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Alabaster Box Tab

by Cece Winans


Intro:   


Verse 1:
                   /   
   The room grew still as she made her way to Jesus
     /                                      –  –  –  – 
She stumbles through the tears that made her blind
                           /   
   She felt such pain, some spoke in anger
                                    Dsus7             D#dim7   
Heard folks whisper, there's no place here for her kind.
                                      
    Still on she came, through the shame that flushed her face
                                 
Until at last she knelt before His feet. 
     
And though she spoke no words
                          
Everything she said was heard, 
                           /     
As she poured her love for the Master
              Dsus7  
From her box of Alabaster.


Chorus:
                                   Esus7     
    And I've come to pour my praise on Him like oil 
                         –   
From Mary's Alabaster Box
                                      
Don't be angry if I wash His feet with my tears 
                          
And I dry them with my hair
                                 
You weren't there the night He found me. 
               
You did not feel what I felt 
                    Asus7         
When He wrapped His love all around me. 
                                                  /
And you don't know the cost of the oil in my Alabaster Box.


Verse 2:
                    /   
I can't forget the way life used to be. 
        /                            –  –  –  – 
I was a prisoner to the sin that had me bound
              /   
I spent my days pouring my life without measure. 
                                  Dsus7        D#dim7   
Into a little treasure box I thought I found. 
                     
   Until the day when Jesus came to me
                                   
And healed my soul with the wonder of His touch. 
                                        
So now I'm giving back to Him all the praise He's worthy of. 
                           /       Dsus7  
I've been forgiven and that's why I love Him so much.


Chorus 2:
                                  F#sus7         
    And I've come to pour my praise on Him like oil 
                             
From Mary's Alabaster Box
                 /                  
Don't be angry if I wash His feet with my tears 
                        
And I dry them with my hair, …my hair.
                                 
You weren't there the night Jesus found me. 
                 
You did not feel what I felt 
                    Bsus7        
When He wrapped His love all around me. 
                                /     
And you don't know the cost of the oil 
                                /
Oh, you don't know the cost of my praise. 
                               
You don't know the cost of the oil
                        
In my Alabaster Box.