Chord/Tab song: If Loving God Was a Crime

If Loving God Was a Crime - Big Tent Revival
copyright 1995 - Photon Music/BMI
Words and music by Steve Wiggins
submitted by John Street
corrected by Jake Kurdsjuk (jkurdsjuk@att.com)


main riff- Played throughout 1st verse
[G] [C]

-0--------0------------1---------1-- B
--0--------0------------0---------0- G 

main riff- Played throughout 2nd verse
[G] [C]

-3--------3------------0---------0-- E
--0--------0------------1---------1- B 

riff2a riff2b

-3-2------ A ----0-2-3- A
------3-0- E -3-------- E 

No chord C
If loving God was a crime, I'd be an outlaw
[G]I would join the fight[C]
[G]They could not shut me do[C]wn
G C (riff2a)
I would stand tall, for what I know is right

Chorus
[C]Would you sta[D]nd with me [G]for the wor[Em]ld to see
C G (riff2b)
When all is on the line
[C]Would you b[D]e ashamed [G] of Je[Em]sus name
[C]If loving G[D]od was a cr[G]ime [C][G]

The schoolroom, I h[C]ear, teaches choices [G]
To kids who cannot p[C]ray
[G]And the unborn I fe[C]ar, they have no voice [G]
C (riff2a)
in politics today

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
[Bm] T[C]ake a look around.[G] What will tomorrow hold?
[Am] It's t[C]ime to stand our g[G]round.
[Am]We must be bold. We [C]must be bold.

Organ Solo
[G] [C] [Am] [D]
[G]If loving God was a cr[C]ime, I'd be an outlaw.
G C (riff2a)
I would join the fight.

[C]Will you st[D]and with me [G] for the w[Em]orld to see
C G (riff2b)
When all is on the line
[C]Will you [D]be ashamed [G] of J[Em]esus name
[C]When loving G[D]od is a cr[G]ime

When loving God is a [C]crime [G] (3x)
(when loving God is a crime)
When loving God is a [C]crime I'll be an outlaw[G]
When loving God is a [C]crime [G] (repeat and fade)