Red Letters chords by Crowder

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: B

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G#m F#/A# B  E
G#m F#/A# B  E

Verse 1:
G#m      E2  B
There I was on death row
F#         E2
Guilty in the first degree
G#m        E2  B
Son of God hanging on a hill
F#        G#m
Hell was my destiny

Verse 2:
G#m          E2  B
The crowd was shouting crucify
F#                E2
Could've come from these lips of mine
  G#m       E2   B
The dirty shame was killing me
        F#         E2
It would take a miracle to wash me clean


Chorus 1:
    B    E  B
Then I read the red letters
    F#       B
And the ground began to shake
  F#   G#m      E
The prison walls started falling
        F#      G#m F#/A# B  E
And I became a free man that day

Verse 3:
G#m         E2   B
Felt like lightning hit my veins
  F#         E2
My dead heart began to beat
G#m      E2    B
Breath of God filled my lungs
    F#         E2
And the Holy Ghost awakened me
     F#         E2
Yeah, the Holy Ghost awakened me

Chorus 2:
    B    E  B
When I read the red letters
    F#       B
And the ground began to shake
  F#   G#m      E
The prison walls started falling
        F#      B
And I became a free man that day

Bridge:
  G#m       F#
For God so loved the whole wide world
     B      E2
Sent His only Son to die for me
G#m           F#
Arms spread wide for the whole wide world
  B           E2
His arms spread wide where mine should be
B        F#  B
Jesus changed my destiny

Chorus 3:
      B    E  B
Thank You, God, for red letters
     F#       B
When the ground began to shake
  F#    G#m     E
The grace of God started falling
        F#      G#m
And I became a free man that day
      G#m  F#   E
The prison walls started falling
      F#     G#m F#/A# B  E
And I am a free man today