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


   Em    C    Am    D    G    Em    D       C     G/B Am   B
1  Ah,   ho - ly    Je - sus, how   hast    Thou  of -fend-ed,
2  Who   was  the   guil-ty?  Who   brought this  up -on   Thee?
3  Lo,   the  Good  Shep-herd for   the     sheep is  of - fered;
4  For   me,  kind  Je - sus, was   Thy     in  - car-na - tion,
5  There-fore, kind 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  The  slave  hath sin - ned,  and the  Son hath  su---uf -fered;
4  Thy  mor  - tal  sor - row,  and Thy  life's ob-la---a - tion;
5  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 - rided,    by    Thine own  re  - ject -ed,
2  'Twas I,    Lord Jesus,   I      it    was  de  - nied  Thee:
3  For   our   a  - tonement, while we    no - thing heed -ed,
4  Thy   death of   anguish   and   Thy   bit -ter   pas - sion,
5  Think on    Thy  pity     and    Thy   love un  - swerv-ing

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


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