Red Letters

Crowder

Red Letters
Red Letters
Intro
| G#m F#/A# B / | E / / / | 
| G#m F#/A# B / | E / / / | 
Verse 1
G#m 
There I was on
E2 
death
row
F# 
Guilty in the first de
E2 
gree
G#m 
Son of God hanging
E2 
on a
hill
F# 
Hell was my dest
G#m 
iny
Verse 2
The
G#m 
crowd was shouting
E2 
cruci
fy
F# 
Could’ve come from these lips of
E2 
mine
The
G#m 
dirty shame was
E2 
killing
me
It would take a
F# 
miracle to wash me
E2 
clean
Chorus 1
Then I
read the
red
letters
And the
F# 
ground began to
shake
The
F#/A# 
prison
G#m 
walls started
falling
And I became a
F#sus 
free man that day
Turn
| G#m F#/A# B / | E / / / | 
Verse 3
G#m 
Felt like lightning
E2 
hit my
veins
My
F# 
dead heart began to
E2 
beat
G#m 
Breath of God
E2 
filled my
lungs
And the
F# 
Holy Ghost a
F#sus 
wakened
E2 
me
And the
F# 
Holy Ghost a
F#sus 
wakened
E2 
me
Chorus 2
When I
read the
red
letters
And the
F# 
ground began to
shake
The
F#/A# 
prison
G#m 
walls started
falling
And I became a
F#sus 
free man that
day
Bsus 
Bridge
For
G#m 
God so loved the
F#/A# 
whole wide world
Sent his
only Son to
E2 
die for me
G#m 
Arms spread wide for the
F#sus(4)/A# 
whole wide world
His
arms spread wide where
E2 
mine should be
B/D# 
Jesus changed my
F#sus 
destiny
Chorus 3
Thank You,
God, for
red
letters
When the
F# 
ground began to
shake
The
F#/A# 
grace of
G#m 
God started
falling
And I became a
F#sus 
free man that
G#m 
day
Tag
The prison
G#m 
walls
F# 
started
falling
And I am a
F#sus 
free man today
Outro
| G#m F#/A# B E | B | 
Writer(s):

David Crowder, Ed Cash

Theme(s):

Resurrection & Sacrifice

Tempo:

Medium

Ministry:

Passion

BPM:

74

Original Key:

B

Recommended Key(s):

B, C, E

CCLI #:

7119204

Scripture Reference:

Matthew 28:2, John 3:16