AH, DEAREST JESUS, HOW HAST THOU OFFENDED
   Words: Johan Heerman, 1630 (Trans. Robert Bridges 1899)
   Tune: Herzliebster Jesu, Johann Crüger, 1640
   Season: Lent, Holy Week, Good Friday
   (See also AH, HOLY JESUS for slightly different lyrics and an additional verse.)

   Em     C    Am    D    G    Em    D       C     G/B Am   B
1  Ah,    dear-est   Je - sus, how   hast    Thou  of -fend-ed,
2  Who    was  the   guil-ty?  Who   brought this  up -on   Thee?
3  For    me,  dear  Je - sus, was   Thine   in  - car-na - tion,
4  There-fore, dear  Je - sus, since I       can - not pay  Thee,

  (B)   Em     D    G     C     Am       G         Dsus D   G
1  That man    to   judge Thee  hath in  hate pre -te---end-ed?
2  A  - las,   my   trea -son,  Jesus,   hath un - do---one Thee.
3  Thy  mor  - tal  sor - row,  and Thy  life's ob-la---a - tion;
4  I    do     a  - dore  Thee, and will ever      pra--ay  Thee,

   Em    Bm    C    G              D/F#  C    G     Am    Em
1  By    foes  de - rid -ed,   by  Thine own  re  - ject -ed,
2  'Twas I,    Lord Je - sus,  I   it    was  de  - nied  Thee:
3  Thy   death of   an - guish and Thy   bit -ter   pas - sion,
4  Think on    Thy  pi - ty    and Thy   love un  - swerv-ing

   G   Am   Em  Bsus-B Em
1  O   most af -fli-ict-ed.
2  I   cru -ci -fi--ied Thee.
3  For my   sal-va--a  -tion.
4  Not my   de -se--erv-ing.


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