Intro
B F# B E B F# B E
[Verse 1]
G#m F# B
There I was on death row
F# E
Guilty in the first degree
G#m B
Son of God hanging on a hill
C#m B
Hell was my destiny
[Verse 2]
G#m F# B
The crowd was shouting crucify
F# E
Could've come from these lips of mine
G#m B
The dirty shame was killing me
F# C#m B
It would take a miracle to wash me clean
[Chorus 1]
B E B
Then I read the red letters
F# B
And the ground began to shake
G#m B E
The prison walls started falling
B F# B
And I became a free man that day
[Verse 3]
G#m F# B
Felt like lightning hit my veins
F# E
My dead heart began to beat
G#m C#m B
Breath of God filled my lungs
F# B E
And the Holy Ghost awakened me
F# E
Yeah, the Holy Ghost awakened me
[Chorus 1]
B E B
Then I read the red letters
F# B
And the ground began to shake
G#m B E
The prison walls started falling
B F# B
And I became a free man that day
[Bridge]
G#m F#
For God so loved the whole wide world
B E
Sent His only Son to die for me
G#m F#
Arms spread wide for the whole wide world
B E
His arms spread wide where mine should be
B F#
Jesus changed my destiny
[Chorus 2]
B E B
Thank You, God, for red letters
F# B
When the ground began to shake
G#m E
The grace of God started falling
B G#m
And I became a free man that day
B F# E
The prison walls started falling
B B F# E B
And I am a free man… today