Spartan

Bm     C#m            D         Em
Billie Holiday on the radio
            F#m              G               A        Bm
My sluggish heart is beating seven beats too slow
Bm         C#m           D                      Em
   Another sad song and another shot of blue
         F#m             G            A
Cold and unconcerned are anything but new

[Pre-chorus:]

         G                A
He said "Love endures all things"
       D                   F#m
And it hurts to think He's right
     G                Bm
If I mark the span of failure
       A
Is his burden just as light?

[Chorus:]

G      Bm
I am, Spartan
G                 Bm
Close my heart so tight
G      Bm
Jesus, Save me
G             Em         Bm
from myself tonight

         C#m
Limping through the world
           D                    Em
There's a knowing look or two
                F#m
Is it just the cripples here
    G              A          Bm
who understand the truth?
Bm               C#m
  Why is love so painful
    D                      Em
Why do we always lose?
                F#m
paving pathways for the lost
    G             A
the bitter, and recluse?

[Pre-Chorus:]

         G                A
He said "Love endures all things"
       D                   F#m
and it hurts to think it's true
       G             Bm
did it nail Him to a cross
       A
did it crucify Him too?

[Back to Chorus, instead of ending on Em just go straight from the G to the D for the bridge]

    D          Bm      G        A
The angels are singing over the plains
    D             Bm       G          A
the shepherds are quaking, echoing refrains
    D           Bm       G               G
And all of our slogans designed to take away the pain
      Bm             F#m             G              A
meant nothing to the Son of God that night in Bethlehem.