Will You Come and Follow Me (The Summons)

[Verse 1]
F C Dm
Will you come and follow me
Gm C
if I but call your name?
F C Dm
Will you go where you don’t know
Gm F
and never be the same?
F Gm D7 Gm
Will you let my love be shown,
C F C
will you let my name be known,
F C Dm
will you let my life be grown
Gm C F
in you and you in me?

[Verse 2]
F C Dm
Will you leave yourself behind
Gm C
if I but call your name?
F C Dm
Will you care for cruel and kind
Gm F
and never be the same?
C F C
Will you risk the hostile stare
F C Dm
should your life attract or scare?
F C Dm
Will you let me answer prayer
Gm C F
in you and you in me?

[Verse 3]
F C Dm
Will you let the blinded see
Gm C
if I but call your name?
F C Dm
Will you set the prisoners free
Gm F
and never be the same?
C F C
Will you kiss the leper clean
F C Dm
and do such as this unseen,
F C Dm
and admit to what I mean
Gm C F
in you and you in me?

[Verse 4]
F C Dm
Will you love the ‘you’ you hide
Gm C
if I but call your name?
F C Dm
Will you quell the fear inside
Gm F
and never be the same?
C F C
Will you use the faith you’ve found
F C Dm
to reshape the world around
F C Dm
through my sight and touch and sound
Gm C F
in you and you in me?

[Verse 5]
F C Dm
Lord, your summons echoes true
Gm C
when you but call my name.
F C Dm
Let me turn and follow you
Gm F
and never be the same.
C F C
In your company I’ll go
F C Dm
where your love and footsteps show.
F C Dm
Thus I’ll move and live and grow
Gm C F
in you and you in me.