Japheth Song

        G                     C   
I will be to my sister as Japheth 
     G
to Noah
       Em          D              
Who covered his father’s shame and
   G            C
 chose not to stare
           G                C     
I won’t loudly expose the sins of 
     G
my brother
           Em          D          
But I’ll fight on his side for the
  C                        G
 sake of the Name we both bear

          G                      
I’ll acknowledge God’s grace as I 
  C         G
see it at work in you
          Em        D             
And I’ll try to remember I’m at 
    C        G
the mercy of grace, too
     G                       
Believing the best, though my 
   C            G
instinct is throwing stones
           Em          D          
I’ll be thankful that God has not 
  C         G
left me to walk alone


[Interlude]
             C       G 
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, 
               C           G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
           C       G 
Yea-ea-ea Ooh-ooh-ooh, 
               C   G   D
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh


[Verse 2]
           G                  
Oh Church run to the Cross and 
         C                 G
please look through your skin
            Em           D        
Whatever wretched or righteous 
   G               C
skin you think you’re in
       G                     C    
Oh humanity courses through all of
       G
 our veins
           Em         D          
And with Adam’s blood in us, we 
G            C
all look the same
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           Em          D          
Yeah with Adam’s blood in us, we 
C            G
all look the same

                 G                 
Church, please fight for the cause 
         C           G
of the Cross Jesus died on
  Em              D           G  
Forget not your role in the 
       C
Gospel of Grace
         G                       
At the foot of the Cross where we 
  C             G
each stand defenseless
         Em       D            G 
Jesus’ blood over us makes us all
           C
 look the same
         Em       D            G 
Jesus’ blood over us makes us all
           C
 look the same


[Interlude]
             C       G 
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, 
               C           G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
           C       G 
Yea-ea-ea Ooh-ooh-ooh, 
               C   G   D
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh


[Bridge]
      C                            
You bring me low so I’d never look 
             G
down on a brother
     C                             
You sanctify me so I’d trust you to
            G
 do it in others
      C                       
You suffer long with me so I’d 
                      G
suffer long with a friend
      Em             D           
You forgive all my sins so I’d 
G           C
give up the right
         G       D       G
to hold onto offenses tonight


[Verse 3]
          G                     C 
So I will be to my sister as 
       G
Japheth to Noah
       Em          D              
Who covered his father’s shame and
   G            C
 chose not to stare
           G                C     
I won’t loudly expose the sins of 
     G
my brother
           Em          D          
But I’ll fight on his side for the
  C                        G
 sake of the Name we both bear

          G                      
I’ll acknowledge God’s grace as I 
  C         G
see it at work in you
          Em        D             
And I’ll try to remember I’m at 
    C        G
the mercy of grace, too
               G             
Believing the best, though my 
     C          G
instinct is throwing stones
           Em          D          
I’ll be thankful that God has not 
   C         G
left me to walk alone


[Interlude]
             C       G 
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, 
               C           G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
           C       G 
Yea-ea-ea Ooh-ooh-ooh, 
               C   G   C   G   D
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh


[Other]
          G                     C 
So I will be to my sister as 
       G
Japheth to Noah
          Em           D
And I’ll fight on her side
          C                     
for the sake of the Name we both 
  G
bear