"And Can it Be"
Lyrics & Music by Max Hsu, with
additional lyrics by Jason Gregory.
(both of Church of Rhythm).
Copyright ? 1996 CorFour Music/ASCAP.


From the album -Not Perfect-.
Copyright ? 1996 Pamplin Music.


Transcribed by Alexander Chen
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Standard-tuned six-string acoustic, shuffle tempo in 4.


[chords]
F#m4,7 (244200)
G#m6 (466400)
A2 (577600) or (X02200)
B4 (799800) or (224400)
E (022100)
C#m (446654) or C#m7 (446600)


note: be sure to listen to the recording for
the strum, a shuffle feel.


[intro]
F#m4,7
G#m6
A2
B4


[verse 1]
E
take me as I am
C#m
I lay down all I thought I should be
?????? A2
and I give up my walls of pride,
???? (A2)??? -???? E
hoping love will find me
E
take me as I am
C#m
never wanted to need Your love,
???? A2
so alone and afraid to fall,
???? (A2)???? -???? E
praying love will find me


[chorus]
E??? -???? A2?????????? G#m6???? -??? F#m4,7
And can it be- that You love me this way?
???????????????????? E????? -???? A2
You never ask me to be more than I could be
G#m6???? -??? F#m4,7???? C#m???????????? F#m4,7 - A2
No more trying to be someone, and can it be
C#m???????????? F#m4,7 - A2
yeah, and can it be


[verse 2]
E
Take me as I am
C#m
Never good enough to be loved,
????? A2
so I lived with my pain inside,
???? (A2)???? -?? E
hoping love will find me
E
Take me as I am
C#m
So tired of trying to make it alone,
??????? A2
so I'm taking this step of faith,
????? (A2)????????? E
trusting You will find me


[repeat chorus]


[bridge]
F#m4,7
In the mirror all I saw
G#m6
was that I never measured up
A2
I couldn't like myself, so
C#m
how could I understand Your love?
F#m4,7
I thought love was something bought-
G#m6
by being someone I was not
A2
how could I know all You'd
B4
ask is that I let You love me?


[repeat chorus]
(end on A2, precussion, and fade)


Transcribed by Alexander Chen (04/23/98)
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(This file is the author's own work and represents
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