The Footwashing Song

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3  The Footwashing Song  (John 13. 3-5)

Am   E   Am   E

         Am                                 E                 Am

  He rose from the table and took off his robe

                                E

  And tied a towel around him.

               Am                             G    Am

  And he poured some water into a bowl

                                  G               F Am

  And he washed the feet of his friends,

                                   G               Am

  And he washed the feet of his friends.

           G                      F              E       E7

‘This is how you must serve one another!’

         Am                               E           Am

  Then he came to Peter , intending to do,

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  the same for him as the others.

         Am                             G    Am

  But he refused, he could not accept,

                                         G               F Am

  his feet washed by the hand of his friend,

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  his feet washed by the hand of his friend.

      Am                            E            Am

 ‘Unless you allow me to wash your feet,

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  You can have no share with me!’

               Am                             G              Am

‘Then not only my feet, but my hands and head’

                               G               F Am

  Peter said out of love for his friend,

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  Peter said out of love for his friend.

         Am                                 E                 Am

  ‘Do you know what it is I have done for you?

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   I am showing you what you must do!

               Am                             G    Am

   I have set an example; I’ve shown you the way.

                                  G               F Am

  You must wash the feet of your friends,

                                   G               Am

  You must wash the feet of your friends.

           G                        F              E    E7

  ‘This is how you must serve one another!’

                 G                    Am

Wash the feet of your friends.

© 2000 Sheila Hamil