Em Bm C Em Bm C Down the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem that day Em Bm C The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street Am Em But the crowd pressed in to see B Em A Man condemned to die on Calvary Em Bm C Em Bm He was bleeding from a beating, C There were stripes upon His back Em D C And He wore a crown of thorns upon His head Am Em B And He bore with every step the scorn of those E7 who cried out for His death Am B Em E7 Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering Am B Em E Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King, Am B Em Bm C But He chose to walk that road out of His love for you and me Em Bm C B Em Bm C Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary. B C The blood that would cleanse the souls of all men D B Em E made its way through the heart of Jerusalem. Em Bm C B NC Em OO OO