
Verse 3G#mE
They made me sit right there
B
As I watched them beat the preacher man
G#mEB
39 of all them lashes should’ve been on my own skin
G#mEB
How can it be?
G#mED
How can this be?
Verse 4G#mE
I’ll never comprehend the
B
Repercussions of my every sins
G#m
Is this love?
EB
Or is this hatred flowing out from bitterness
G#mEB
How can it be?
G#mEF#
But he looked at me
And I said-
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