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COME AND TAKE A DRINK
Words and Music by William O. Richardson

C                                 F              C  
Once a woman met the master as he sat on Jacob's well
C                                         G   
feeling weary from his travels 'cross the land
C        C                     F            C
Now this woman of Samaria saw Jesus was a jew
C              C                             
'cause when he asked her for a drink she said
C         G            C  
What have I to do with you
C                               F                C  
Then Jesus told her if you only knew the gift of God
C                                         G          
and who's talking to you then you'd understand
G      C                                 F
I can give you living water you'll have everlasting
C                                         G
life now go on and get your husband I can see you are
G  C
a wife (tell him)
C                               F
Come and take a drink of living water
F                 G                 C
Draw it from the well that's never dry
C                               F
Come and take a drink of living water
F            C                    G             C  A
You'll never thirst and you won't ever have to die
A         D                             G
When she said I have no husband he said I know you've
G    D                                           A   
had five somehow he knew the truth she knew he could
A                       D                            
not tell a lie she said you must be a prophet on this
G                 D                               
mountain where we pray  as she tried to change the
D              A                 D
subject Jesus tried to show the way he said the hour
D                  G                   D   
is coming when the whole world will believe
D                                 A   
she said there's a messiah coming soon
A      D                                       G    
Jesus said "that's who you're talking to, here comes
G         D      
my little band." That's when she left her waterpot to
D        A                 D
tell the world "Come see a Man" (tell them)
D                               G    
come and take a drink of living water
G                 A                D  
draw it from the well that's never dry
D                               G    
come and take a drink of living water
G            D                    A            D   B
you'll never thirst and you won't ever have to die
B               E               A    
come and take a drink of living water
A                B                  E 
draw it from the well that's never dry
E                               A    
come and take a drink of living water
A             E                   B            E  A
you'll never thirst and you won't ever have to die
A             E                   B            E  
you'll never thirst and you won't ever have to 
die

Copyright 1998, Unpublished Songs(SESAC)
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For Robbie
without her, this song might have remained forgotten.


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