The Prophet

Michael Card



 Am				      Em7

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vamp:

   Am	        G  D Esus E    Am	  Em7 Am

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           G/A			    Fmaj7/A	     G/A Am

Reluctant ride in the middle of the belly of a whale

	   G/A			     Fmaj7/A

A wheel on fire in the middle of the sky

Dm	  G		      Am

Abandoned baby kicking on the side of the road

      Fmaj7		G		   VAMP(1x)

And a wife has died but you're denied the right to cry



Three men walk out proteccted from a furnace of flame

One man cries out from a miry well

See a man in the myrtles and women with the wind in their wings

Fmaj7		  G		       Am  G/A  Am /C

Understand what these seared lips can tell



Chorus:

Dm	 G		Am

I am the prophet and I smolder and burn

   Dm	      	      G		Em7		     Am  /G

I scream and cry and wonder why you never seemed to learn

Dm		  G		      C	          D2

To hear with your own ears with your own eyes to see

Fmaj7	  G		    Am

I am the prophet, won't you listen to me?

Fmaj7	  G		    Am (VAMP 1st time)

I am the prophet, won't you listen to me?



I hold out hope to everyone who hears and understands

The Word of God can echo in the voice of a man

He's the shadow of a great rock in a dry and weary land

With the names of the ones He loved carved into His hands



CHORUS



Fmaj7/A G/A		    Fmaj7/A    Am

           The sorrow in His anger, my eyes weep His tears

   Em7/A Fmaj7/A G/A Am

His life  alight  in me

G/A	Fmaj7/A		     Am

I am the sword that cuts His people apart

G/A	    Fmaj7/A		Em7		E7

I speak the Word that comforts their faithless hearts



CHORUS (2x)

Fmaj7/A	  G/A	   VAMP(2x)

I am the prophet



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Words and music by Michael Card

© 1992 Birdwing Music and BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP)