Bend Joseph Chords
Bend Joseph by Brandon Heath is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse:
C
I am not my family tree
F
These are different leaves, you know
Am
There are miles and miles between
G
My roots and what I'm tryin' to grow
C
I am not the slave they sold
F
Nor am I royalty
Am G
worn them both The finest coat,
C
And rags that barely covered me
Am
But there's mercy in the soil
F
Mercy in the sun
C
Learnin' to forgive
G
What cannot be undone
Am
What was meant to harm
F
Can't harm you in the end
C
Stepped out on a limb I thought my break
G
But love said,
Am F
It will only bend
C G
It will only bend
Verse:
C
I am not my past mistakes
F
Labeled by some place in time
Am
Nor am I a trophy case
G
Tryin' to maintain my shine
C
I have dreamed a thousand dreams
F
Watch a grain in famine grow
Am
I am not my family tree
G
I have branches of my own
Bridge:
C G
Oh, Does fate resign us too?
Am
Find shelter for our wounds
F
Beneath the battered roof of broken dreams
C G
Oh, But I will choose to stand
Am
In the shadow of Your hand
F
And see what grows when grace has sown the seed
(Slow Down Strum ) Am
F C G
Oh, oh, oh
Am
These are different leaves, you know
F C G
Oh, oh, oh