Chords
The Twenty-first Time

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
easy |||||
             C9                 G/B                              G  
Nowhere to live, nowhere to fall
        C9                      G/B                                                    G  
he used to have money, but he?s wasted it all.
        C9                 G/B                                              Em  
His face is a photograph burned in my mind,
                Am                                 G                                         D/F#                      G  
but I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time
        C9                    G/B                                                      G  
He sleeps under stars, that?s all he can afford
          C9                         G/B                                                      G  
His blanket's an old coat he?s had since the war
        C9                      G/B                                         Em  
He stands on the corner of Carter and Vine
                  Am                                      G/B                              D/F#                      G  
But I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time
     C9                 G/B                                                      G  
He may be a drifter, he?s grown old and gray
        C9                    G/B                                    G  
But what if he?s Jesus and I walk away?
     C9                 G/B                                         Em  
I say I?m the body and drink of the wine
                Am                                         G/B                            D/F#                      G  
but I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time
  C9                 G/B                                                      G  
She?s twenty-nine but she feels forty-eight
  C9                                         G/B                              G  
She can?t raise three kids on minimum wage
                C9              G/B                                    Em  
She?s cryin? in back of the welfare line
                Am                                         G/B                            D/F#                      G  
but I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time
  C9                 G/B                                                                            G  
She may be a stranger tryin? to get through the day
        C9                      G/B                                 G  
but what if it?s Jesus and i walk away?
  C9                    G/B                                         Em  
I say I?m the body and drink of the wine
                Am                                         G                                 D/F#                      G  
but I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time
C9              G/B                                              G  
This is a call for a change in my heart
     C9                 G/B                                              G  
I realize that I?ve not been doin? my part
                  C9            G/B                                      Em  
when I needed a Savior, I found it in Him
Am                      G/B                         D/F#                      G  
He gave to me, now I?ll give back to them
  C9                 G/B                                      G  
Drifter or stranger, Daughter or son
  C9                    G/B                              G  
I?ll look for Jesus in every one
  C9                         G/B                                         Em  
?cause I am the body and drink of the wine
                     Am                                      G/B                              D/F#                         G  
and I?m thankful there?s more than the twenty-first time