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(Am)Lest I for (G)get Thy (F)love for (C)me,
(C)lead me to (G7)Cal va (C7)ry.
Were you (F)there
(F7)when they (Bb)cru ci (Bbdim)fied my (F)Lord?
(Bb)Were (C)you (F)there
(Dm7)when (F)they (Bbmaj7)cru (F)ci (G7)fied my (Eb)Lord?
(Db)Oh.
Oh,
(Bb)some (F)times,
(Bb)some (F)times it (Cm7)caus es (B9)me to (Bbmaj9)trem ble,
trem ble, oh,
trem (F)ble.
(Dm)Were (Bbm)you (F)there
(Dm7)when they (G7)cru ci fied
(C7)my (F)Lord?
(D)Were you (G)there
(Em)when they (G)nailed Him (Cm)to the (G)tree?
(Cm)Were (C)you (G)there
(Em7)when they (C)nailed (G)Him (A7sus)to, (A7)to the (Eb)tree?
Oh,
oh,
(G)oh,
(C)some (G)times,
(C)some (G)times it (Dm7)caus es (G7)me to (C)trem ble, oh,
(Am)trem ble,
mm, (G)trem ble.
(Em)Were (Cm)you (G)there
(Em7)when they (D)nailed Him (C)to the (Gsus)tree?
Oh, (C)were you (G)there,
oh, when, when the sun re fused, re fused to (G)shine?
Were you (G)there?
And (C)were (D)you (G)there
(Em7)when, when the (C)sun (G)re fused
to (F7)shine?
(Eb)Oh,
Lord.
(G)Oh,
(G)some times,
(C)some (G)times it (Dm7)caus es (G)me to (C)trem ble, (G)oh,
(C)trem ble,
mm, (Am)trem (G)ble.
(Cm)Were (F#dim7)you (Bb)there
(Cm7)when the sun re fused to (Bb)shine?
(Bb)Oh, what an awe some (Gm7)sac ri fice, Lord, that You’ve (Cm7)made for me, (Bb)oh.
(Bb)I’m so grate ful, (Gm7)Je sus.
Thank You, (Cm7)Lord, for Your (Eb)awe some sac ri (Bb)fice.
(C)Were you (G)there
(Em7)when He (A7)rose
(D7)from the (G)grave?
(C)Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, (Cm)yeah, yeah, yeah.
(G7)Oh, we serve a ris en Sav ior and He’s a (C)live be cause He lives with in me.
Oh.
This page shows “Were You There?” by Smokie Norful in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 80 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.