The Cross Of St Andrew Chords
The Cross Of St Andrew by Five Iron Frenzy is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, C, D, Eb, A, G, F and F(high). Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Bb C
Verse:
D C
One missed step can make you stumble
D C Bb
You set yourself up for a fall
D Eb
You punish yourself for each failure,
D C Bb
Dogma beat out alcohol
D C
When all of your principles were fashioned
D C Bb
You thought your new rules made you new
D Eb D C Bb A G
But maybe those X's on your hands are what's killing you
F C G Bb (A)
The Cross of Saint Andrew
F C G Bb (A)
Never meant to take His place
F C G (F G A) Bb
The Cross of Saint Andrew
Bb C D
Echoes of His grace
D C
When Saint Andrew knew the measure
D C Bb
He knew the cost of sacrifice
D Eb
He left all that he knew behind him
D C Bb
Great things come at such great price
D C
But all of this never brought the answers
D C Bb
Obedience comes with controversy
D Eb D C Bb A G
What changed him changes me today, Christ has mercy
F C G Bb (A)
The Cross of Saint Andrew
F C G Bb (A)
Never meant to take His place
F C G (F G A) Bb
The Cross of Saint Andrew
Bb C D
Echoes of His grace
Bridge:
D Bb
All your sins can be forgiven
D F(high)
All of this was always free
D Bb
Jesus loves without condition
C D
This is what freedom means to me
D Bb
Nihil ergo nunc damnationis
D F
Est his qui sunt in Christo Iesu
D Bb C
Qui non secundum carnem ambulant