Behold the Wood of the Cross

By:  Dan Schute, S.J.
Arr. by:  Ron Michael Alquisada



Antiphon:
     Dm       C            A                 Dm
Behold, behold the wood of the cross.
Gm               C                 Dm
On which is hung our salvation.
     C           A             Dm
O come let us adore.

                 I
     Dm                  C
Unless a grain of wheat shall fall,
    Dm                          C
Upon the ground and die,
     Dm                      C                  Bb
It shall remain but a single grain,
                      Asus       A
And not give life.

                 II
         Dm                       C
And when my hour of glory come,
     Dm                      C
As all was meant to be
Dm                      C               Bb
You shall see me lifted up
             Asus       A
Upon a tree.

                   III
      Dm                     C
For there can be no greater love,
Dm                       C
Shown upon this land,
         Dm                    C                 Bb
Than in the one who came to die
                         Asus       A
That we might live.




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