I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
(Words by Ira Stanphill, 1950)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I don’t know about tomorrow;
C G
I just live from day to day.
C G
I don’t borrow from its sunshine
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For its skies may turn to grey.
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I don’t worry o’er the future,
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For I know what Jesus said.
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And today I’ll walk beside Him,
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For He knows what is ahead.
[Chorus]
C G
Many things about tomorrow
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I don’t seem to understand
G C
But I know who holds tomorrow
G D G
And I know who holds my hand.
[Verse 2]
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Every step is getting brighter
C G
As the golden stairs I climb;
C G
Every burden’s getting lighter,
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Every cloud is silver-lined.
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There the sun is always shining,
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There no tear will dim the eye;
C G
At the ending of the rainbow
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Where the mountains touch the sky.
[Chorus]
C G
Many things about tomorrow
A7 D
I don’t seem to understand
G C
But I know who holds tomorrow
G D G
And I know who holds my hand.
[Verse 3]
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I don’t know about tomorrow;
C G
It may bring me poverty.
C G
But the one who feeds the sparrow,
A7 D
Is the one who stands by me.
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And the path that is my portion
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May be through the flame or flood;
C G
But His presence goes before me
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And I’m covered with His blood.
[Chorus]
C G
Many things about tomorrow
A7 D
I don’t seem to understand
G C
But I know who holds tomorrow
G D G
And I know who holds my hand.