A few Sundays ago I got to do four songs at church on the theme of peacemaking. Looking at your average church song list you could be forgiven for thinking that after saying "blessed are the peacemakers" Jesus said "what ever you do just don't write any songs about it". While hunting for songs on peacemaking, I was keen to avoid songs of the "Jesus gives me peace in my heart" variety. The four songs I chose were...
Down By the Riverside
D
I feel so bad in the morning,
A
I feel so bad in the middle of the day
D G
I feel so bad in the evening,
D G A D
That's why I'm going to the river to wash my sins away
(verse 1)
D
I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield, down by the riverside,
A D
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside
I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield, down by the riverside,
A D
I'm gonna study war no more
(chorus)
G D
I ain't a gonna study war no more, I ain't a gonna study war no more
A D G
I ain't a gonna study war no more, I ain't a gonna study war no more
D A D
study war no more, I ain't a gonna study war no more
(verse 2)
Well, I'm gonna meet with the prince of peace, down by the riverside (Oh)
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside
I'm gonna meet with the prince of peace, down by the riverside
I'm gonna study war no more
(chorus)
I ain't a gonna study war no more, study war no more
study war no m ore, study war no more
study war no more, I ain't a gonna study war no more
(verse 3)
Well, I'm gonna feast with my enemy, (Where?) down by the riverside
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside
I'm gonna feast with my enemy, (A-ha) down by the riverside
I'm gonna study war no more
(chorus)
I ain't a gonna study war no more, study war no more
study war no more, study war no more
study war no more, I ain't a gonna study war no more
© Traditional – arrangement Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Prince of Peace
G Bm7 C C/D
G Bm7 C
C/D G Bm7 C
This is the moment
C/D G Bm7 C
This is the time to pause
C/D G G/B C D G C G
This is the time to understand and think of peace
C/D G Bm7 C
Who can we turn to?
C/D G Bm7 C
Who can we ask to put things right?
C/D G G/B C
Is there someone above the fray?
D G C
A Prince of Peace?
G D
Someone speak of the Kingdom
C G C
And not the warfare State
G D
Someone talk of forgiveness
C
And not this tribal hate
G C D
This flesh that bleeds
C/D G C D
These bones, these bones that break
C/D G C D
This heart, this heart that cries
C/D G/C D C/D
There is a Prince of Peace (Start verse)
Lay down your weapons
Lay down these eons of distrust
Lay down revenge that never ends
Please make this peace
In the name of the Father
In the name of the Son who bore our shame
In the name of the Spirit
Let there be peace
CHORUS
© Copyright Paul Gioia, 2002
Do Unto Others (The Prayer)
Oh lord must I do unto others,
before they do unto me
Must I arm myself to protect myself,
from pain and misery
oh no that is not the lesson i learnt,
upon my mothers knee
When she told me to do unto others,
only as I would have them do unto me
© Y.M. Barnwell
Carry Us Over
C G Am
Jesus turn this wine back in to water
C G Am
So we can quench our poor thirsty souls
C G Am
This dessert's dry as hell and getting hotter
C G Am
And the truth is only your love makes us whole
C G
So carry us over the finish line
Dm F
we can see the end but our feet are so tired
C G Am
It's Obvious we're useless on our own
C G
So carry us over the finish line
Dm F
We can see the end but our feet are so tired
C G Am
We don't know how to be sober
C G C
So Jesus Carry us over
But if this wait is gonna kill me
well kill me then and bring me home to you
But if my destiny’s amongst the heathen
Well time me to your rope and pull me through
C G Am
We want to come home
C G Am
We want to come home
C G Dm F
We want to come home
C G C
We want to come home
© Kelli Schaefer
The lasts song isn't about peacemaking but about struggle. If we are going to seriously involved in any kind of peacemaking it will be a struggle.
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