Words: Jeremiah E. Rankin,1876
Music: Edmund S. Lorenz,1877
[Verse 1]
Ab D Ab
Are you weary, are you heavy hearted?
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus
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Are you grieving over joys de-parted?
[Refrain]
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus a-lone.
Eb Ab
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus,
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He is a friend that's well known;
Ab Db Ab
You've no other such friend or brother,
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus a-lone.
[Verse 2]
Ab D Ab
Do the tears flow down your cheeks un-bidden?
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus;
Db Ab
Have you sins that to men's eyes are hidden?
[Refrain]
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus a-lone.
Eb Ab
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus,
Db Ab Eb Bb7 Eb Eb7
He is a friend that's well known;
Ab Db Ab
You've no other such friend or brother,
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus a-lone.
[Verse 3]
Ab D Ab
Do you fear the gathring clouds of sorrow?
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus;
Db Ab
Are you anx-ious what shall be to-morrow?
[Refrain]
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus a-lone.
Eb Ab
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus,
Db Ab Eb Bb7 Eb Eb7
He is a friend that's well known;
Ab Db Ab
You've no other such friend or brother,
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus a-lone.
[Verse 4]
Ab Db Ab
Are you troubled at the thought of dying?
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus;
Db Ab
For Christ's coming kingdom are you sighing?
[Refrain]
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus a-lone.
Eb Ab
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus,
Db Ab Eb Bb7 Eb Eb7
He is a friend that's well known;
Ab Db Ab
You've no other such friend or brother,
Eb7 Ab
Tell it to Jesus a-lone.