I’m Sorry (a lament)

INTRO:
Bb Cm  Ab Cm
Bb Eb    Ab
VERSE:
Bb                        Cm
 We started out strong
                                Ab
But somewhere along
                       Cm
 We lost our way
Bb              Eb
 Done things in Your name
 
I'm so ashamed
Ab            Eb
 I don't have the words to say
Bb                Cm
 We've killed and destroyed
 
Stolen and blamed
Ab              Cm
 All in Your name
Bb                       Eb
 You told us to give
Told us to love
Ab                          Eb
 But we chose to take
Bb                                Cm
 You laid down Your life
Put power aside
Ab                                             Cm
 Showed us the Way and the Truth
Bb                      Eb
 We roll into church
Open the Word
       Ab                                          Eb
And forget that we're called to include
 
PRE-CHORUS:
Bb                             Cm
 Now, it's long overdue
But I can't dilute
Ab                                           Cm
 What we seem to havе put on the shelf
Bb                          Eb
 I can't speak for us all
But I gotta bеlieve
Ab                                          Eb
 I'm speakin' for more than myself
When I say
 
CHORUS:
    Bb             Cm          Ab Cm
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
            Bb       Eb         Ab
I'm sorry, so sorry
    Bb               Cm         Ab Cm
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
          Bb     Eb         Ab
I'm sorry, so sorry
 
VERSE 2:
Bb                        Cm
 We say that we're one
But we're broken up
Ab                             Cm
 By anything that can divide
Bb                  Eb
 Our color o' skin
The clothes we're in
Ab                         Eb
 That valley's deep and wide
Bb           Cm
 We overlook the broken
The homeless
Ab                       Cm
 And discard the poor
Bb                         Eb
 While we celebrate the rich and the beautiful
Ab                    Eb
 With a wide-open door
Bb                         Cm
 I'm sorry we're nothing like You
           Ab                      Cm
You chose to bear a cross
Bb                         Eb
 We choose to give You parts of us
Ab                              Eb
 And rarely the parts that cost
 
PRE-CHORUS:
Bb               Cm
 Now, it's long overdue
But I can't dilute
Ab                                    Cm
 What we seem to havе put on the shelf
Bb                            Eb
 I can't speak for us all
But I gotta bеlieve
Ab                                      Eb
 I'm speakin' for more than myself
When I say
 
CHORUS:
       Bb                 Cm         Ab Cm
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
           Bb     Eb         Ab
I'm sorry, so sorry
         Bb          Cm         Ab Cm
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
        Bb     Eb         Ab
I'm sorry, so sorry
 
BRIDGE:
           Bb                                                        Cm
Wake us up, wake us up, wake us up, Lord
              Eb/G                          Ab
Wake us up, wake us up, wake us up
                Bb                                                  Cm
Wake us up, wake us up, wake us up, Lord
                Ab
Wake us up, wake us up, wake us up
 
CHORUS:
            Bb         Cm         Ab Cm
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
         Bb     Eb          Ab
I'm sorry, so sorry
         Bb           Cm         Ab Cm
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
         Bb     Eb         Ab
I'm sorry, so sorry
 
BRIDGE:
                Bb                                  Cm     Ab Cm
Wake us up, wake us up, wake us up
             Bb                               Eb                 Ab
Wake us up, wake us up, wake us up, Lord
            Bb                                  Cm          Ab Cm
Wake us up, wake us up, wake us up
                 Bb                                Eb                 Ab
Wake us up, wake us up, wake us up, Lord
 
OUTRO:
Bb                        Cm
 Blessed are the poor in spirit
                              Ab                Cm
For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
                                        Bb
Blessed are they that mourn
                     Eb
For they shall be comforted
Ab
Blessed are the meek
For they shall inherit the Earth
Bb                       Cm                      
 Blessed are they which hunger
     Ab                   Cm
 and thirst after righteousness
For they shall be filled
Bb               Eb
 Blessed are the merciful
                 Ab
For they shall obtain mercy
Blessed are the pure in heart
Bb        Cm
 For they shall see God
               Ab           Cm
Blessed are the peacemakers
                         Bb               Eb
For they shall be called the children of God
            Ab
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake
    Bb                    Cm
For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
            Ab                 Cm                                    Bb
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you
    Eb                             Ab
And shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake