Em             C              G              B7
I used to nuture bitterness, to count up every slight
    Em              C              G               B7
The world's a moral wilderness and I have felt its blight
     Em            C                Em          C
Self-pity ruled, resentment rained, no one understood my pain
  Em       C       G     B7      Em      C      G       B7
I spiraled down in murky night insisting that I had the right
   Em       B/D#    D
To hate and hate again


[Chorus 1]
Em    C        G      B7 B/D#
I am ashamed, ashamed
Em   C        G    B7 B/D#
O my Lord, forgive


[Verse 2]
    Em              C                G               B7
But then the gospel taught me how to contemplate the cross
    Em                    C               G                   B7
For there Christ died for me and now I've glimpsed the bitter cost
   Em             C               Em           C
He bore abuse and blows and hate, He did not retaliate
   Em      C      G           B7            Em      C       G     B7
Triumphant malice sneered and tossed, blind rage at him, He never lost
    Em        B/D#     D
The love that conquers hate


[Chorus 2]
Em    C        G      B7 B/D#
I am ashamed, ashamed
Em   C        G    B7 B/D#
O my Lord, forgive
Em    C        G      B7 B/D#
I am ashamed, ashamed
Em   C        G    B7 B/D#
O my Lord, forgive


[Verse 3]
   Em                 C                  G              B7
To make no threat, to smile, forgive, to love and not because I must
    Em              C               G                   B7
For Jesus showed me how to live and trust the one who's just
   Em             C              Em               C
To suffer all and feel the pain, certain that the loss is gain
   Em    C       G       B7        Em     C     G       B7
Oh God I want so much to trust, to follow Jesus on that cross
   Em       B/D#   D       Em       B/D#   D
To love and love again, to love and love again


[Chorus 3]
Em    C        G      B7 B/D#
I am ashamed, ashamed
Em   C        G    B7 B/D#
O my Lord, forgive
Em    C        G      B7 B/D#
I am ashamed, ashamed
Em   C        G    B7 B/D#
O my Lord, forgive
Em
forgive