Take Up the Mantle

Take Up the Mantle

Words and Music by Jim E. Davis

Key: G

Verse I:

G² B^m7

He was just a simple man; accustomed to the toil

C² A^m7 D^sus4 D

Of following a dusty plow and breaking up the soil

G² B^m7

But when the prophet passed his way, he heard the Spirit call

C² A^m7 D^sus4 D

The mantle fell upon his life; he arose, and left it all

E^m2 E^m/D C²

He left it all to serve the man of God

E^m2 E^m/D C²

And travel down the lonely path he trod

A^m2 D⁹

Determined in his heart, that when they had to part

A^m7 D^sus4 D

He would have the courage to say:

Chorus:

D/G G D/G G

I will take up the mantle laid at my feet

D/E E^m D/E E^m

I will march into battle and face the enemy

C² G/B E^m/C^# A⁷

And the God of my fathers will carry me through

E^m A⁷/C^#

Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid

C/A D^7sus4 G

Take up the mantle today

Verse II:

G² B^m7

Just an ordinary man; faithful in the field

C² A^m7 D^sus4 D

Where God had placed him long ago; in the center of His will

G² B^m7

His steps are getting slower, the eyes are growing dim

C² A^m7 D^sus4 D

Who will step into his shoes and carry on for him?

E^m2 E^m/D C²

Carry on the work that he’s begun

E^m2 E^m/D C²

And enter into the race that he has run

A^m2 D⁹

The Spirit always calls every time a mantle falls

A^m7 D^sus4 D

Who will have the courage to say: