There are two parts to this song. The lead guitar, which is picking through chords for almost the entire song, is Derek Webb. He is in an alternate tuning, though, (it is DGDGAD) and so I will not put his part up. I know to a few of you that is a pain, but to most it will save you numerous sets of strings from breaking, so I have to consider the masses. Again, anything you want and cannot find, simply e-mail me and ask! Anyway, Cliff's part is Capoed at the 4th fret, and played in G. That puts the actual song in , fyi. With a little practice, though, you can play the entire song with his part and come pretty close to the record. Just work on picking through the chords as opposed to just strumming straight down. I also went through every verse, as opposed to saying "see above" or something like that; there are some small subtle changes thrown in. Be sure to look through all the verses if you want to catch these. Only the chorus is the same throughout. All chords are given relative to the Capo Intro: (NOTE: If you are really ambitious, you can pick through these. I have tabbed out a pretty nice way to go about it. It is really fast, so it will take some practice, and mail me if you ahve questions) ---------------------------------------- ------3---------1------1p0h1--------3--- ------------------------------2--------- --------------------------------0-0----- ---------3p0-h3---0h3------------------- -3-3------------------------------------ ---G--- ---Am7-- ----C----- ----D---- ---------------------------------------------- -------3-----------1------1p0h1-----------3--- --------------------------------2------------- ----------------------------------0-(4)-0----- ---------0h3p0-h3-----0h3--------------------- -0-0h3---------------------------------------- ---G--- ---Am7-- ----C----- ----D---- Verse: Spit and the clay, when washed away Gave the blind man sight New eyes couldn't comprehend the sun That by light ended the night Bridge: Shackled in blindness since his birth Whose sin, was it him, what's it all worth Interlude: } This time, these are just strummed, not } picked as earlier. Verse: Now with eyes wide open they interrogate him Saying who is he Do you believe what that man is saying Who do you say is he Chorus: All I know Is I was blind, he said And now I see All I know is he healed me Verse: I sit here today So I say that I believe in him Yet I cannot fathom the wind-like way That's made me new again Bridge: Shackled in blindness since my birth Whose sin, was it me, what's it all worth. Chorus: (Same as above) All I know Is I was blind, he said And now I see All I know is he healed me Verse: Now new from the womb to D!) They interrogate me Saying who is he Do you believe what that book is saying How gullible can you be Bridge 2: Darwin my tend to disagree I don't know Marx is writing a drug I need Still I don't know Freud analyzes in my head Nietzsche's saying God is dead But I'm saying Chorus: (Same as above) All I know Is I was blind, he said And now I see All I know is he healed me Chorus: (Same as above) All I know Is I was blind, he said And now I see All I know is he healed me Outro: } Go back to picking through these } Spit and the clay, when washed away Gave the blind man sight ------------------ Chord Signatures: ------------------ Cliff: (all given relative to capo) E|-3---0---0----3-----2---0--- B|-3---1---1----3-----3---0--- G|-0---0---0----0-----2---0--- D|-0---2---2----2-----0---2--- A|-2---0---3----3-----x---2--- e|-3---x--(3)---x-----x---0--- ----- Brett [email protected] 1:14 PM 12/8/96 Lyrics printed by permission of Derek Webb and Aaron Tate. Written by Aaron Tate and Cliff Young. (1994, Cumbee Road Music). All rights reserved.

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