The Basin And The Towel

G     C        G       D    G
In an upstairs room, a parable
   C    G        D    G
Is just about to come alive.
G                                 
And while they bicker about who's 
Em
best,
            Am             G
With a painful glance, He'll 
silently rise.
      Em             C
Their Savior Servant must show them 
how
            C
Through the will of the water
             Am            D
And the tenderness of the towel.

[Chorus]
         C             Bm
And the call is to community,
    D                       C     
The impoverished power that sets 
        G
the soul free.
   C            Em
In humility, to take the vow,
     Am        Bm          C     
That day after day we must take 
      D             C
up the basin and the towel.

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[Bridge]

Em C D x2

[Verse 2]
   C   G   D    G
In any ordinary place,
   C   G   D    G
On any ordinary day,
    C   Bm       F#m   Em
The parable can live again
     Am                 D
When one will kneel and one will 
yield.
      Em             C
Our Saviour Servant must show us how
             C
Through the will of the water
           Am             D
And the tenderness of the towel.
        D     G           C  
And the space between ourselves 
       G
sometimes
   D             Em           Am 
Is more than the distance between
      D
 the stars.
       D       G           
By the fragile bridge of the 
  C         G
Servant's bow
    Am                       D
We take up the basin and the towel.

[Chorus]
         C         Bm
And the call is to community,
    D                       C     
The impoverished power that sets 
        G
the soul free.
   C            Em
In humility, to take the vow,
     Am        B           C     
That day after day we must take 
      D
up the basin
    D         Bm          C      
And day after day we must take up
     D
 the basin
    C         G           C      
And day after day we must take up
     D             C
 the basin and the towel.

[Other]

G D C Em x2

C           D             C
Take up the basin and the towel.