I Found Jesus at the Foot of the Cross

Mid-tempo, soulful shuffle (approx, 76 BPM) Key: G Major

[VERSE 1] (Piano carries the rhythm, Banjo picking softly) I’d been dragging these chains down a dusty gravel road With a heart full of sin and a heavy, heavy load , I tried the city lights But nothing stopped the trembling in the middle of the night Then I heard a distant singing, drifting through the pines From a little white-washed chapel, nearly left behind.

[CHORUS] (Full band kicks in. Electric Guitar adds a little grit, Piano plays driving chords) And I found Jesus at the foot of the cross Where the wood was rough and the stained glass had no gloss I laid my burden down where the blood ran red And I heard the angels singing ‘round the words He said Yeah, I was wandering, broken, battered, and lost ’Til I found Jesus at the foot of the cross.

[VERSE 2] (Music drops down. Electric Guitar plays distinctive, crying bends between lines) I walked through those doors, mud still on my boots The preacher wasn’t shouting, he was talking about roots About a vine and a branch and a love that never ends And how a King came down to die for His friends I felt my knees buckle, I couldn't stand the strain So I crawled to the altar and I whispered His name.

[CHORUS] (Banjo rolls become more prominent, driving the energy) And I found Jesus at the foot of the cross Where the wood was rough and the stained glass had no gloss I laid my burden down where the blood ran red And I heard the angels singing ‘round the words He said Yeah, I was wandering, broken, battered, and lost ’Til I found Jesus at the foot of the cross.

[BRIDGE] (Music builds. Piano is hammering high octaves. Electric Guitar takes a soulful, bluesy solo) Mercy didn’t ask me where I’d been or what I’d done Grace just opened up its arms like the morning sun The old man is dead, gone with the grave I’m rising up new, I’m sanctified and saved!

[GUITAR SOLO] (16 bars of high-energy country lead—clean tone chicken-pickin’ mixed with soulful bends—while the banjo rolls underneath)

[CHORUS] (Maximum volume, heavy Southern Gospel harmonies) Yeah, I found Jesus at the foot of the cross Where the wood was rough and the stained glass had no gloss I laid my burden down where the blood ran red And I heard the angels singing ‘round the words He said Yeah, I was wandering, broken, battered, and lost ’Til I found Jesus at the foot of the cross.

[OUTRO] (Slows down. Piano takes the lead again. Banjo slows to a gentle strum) Yeah, I was lost... but now I’m found. At the foot... of the cross. (Electric Guitar plays one final, shimmering swell) (Final Piano chord rings out)

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[INTRO] (The song opens with a rolling, Floyd Cramer-style Piano intro, bright and resonant. A Banjo enters with a steady, rhythmic roll in the background. An Electric Guitar slides in with a clean, reverbed tone, playing a mournful but hopeful lick.) [VERSE 1] (Piano carries the rhythm, Banjo picking softly) I’d been dragging these chains down a dusty gravel road With a heart full of sin and a heavy, heavy load , I tried the city lights But nothing stopped the trembling in the middle of the night Then I heard a distant singing, drifting through the pines From a little white-washed chapel, nearly left behind. [CHORUS] (Full band kicks in. Electric Guitar adds a little grit, Piano plays driving chords) And I found Jesus at the foot of the cross Where the wood was rough and the stained glass had no gloss I laid my burden down where the blood ran red And I heard the angels singing ‘round the words He said Yeah, I was wandering, broken, battered, and lost ’Til I found Jesus at the foot of the cross. [VERSE 2] (Music drops down. Electric Guitar plays distinctive, crying bends between lines) I walked through those doors, mud still on my boots The preacher wasn’t shouting, he was talking about roots About a vine and a branch and a love that never ends And how a King came down to die for His friends I felt my knees buckle, I couldn't stand the strain So I crawled to the altar and I whispered His name. [CHORUS] (Banjo rolls become more prominent, driving the energy) And I found Jesus at the foot of the cross Where the wood was rough and the stained glass had no gloss I laid my burden down where the blood ran red And I heard the angels singing ‘round the words He said Yeah, I was wandering, broken, battered, and lost ’Til I found Jesus at the foot of the cross. [BRIDGE] (Music builds. Piano is hammering high octaves. Electric Guitar takes a soulful, bluesy solo) Mercy didn’t ask me where I’d been or what I’d done Grace just opened up its arms like the morning sun The old man is dead, gone with the grave I’m rising up new, I’m sanctified and saved! [GUITAR SOLO] (16 bars of high-energy country lead—clean tone chicken-pickin’ mixed with soulful bends—while the banjo rolls underneath) [CHORUS] (Maximum volume, heavy Southern Gospel harmonies) Yeah, I found Jesus at the foot of the cross Where the wood was rough and the stained glass had no gloss I laid my burden down where the blood ran red And I heard the angels singing ‘round the words He said Yeah, I was wandering, broken, battered, and lost ’Til I found Jesus at the foot of the cross. [OUTRO] (Slows down. Piano takes the lead again. Banjo slows to a gentle strum) Yeah, I was lost... but now I’m found. At the foot... of the cross. (Electric Guitar plays one final, shimmering swell) (Final Piano chord rings out)

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