Key of B
Tempo 88
[INTRO]
C#m // E // Bsus // A //
[VERSE 1]
E Bsus
O sing my soul the ancient song
A B
and lend Your highest praise
E B
To Him who is the King of old
A B E
And dwells in endless days
A E
How resplendent His glory,
A B
How majestic His name
E Bsus
Now to the Uncreated One,
A B E
O Let the anthem raise
[VERSE 2]
E Bsus
O worship Him our Father God,
A B
The Spirit and The Word
E B
Who fashioned all things from His joy,
A B E
and saw that it was good
A E
What perfection of friendship,
A B
what communion we shared
E Bsus
But choosing death we fell from life,
A B E
aside the guilty pair
[Instrumental]
C#m // E // B // A //
X2
[VERSE 3]
E Bsus
Now hear my soul the gospel song,
A B
attend the joyful news
E B
For Christ has come the perfect Son,
A B E
His Father's will to choose
A E
In our place He did suffer,
A B
In our place became sin
E Bsus
The death of death, the death of Christ
A B E
who stands alive again
[Instrumental]
4x
E Bsus
Now people of the risen Lord,
A B
O hear the call to go
E B
Into the world we have been sent
A B E
As messengers of hope
A E
Christ alone be our treasure,
A B
Christ alone our reward
E Bsus
Come bid the nations sing, sing with us,
A B E
The praises of the Lord
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