You Invite Me In
Meredith Andrews
Tuning: Standard
Time: 6/8
Intro: (4 bars with half-bar drum lead-in: D/F# G Asus D/F# G A)
[Verse 1:]
G A DM7/F# G
I’ve been search – ing
G A DM7/F# G
Wandering and hurt - ing
G A D/F# G
Ashamed of the shape I’m in
G A DM7/F# G (Extra 1½ measures – G)
Afraid you’ll see who I really am
[Chorus 1:]
D/F# G Asus A
But you invite me in
D/F# G Asus A
Doesn’t matter where I’ve been
Em D/F# A
Your arms are op - en wide
Em D/F# G (Extra Measure - G)
There’s nothing left to hide
[Verse 2:]
G A DM7/F# G
How can this be
G A DM7/F# G
A love so unfail - ing
G A D/F# G
Reached down and lifted me
G A DM7/F# G (Extra 1½ measures – G)
From ashes to beau - ty
[Chorus 2:]
D/F# G Asus A
And you invite me in
D/F# G Asus A
Doesn’t matter where I’ve been
Em D A
Your arms are op - en wide
Em D G
There’s nothing left to hide
D/F# G Asus A
You invite me in
D/F# G Asus A
Doesn’t matter who I’ve been
A Em D A
Your arms are op - en wide
Em D G (Extra measure – G)
Holding me to your side
[Bridge:]
G Bm D
Now I am walking away from the life I once knew
A G
And running into your grace
Bm D
It covers my shame again and again
A G (Extra Measure – G)
I find my life in you
(Chorus 2 – me->us, I->we, Piano only on first line)
[Outtro:]
G A DM7/F# G
Your arms are open wide
G A DM7/F# G
G A D/F# G
G A DM7/F# (A) G
